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Author: mrsdancer
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My grmother was Loretta Helen Harris, daughter of Edward Ernest & Mary Ellen nee
Mulleady Harris. I am the only child of Loretta's oldest daughter, Loretta Jean who
married William K. Seiler. At the time of Loretta & Leo Dennis Larner's marriage
on July 1,, 1922, Edward was still going by Harrison but sometime after that he and a lot
of the family shortened their name to Harris. This was not a typo b/c my Mom used to say
the name was shortened to Americanize the name. My mom's sister, Mary Marcel, often
told me that she was born 4 days after her grfather, Edward, passed away. I have his
father's name as Thomas Harrison and his mother as Elizabeth both from England. I
have seen her last name as Skelton or S. Kelton. I'm still working on that. Here is
the obituary from the New Albany (IN) Ledger on Edward Harris.
March 18, 1927 New Albany Weekly Ledger
Edward Harris, 73 years old, died Sunday night at the home of his daughter, Millie (sp)
Daniels, 306 W. Market St. He was a resisdent of the city and worked at Ohio Falls Iron
Work Company for many years. He is survived by 5 daughters: Mrs. Daniels, Ida Glover,
Jane Weis, Loretta Larner, Mrs. Dora Brown of Indianapolis, 4 sons: Joseph, William, and
Edward Harris of Louisville, KY, Harry Harris of Detriot, brother: George Harris, and
sisters: Sallie Harris and Mrs. Emma Gale(sp). He was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic
Church . The funeral was held on Wednesday morning at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with
burial in Holy Trinity Catholic cemetary.
Mary Ellen Mulleady was born on May 10, 1857 in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky. She was
called Mollie. I'm told by family members that she and Edward were living in
Louisville in 1922. She was in Covington visiting her relatives and came down sick where
she died 4 days later. The cause of death on her d/c was cerebral hemorrhage and
arteriosclerosis. Date of death was July 24, 1922. She too is buried in Holy Trinity
Cemetery in New Albany. Her d/c is listed under KY. Death Records as Mrs. Mary Harris. I
didn't find an obituary anywhere when researching. I have Mollie's father as
Patrick Mulleady of Ireland. Census has her name as Hannah however the Covington City
Directory have her as Nora which I believe to be more accurate. I've also found
medical records giving her name as "Annora". I say this b/c I believe her name
might actually have been "Honora" being a very Irish name. I have seen the last
name listed as Connaughton & Comnesk, . B/c of this being my Mom's!
family I have been working on the Harrison/Harris family side for the last 4 years.
I'm far from finished but am enjoying every minute of it. I would be happy to share
any info that I have if you'd like.
Thanks for you help,
Becky
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