Birth Date: March 20, 1914 Date of Death: December 25, 1996 Mother: Mattie Mirce Harris Father: John Harris Siblings: Annie Harris, Johnnie Harris, Mattie Harris, Velma Harris Children: Eddie Harris, Jr., Clarence Harris, Paul Harris, Leola Lydia Harris Mallory, Lorraine Harris Street Spouse: Clara Shipp Harris Nickname: |
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Husband | Harris, Ed |
Wife | Shipp, Clara |
Date | 1937-07-16 |
Elala Shipp could be Leola Shipp. The "Harns" are probably Harrises : Clara Shipp Harris married Ed Harris. The "Wachers" are likely Walkers. Minnie Shipp Walker married Charles Walker. The other "Wachers" are the children of Louella Elizabeth Shipp Walker and Earnest Thomas Walker I who passed in 1937: Earnest Wacher is Ernest Walker II, Leon Wacher is Leonidas Walker, Willard Roy Wacher is Willard King Walker and Lan Ella Wacher is Louella Walker Cain.
According to his death certificate, his mother's name is Nealie Unk. However, there is no census information to support her existence. None of his descendents knew his mother or remember him saying his mother's name. Considering Nealie could be short for Cornelia, there is also no census information regarding a Cornelia Unk. Considering that Unk could be short for unknown, there is no census information supporting any Cornelia or Nealie married to a John Harris in Alabama at the time of Eddie Harris, Sr.'s birth.