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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Problems and Surname Saturday



The below genealogy was sent to me recently by a lovely older lady, from Ontario, Canada who contacted me after seeing my tree on Ancestry. Her message to me was, "What more do you want on the Lloyd Harris family?"  She was also smart enough to leave me a message on RootsWeb. Then she sent me three pages of her tree, I'm showing below.

This should have been an easy task; just adding some names and dates into my genealogy data base at where she and I connect. But not so fast. On Monday, I spoke with Dell because I was having problems with my computer, the very next day I received a call from the service tech who arrived at my house within four hours! In a flash, he pulled out my hard drive, and I was in shock.  This is what you don't want to have happen to you. In some ways, I was very lucky because a good deal of my programs and genealogy were backed up and saved, but Not all. and not the one I wanted the most. You've all heard these stories before, so I won't relive my pain. The best thing was I had my GEDCOM on RootsWeb, and on RootsMagic To-Go drive recently backed up. However, my FTM Ver. 6 was lost, and I can't install it on my Vista now. So, between listening to the wonderful RootsTech lectures and reading many tweets and fb postings about the happenings in Salt Lake City, I tried to learn both FTM10 (which I had) and RootsMagic (which I also had, but hadn't learned). Recent webinar lessons in RootsMagic helped, but in the end, FTM10 won out, and I'll stick with that. I haven't blogged in two weeks, but I'm making up for it now. 

My connecting lines are in green, and I have no idea why it doesn't line up correctly. Anyway, the below took about four hours of entry time, using the new program!


Descendants of Alonzo Royce Harris


Generation 1



1.          Alonzo Royce Harris-1 was born on 07 Jan 1805 in Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont. He died on 14 Jul 1892 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Phoebe Thayer daughter of Timothy Thayer and Desire Wing was born in 1811 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 31 Jul 1875 in Woodstock.

Alonzo Royce Harris and Phoebe Thayer were married on 19 Oct 1831 in Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont. They had the following children:

2.          i.     Orson Thayer Harris was born on 03 Apr 1834. He died on 23 Nov 1876.

3.          ii. Hannibal Converse Harris was born on 15 Mar 1832 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Ellen C. Clement on 01 Jul 1856 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died on 23 Feb 1905 in Tacoma, Pierce Co. Washington.

iii.      Emily Jane Harris was born on 03 Jun 1836 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She married Orson Laselle Meigs on 22 Jan 1856 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 26 Jan 1916 in Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont.

iv.        Mary Mariah Harris was born on 17 Apr 1843 in Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont. She married Alanson Henry Harvey on 26 Dec 1872 in Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 04 Jan 1893 in Quebec, Canada.

v.          Delia Harris was born on 15 Apr 1840 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

vi.        Caroline Harris was born on 11 Jul 1842 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She married Charles E. Hayden on 13 May 1860 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 17 Feb 1927 in Grand Isle, Grand Isle, Vermont.

4.          vii. Alonzo Royce Harris was born on 09 Sep 1843 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died on 24 Sep 1876 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

5.          viii. Merville Marvin Harris was born on 01 Jun 1847 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

ix.        Dora Harris was born in 1850. 

x.          Mary Harris was born in 1872.

Anne Hawkins was born on 14 Aug 1835 in Cork, Ireland. She died on 08 May 1932 in Quebec, Canada.

Alonzo Royce Harris and Anne Hawkins were married on 20 Oct 1879 in Quebec, Canada. They had the following children:

6.          i. Rachel C. Royce Harris was born on 16 Apr 1882 in Quebec, Canada. She married Myron Callaghan in 1901 in Quebec, Canada.

ii.          Nellie May Harris was born in 1884 in Quebec, Canada. She died in 1972.  She married Asa Westover.

Generation 2

2.          Orson Thayer Harris was born on 03 Apr 1834. He died on 23 Nov 1876.

Mary Jane Rhicard daughter of Abraham Rhicard and Abigail Fargo was born on 28 May 1833 in of Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 11 Jan 1917.

Orson Thayer Harris and Mary Jane Rhicard married. They had the following children:

i.            Bertha Jane Harris was born on 29 Mar 1856 in Quebec, Canada.

ii.          Charles Harris was born in 1857 in Quebec, Canada.

8.          iii. Hobart O. Harris was born on 01 Jul 1858 in Bedford Twp., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died in 1943 in Quebec, Canada.

iv.        Dora Harris was born in 1862 in Quebec, Canada.

v.          Phebe Harris was born in 1866 in Quebec, Canada.

vi.        Caroline Cynthia Harris was born on 06 Dec 1871 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 24 Feb 1924 in Alburg, Grand Isle Co., Vermont.

vii.       Ednah Ella Harris was born on 17 Mar 1872 in Quebec, Canada.

3.          Hannibal Converse Harris was born on 15 Mar 1832 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died on 23 Feb 1905 in Tacoma, Pierce Co. Washington.

