Brief Life History of James Edward
When James Edward Harris was born on 1 May 1953, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, James A. Harris, was 32 and his mother, Jessie Pauline Allen, was 18. He died on 11 May 2012, in Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 59.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- James Edward Harris, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
Parents and Siblings
1920–1988 Male
1934–2006 Female
Siblings (3)
1953–2012 Male
1954–2009 Male
1957–2016 Male
World Events (8)
1954 · Right to Serve on Juries
Age 1
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
Age 2
1969
Age 16
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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