Primary Name: Harris, Kitty
Filed as: harris_kitty
Also known as: Kitty Newcomb Harris; Katherine Harris, Kate Harris,
Occupation / Association: Early resident of Juneau; Tlingit resident of Hoonah
Born: circa 1867, Hoonah, Alaska
Died: February 1893, Juneau, Alaska
Parents:
Spouse: Richard Harris (m. circa 1880)
Children: William J. Harris (1882–1882); William J. Harris, Jr.; Richard Tighe Harris, Jr.; Mary Kelchine Harris (1888–1889)
Property / Address: 219 Second Street, Telephone Hill, Juneau, Alaska
Associated places: Hoonah, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Harrisburg (Juneau), Alaska; Telephone Hill Historic Neighborhood
Keywords: Kitty Harris, Katherine Harris, Harris Kitty, Richard Harris wife, Telephone Hill residents, Harrisburg Alaska families, Tlingit residents Juneau, Hoonah Alaska families
Biography
Kitty Harris, a Tlingit woman from Hoonah, believed to be of the Wooshkeetaan clan, married Richard Harris around 1880.
In March 1881, the couple purchased Lots 1 and 2 on Telephone Hill from George Pilz and his wife. They later sold Lot 1 and built a home on Lot 2 at 219 Second Street.
The couple had four children. Their first son, William J. Harris, was born on May 14, 1882, but died two days later. A second son, William J. Harris, Jr., was born on March 29, 1884. On November 10, 1885, their son Richard Tighe Harris, Jr. was born. Their daughter Mary Kelchine Harris was born on March 22, 1888.
Kitty Harris and three of her children were baptized on Sunday, July 15, 1888, by Reverend Eugene S. Willard in the Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, Alaska.
Mary Kelchine Harris died on February 24, 1889, at the age of eleven months. Kitty Harris died in February 1893 at the age of 26.
Sources
Alaska Consortium Library; Telephone Hill historical records; Juneau Independent, "Telephone Hill Was Built Around a Tlingit Home"
Tags: Kitty Harris, Katherine Harris, Harris Kitty, Richard Harris, Telephone Hill residents, Hoonah Alaska families, Harrisburg Alaska families, Tlingit residents Juneau