James Edward Harris

Male1 May 1953–11 May 2012

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

James A. Harris
1920–1988
Jessie Pauline Allen
1934–2006
James Edward Harris
1953–2012
Donald Dwight Harris
1954–2009
Louis Wayne Harris Sr
1957–2016

Sources (1)

  • James Edward Harris, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1954 · Right to Serve on Juries

Age 1

In 1954, women finally won the right to serve on juries.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

Age 2

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

1969

Age 16

"Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin landed on the lunar surface while Michael Collins orbited overhead in the Apollo command module. After checkout, Armstrong set foot on the surface, telling the millions of listeners that it was ""one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind""."

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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