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William George Harris 1855 - 1938

William George Harris was born in 1855 in Adelaide, SA Australia to William Gilbert Harris and Esther Harris. He married Edith Harris, and they were married until William's death on April 18, 1938. He had a child Robert Francis Harris. William Harris was buried at Mitcham General Cemetery, in Mitcham, SA.

William George Harris

1855

Adelaide, SA, Australia

April 18, 1938

Colonel Light Gardens, City of Mitcham County, SA, 5041, Australia

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Birthday

1855

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Adelaide, SA Australia

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1938

Death

April 18, 1938

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Colonel Light Gardens, City of Mitcham County, SA 5041, Australia
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Mitcham General Cemetery, in Mitcham, City of Mitcham County, SA 5062, Australia
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The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19th April 1938. HARRIS. - On the 18th of April, at his late residence, 18 West Parkway, Colonel Light Gardens, William George Harris ( formerly of Broken Hill ), beloved husband of the late Edith Harris, and loving father of Dorothy, Cyril, May, and Bob. - Aged 83 years.

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William George Harris lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.

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In 1855, in the year that William George Harris was born, on March 3rd, Congress appropriated $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. The idea was to use camels as pack animals in the Southwest and 34 camels were bought. But the Army wasn't enthusiastic about the idea and after the Civil War the Camel Corps was entirely abandoned.

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In 1863, when he was merely 8 years old, on October 3rd, during the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln created a national Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving was to be celebrated on the final Thursday of November in 1863. In the U.S., Thanksgiving has been celebrated in November ever since.

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William Harris' Family Tree & Friends

William Harris' Family Tree

William Gilbert Harris 1818 - Jun 20, 1870

Esther Harris

William George Harris 1855 - Apr 18, 1938

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Edith Harris