Harris Family History
Harris Name Meaning
English and Welsh (very common in southern England and South
Wales): patronymic from the medieval English personal name
Harry, pet form of Henry.This name is also well
established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation
of Ulster. In some cases, particularly in families coming from County
Mayo, both Harris and Harrison can be Anglicized forms
of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha.Greek: reduced form of
the Greek personal name Kharalambos, composed of the elements
khara ‘joy’ + lambein ‘to shine’.Jewish:
Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish names.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Harris
Name Distribution of Harris Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Harris families
 6,769 - 13,536  2,257 - 6,768 |
 1 - 2,256  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Harris families
|
311 - 619 104 - 310 |
1 - 103 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Harris census records
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Harris Family Origin
Harris Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Harris Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Harris Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Harris census records
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Military Service by Harris
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