Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Harris, Eliza
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Description area
Dates of existence
1850-1920
History
Mrs. James Harris was born on 26 December 1850 in London, England, as Eliza Mary Theakston, daughter of Major Taylor Theakston and Sophia Wood. In 1876 she married James H. Harris, a gardener and later a florist in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who died on 28 February 1902 following an accident. He was an active member of Charles Street Church, where he served as a trustee, treasurer, usher and assistant superintendent of the Sunday School. Eliza Harris died on 11 December 1921.