Nancy Jane Harris

Brief Life History of Nancy Jane

When Nancy Jane Harris was born on 25 June 1866, in Hamilton, Marion, Alabama, United States, her father, James W Harris, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Caroline Boyett, was 22. She married Marcus Lafayette Homer on 6 August 1899, in Marion, Alabama, United States. She lived in Election Precinct 1 Hamilton, Marion, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 21 December 1929, in Hamilton, Marion, Alabama, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Carter Cemetery, Marion, Alabama, United States.

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Marcus Lafayette Homer
1858–1936
Nancy Jane Harris
1866–1929
Marriage: 6 August 1899

Sources (7)

  • Nancy J Harris in household of James Harris, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Nancy J Harris and M L Homer (1899), "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Nancy Jane Homer (1866-1929), "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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1869

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1886

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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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