Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Harris was born on 13 September 1821, in Ocker Hill, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Harris, was 43 and her mother, Nancy Ann Davis, was 43. She married Richard Birch on 12 April 1847, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 9 June 1909, in Hoytsville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Hoytsville Cemetery, Hoytsville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Hellen Harris, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ellen Harris in the Staffordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813
- Ellen Birch, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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