Brief Life History of Dorcas Emery
When Dorcas Emery Harris was born on 29 December 1849, in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Ezekial Delano Harris, was 29 and her mother, Eunice Stinchfield Marston, was 26. She married Albion Kendall Paris Marston on 14 November 1868, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 23 April 1910, in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Pownal, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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Sources (31)
- Dorcas Harris in household of Ezekiel Harris, "United States Census, 1850"
- Dorcas E. M. Harris, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Dorcas E. M. Harris, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1841–1917 Male
1849–1910 Female
Children (5)
1872–1873 Male
1874–1958 Male
1877–1953 Male
1880–1882 Male
1885–1958 Female
Parents and Siblings
1820–1902 Male
1823–1895 Female
Siblings (12)
1844–1913 Female
1846–1850 Female
1848–1849 Female
1849–1910 Female
1851–1920 Male
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World Events (8)
1854
Age 5
1863
Age 14
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 17
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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Dorcas Emery Harris Marston
Birth: Dec. 29, 1849 Pownal Cumberland County Maine, USA Death: Apr. 23, 1910 Auburn Androscoggin County Maine, USA Dorcas Emery Harris, the daughter of Eunice Stinchfield (Marston) and Ezekiel D …
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