Ellen C. Clement daughter of Chauncey Clement and Sarah Brown was born on 11 Dec 1832 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 16 Oct 1898 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Hannibal Converse Harris and Ellen C. Clement were married on 01 Jul 1856 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. They had the following children:

i.            George Harris was born in 1858 in Quebec, Canada. He died in 1859 in Quebec, Canada.

ii.          Albert Coleman Harris was born in 1860 in Quebec, Canada. He died on 18 Jun 1898 in Pierce, Washington.

iii.         Nellie Harris was born in 1861 in Quebec, Canada.

iv.        Alonzo Royce Harris was born in 1865 in Quebec, Canada. He died in 1868 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

v.          Susie Harris was born in 1868 in Quebec, Canada.

vi.        Chellis Harris was born in 1871 in Quebec, Canada.

vii.       Ellena O. Harris was born on 15 Jul 1873 in Quebec, Canada.

viii.     Ernest C. Harris was born in 1877 in Quebec, Canada.



4.          Alonzo Royce Harris was born on 09 Sep 1843 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died on 24 Sep 1876 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Almira Flanville Perkins daughter of Nathaniel Perkins and Juliette (__) w/o Nathaniel Perkins was born in 1847.

Alonzo Royce Harris and Almira Flanville Perkins married. They had the following children:

8.          i. Stella Harris was born on 07 Jul 1873 in Quebec, Canada. She died on 19 Jun 1967 in Waterbury, Washington Co., Vermont.

5.          Merville Marvin Harris  was born on 01 Jun 1847 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Deborah Harriet was born in Oct 1852 in Quebec, Canada.

Merville Marvin Harris and Deborah Harriet married. They had the following children:

i.            Merville M. Harris was born in Apr 1879 in Quebec, Canada.

9.          ii. Alonzo Royce Harris was born on 31 Oct 1881 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died in Nov 1979 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

iii.      Dwight Millard Harris was born on 12 Jul 1886 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He died on 19 Dec 1969 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.

6.          Rachel C. Royce Harris was born on 16 Apr 1882 in Quebec, Canada.

Myron Callaghan son of James Callaghan and Emeline Johnson was born in Dec 1877 in Quebec, Canada.

Myron Callaghan and Rachel C. Royce Harris were married in 1901 in Quebec, Canada. They had the following children:

i.            Basil Callaghan was born in Sep 1908 in Quebec, Canada. He married Agnes Wightman in 1934 in Quebec, Canada.

Generation 3


7.          Hobart O. Harris was born on 01 Jul 1858 in Bedford Twp., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died in 1943 in Quebec, Canada.

Emma Helen Gage daughter of John Gage and Hannah Boomhower was born on 02 Mar 1868 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died in 1913 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Hobart O. Harris and Emma Helen Gage married. They had the following children:

i.            Winnifred F. Harris was born on 16 Aug 1888 in Bedford, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died in 1905 in Quebec, Canada.


10.       ii. Malcolm Nathanial Harris was born on 24 Jan 1886 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died on 12 Jun 1935 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

8.          Stella Harris was born on 07 Jul 1873 in Quebec, Canada. She died on 19 Jun 1967 in Waterbury, Washington Co., Vermont.

Karl Wallace Morse was born on 05 Jan 1870. He died on 15 Nov 1920. Karl Wallace Morse and Stella Harris married. They had the following children:

i.            Myra Morse was born on 04 Jan 1894 in Vermont. She died on 19 Nov 1991 in Vermont. William E. Battles son of Edward D. Battles and Adalaide (__) w/o Edward D. Battles.
William E. Battles and Stella Harris were married on 09 Aug 1919 in Washington, Vermont. They had no children.

9.          Alonzo Royce Harris was born on 31 Oct 1881 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died in Nov 1979 in Brookline, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

Loretta (__) w/o Alonzo Royce Harris was born in 1886 in Massachusetts.

Alonzo Royce Harris and Loretta (__) w/o Alonzo Royce Harris married. They had the following children:

i.            Leon Harris was born in 1908 in Massachusetts.

Generation 4


10.      Malcolm Nathanial Harris was born on 24 Jan 1886 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He died on 12 Jun 1935 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He also went by the name of Malcolm Nathaniel Harris.

Lillian Amelia Fortin daughter of Joseph Fortin and Emma Philena Russell was born on 17 Dec 1887 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 27 Jan 1923 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Malcolm Nathanial Harris and Lillian Amelia Fortin married. They had the following children:

i.            Grace Gertrude Harris was born on 01 Jan 1901 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 13 Apr 1903 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

ii.          Ruth Harris.

iii.         Victor Lloyd Malcolm Harris was born on 24 May 1909. He died on 17 Feb 1988.

iv.        Muriel Margaret (Peg) Harris.


v.         Edyth May Helen Harris was born on 01 Aug 1912 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She died on 01 Dec 1912 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

vi.        Dorothy Harris was born on 01 Jan 1918 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

vii.      Allan Harris. He died in 1998.