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Beryl Christie Harris (Finegan)

Also Known As: "Beril Magdeline"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Inverness, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica
Death: September 03, 1995 (77-81)
Inverness, Alexandria, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica (from sepsis due to a bed sore)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Patrick Althanasous Finnagan and Orah “Miss Iris” Finnagan
Wife of Oscar Joseph Brown Harris
Mother of Donald Jasper Harris, PhD and Private
Sister of Noel Pendgast Finegen; Gloria Eugenie Hill; Bernard Washington Finegon; Abraham Judah Finegen and Private

Managed by: Erica Howton
Last Updated:

About Beryl Christie Harris

Kamala’s paternal grandmother was named Beryl (the daughter of Iris Finegan).


References

  • Birth record?: (image attached); from < FamilySearch > Beril Magdeline, born 9th September 1917, daughter of Iris Finegan, formerly Allen, a seamstress. [Father left blank.]
  • Death record?: (document attaached) from < FamilySearch > discepancy: "in her 81st year" [which suggests a 1914 birth date].
  • ”Reflections of a Jamaican Father” By Donald J. Harris“ < link > to The Diaspora KAMALA HARRIS’ JAMAICAN HERITAGE – UPDATED – 14.01. 2019
  • Newspaper Archive 1 Nov 1963, Kingston Gleaner, Donald < FamilySearch >
  • "10 Things to Know About the Town Kamala Harris’ Jamaican Ancestors are From." Staff Writer (2020) < Jamaicans.com > "Kamala Harris with her Jamaican grandmother Miss Chrishy in Browns Town Jamaica" [sic: with Beryl Harris in St. Ann's Parish] Photo Source: Kamala Harris < Facebook >
  • "Did Kamala Harris fake photo with her long-dead grandmother?!" Posted by Dr. Adrian WongDate: September 27, 2024 < link > "Truth : Kamala Harris did not fake photo with her long-dead grandmother!"
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/272680650/beryl_christie-harris "This death document is not for Kamala's grandmother but the birth document is. There are several Beril/Beryl women from Jamaica within a several year time-span. The woman that died in 1960 spent a significant portion of time in America, whereas Kamala Harris' grandmother did not. The 1960 woman never married. Kamala's grandmother married twice that I have found so far. The 1960 woman is pretty fair skinned as well, Kamala's Grandmother was pretty dark skinned. It is not 100% confirmed yet, but the Grandmother of Kamala appears to have died 3 Sep 1995, 6 days before her 78th birthday."
  • "Running mates share a family name" (September 23, 2020) < IrishEcho.com > " ... McNiff believes that Patrick A. Finegan, who married Orah Allen, aka Miss Iris, in 1908, was the mixed-race son of a man called Patrick Finegan from Ireland. Miss Iris and Patrick A. Finegan, were the parents of Donald Harris’s mother Beryl."
  • "Kamala Harris' family tree tells a tale of migration and education" (September 20, 2024) < Findmypast/blog > "Donald J. Harris' maternal grandmother was also a key part of his Jamaican upbringing. Donald's mother Beryl was born to Patrick A. Finegan and Orah Allen, known as 'Miss Iris' (1888-1981). As their marriage record reveals, the couple had married on 1 January 1908, when they were aged 25 and 19, respectively. Like Miss Chrishy, Iris was also a mother of eight. She was a devoted Christian and ran a cane farm in St. Ann, and Donald remembers her as a 'tough farming woman'."
  • https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GW29-BDN
  • http://ethnicelebs.com/kamala-harris
  • https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&n=finegan&oc=0&p=beryl+mag...
  • https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=141514+kamala+harris&ah...
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Beryl Christie Harris's Timeline

1914
1914
Inverness, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica
1938
August 23, 1938
Kingston, St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica
1995
September 3, 1995
Age 81
Inverness, Alexandria, St. Ann Parish, Jamaica