Liane Harris (1956 - 1978)

Born 27 Nov 1956 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Nov 1978 at age 21 in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

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Biography

Liane was born in 1956. She was the daughter of Sherwin (Plotnick) Harris and Sharon Silverstein. Liane was a member of Peoples Temple; she moved to the Temple's headquarters, Lamaha House, in Georgetown, Guyana with her mother and two siblings in 1977. On 18 November 1978, she and her siblings were stabbed to death by her mother when Jim Jones ordered the "revolutionary suicide" of Peoples Temple members. She was buried in Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, California.^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). "Where were the people who died in Guyana buried?" from Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=87578
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV5-TDKS : 13 December 2015), Liane Harris, 1978; Burial, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States of America, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #30999964.

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG3N-V8T : 27 November 2014), Lian Harris, 27 Nov 1956; citing San Francisco, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
• Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
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