When Susannah Harris was born on 14 February 1840, in Bertrand, Niles Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States, her father, John Harris, was 31 and her mother, Lovina Eiler, was 32. She married Clark Sirenus Fabun on 26 August 1856, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in California, United States in 1870 and Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1900. She died on 31 May 1917, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, 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.
Possible Related NamesSusannah Harris was born on 14 February 1840 in Bertrant, Berrien, Michigan to John and Lovina Eiler Harris. She was the third of ten children, four girls and six boys. Her father John was born o …
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