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Robert Billups HARRIS 1827–1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Oct 1827

Birth Location: Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia, United States

Death Date: 7 May 1911

Death Location: Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA

Father: James Harris

Mother: Janie Herring

Spouse(s): Maria Jones

Children(s): Beverly Harris, John Harris, Alice HARRIS

In 1827, Robert Billups HARRIS entered the world in Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia, United States, born to James Walter Harris And Janie Herring. Robert Billups HARRIS married Maria Elizabeth Jones, and had children including Alice Mcclung Harris, Beverly Harris, John Fresenus Harris. Robert Billups HARRIS passed away in 1911 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1827, Robert Billups HARRIS entered the world in Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia, United States, born to James Walter Harris And Janie Herring.
  • Robert Billups HARRIS married Maria Elizabeth Jones, and had children including Alice Mcclung Harris, Beverly Harris, John Fresenus Harris.
  • Robert Billups HARRIS passed away in 1911 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.

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Robert HARRIS's Ancestors

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Robert HARRIS
1827–1911
Birth Place: Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia, United States
Parents
James Walter Harris
1804–1885
Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
Janie Herring
1804–1880
Georgia, United States
Grandparents
Colonel (Walton Harris) Jr.
1775–1820
Wilkes County, Georgia, United States
Virginia (Beverly) Billups
1787–1877
Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
William (Herring (My) 6xGGF)
1760–1812
Sussex, Sussex, Virginia, United States
Mrs. Herring
1780–1814
Virginia
Great-Grandparents
Walton Harris
1739–1809
Rebecca Lanier
1744–1818
Robert Billups
1756–1798
Lucy Keeble
1759–1798
William Herring
1737–1796
Mary Stokes
1740–1813
James Hamlett
1751–1836
Sarah Pamplin
1759–1836
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathan Harris
1716–1793
Catherine Walton
1720–1812
Sampson Lanier
1712–1757
Elizabeth Chamberlain
1715–1780
Robert Billups
1720–1795
Anne Ransome
1735–1764
Walter Keeble
1733–1783
Elizabeth *
1734–1803
William Herring
1700–1778
Cecile Ward
1710–1766
David Stokes
1707–1794
Sarah Montfort
1717–1800
Morris Hamlett
1710–1780
Sarah Pleasant
1729–1798
William Pamplin
1740–1832
Dolly Houselan
1743–1820

Robert HARRIS's Descendants

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Robert (Billups) HARRIS (20 Oct 1827–7 May 1911) m. Maria (Elizabeth) Jones (28 Sep 1844–13 Feb 1918)
  1. 1. Beverly Harris 1881–1960 m. Mamie (Agnes) Trost 1884–1915
    1. 1. Claride (Elizabeth) Harris 1905–2005 m. Charles (Hassell) Maltsberger 1901–1936
      1. 1. Beverly (Marguerite) Maltsberger 1925–2003
    2. 2. Marguerite (Clemence) Harris 1907–1948 m. George (William) Maltaberger 1906–1966
      1. 1. Beverly (Marguerite) Maltaberger 1926–2003
    3. 3. Mildred (Beverly) Harris 1903–1980 m. Edwin Zimmerman 1899–1989
      1. 1. Beverly (Marion) Zimmermann 1920–1980 m. Mary (Catherine) Ogden 1919–2000
        1. 1. Robert (Warren) Zimmerman 1947–2012
      2. 2. Mary (Evelyn) Zimmerman 1922–
      3. 3. Mildred (Elizabeth) Zimmermann 1923–1989 m. John (Louis Emanuel) Senior 1915–1981
    4. 4. Clara Maltsberger 1905–
    5. 5. Margarett (C) Harris 1908–
  2. 2. John (Fresenus) Harris 1876–1880
  3. 3. Alice (McClung) HARRIS 1882–1890

Robert HARRIS's Timeline

2 Records

1827
20 Oct 1827
Birth of Robert Billups HARRIS in Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia, United States
Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia, United States
1911
7 May 1911
Age 84
Death of Robert Billups HARRIS in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1827
    Event Place: Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia, United States
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 May 1911
    Event Place: Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982

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