When Thomas Harris was born on 6 November 1816, in Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Thomas Harris, was 27 and his mother, Mary A. Parry, was 25. He married Anne Williams on 1 March 1844, in Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Gallatin, Montana, United States in 1900. He died on 29 December 1917, in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 101, and was buried in Henefer Cemetery, Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States.
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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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