{"id":1205,"date":"2014-06-28T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=1205"},"modified":"2021-08-07T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T22:27:30","slug":"harris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1287\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"boxer\" title=\"Harris Family Portrait ca. 1922\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"0106 Harris Family Portrait ca. 1922\" width=\"980\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/0106.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harris Family Portrait, ca. 1922. Rose Lee Harris and Ralph Harris are in the center, with Ralph Harris, Jr., between them. The girls are arrayed around them, with Elinor on the left, Dorothy Harris standing behind, and Katharine Harris on the right. Furst Family Archives, #0106.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My Harris line comes in with Katharine Harris of Salem, Massachusetts, who married Frank Wells Fay of my Fay line, in which I&#8217;ve done considerable research. Here&#8217;s what I have so far on the Harris family.<\/p>\n<h2>My Line<\/h2>\n<p>Daniel Harris ()<br \/>\n&#8230;.Israel Putnam Harris (1826-1897)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;Ralph Bertram Harris (1874-1933)<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;..Katharine Harris (1908-1990)<\/p>\n<h2>Biographies<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-pages-shortcode child-pages\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-1279\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/dorothy-lee-harris-1905-1993\/\">Dorothy Lee Harris (1905-1993)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1266\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/elinor-harris-and-nathaniel-crane-lord\/\">Elinor Harris (1910-1994) and Nathaniel Crane Lord (1909-1985)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1216\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/israel-putnam-harris-1826-1897\/\">Israel Putnam Harris (1826-1897)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1229\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/katharine-harris\/\">Katharine Harris (1908-1990)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1207\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/ralph-bertram-harris\/\">Ralph Bertram Harris (1874-1933)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1250\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/ralph-bertram-harris-jr\/\">Ralph Bertram Harris Jr. (1918-1985)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1237\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/harris\/rose-loring-lee\/\">Rose Loring Lee (1879-1967)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Related Posts<\/h2>\n<ul class = \"posts-by-tag-list\"><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Harris\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-1219\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/some-new-harris-relatives\/\">Some New Harris Relatives<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Harris line comes in with Katharine Harris of Salem, Massachusetts, who married Frank Wells Fay of my Fay line, in which I&#8217;ve done considerable research. Here&#8217;s what I have so far on the Harris family. My Line Daniel Harris () &#8230;.Israel Putnam Harris (1826-1897) &#8230;&#8230;Ralph Bertram Harris (1874-1933) &#8230;&#8230;..Katharine Harris (1908-1990) Biographies Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-jr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8625,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":1205,"position":0},"title":"Home","author":"Karen","date":"September 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore Popular Pages Research by Surname What's New August 2021 Updated the Farquhar pages November 2020 Updated the Harris pages June 2019 Added some LeBlond ovals July 2018 Updated the Jordan pages and added some Tennessee related posts Featured Book Around Chadds Ford Explore Chadds Ford through nearly 200 historic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Around Chadds Ford book","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bookcover.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1312,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/surnames\/wells\/franklin-parker-wells\/","url_meta":{"origin":1205,"position":1},"title":"Franklin Parker Wells (1836-1913)","author":"Karen","date":"June 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Franklin Parker Wells (1836\u20131913) was an enterprising businessman whose life carried him from his birthplace in Wellsburg, Pennsylvania, to Michigan, Arkansas, New York, and eventually California. 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