Mary Eliza Harris

Female18 July 1860–5 March 1948

Brief Life History of Mary Eliza

When Mary Eliza Harris was born on 18 July 1860, in Bern Township, Athens, Ohio, United States, her father, John Work Harris, was 24 and her mother, Martha Jane Dille, was 22. She married George Washington HANSON on 1 October 1881, in Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Broadwell, Bern Township, Athens, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 5 March 1948, in New Lexington, Perry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Bern Township, Athens, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington HANSON
1858–1942
Mary Eliza Harris
1860–1948
Marriage: 1 October 1881
Clyde W. Hanson
1885–

Sources (11)

  • Mary E Hansen, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary E. Harris, "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958"
  • Mary E Hanson, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 October 1881Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 3

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

    Age 3

    The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

    1886

    Age 26

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    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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