The Death Notice of James Gould Harris gives his parents as Thomas and Eleanor Harris.[3] The Death Notice of the 7th child on My Heritage, Mary Grace Russel (Harris) Ackermann, indicates that her mother was Elizabeth Russell, but gives her father as unknown?[4] Her date of birth is about 1845; it would thus seem that Eleanor passed away about 1843 and that Thomas remarried; about 1844, to Elizabeth Russell as has been suggested.
↑ South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG56-MVJJ : 4 November 2019), James Gould Harris, 1929
↑ South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7189-B73Z : 23 March 2020), Mary Grace Russell Harris Ackermann, 1914; citing Probate, Brandfort, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa, Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein; 004087508
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