Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
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12.
Arthur
William
HARRIS
[
Parents
].
Born
14/9/1873
in
Earley,
Berkshire,
Arthur
William
died
1959
in
Wolverton,
Buckinghamshire,
age
85.
Occupation:
General
labourer;
Blacksmith’s
striker,
Railway
carriage works.
In
1895,
when
Arthur
William
was
age
about
22,
he
married
Mary
Jane MARSHALL
(1872-1967) in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire.
They
had
the
following
children,
all
born
Stantonbury,
Buckinghamshire:
(1)
Lilian
May
,
born
1897.
(2)
George
William
,
born
1899.
(3)
Albert
Edward
,
born
about
1901.
(4)
Kate
Elizabeth
,
born
1903.
(5)
Ivy
Kathleen
,
born
1907.
(6)
Beatrice
Jane
,
born
1909.
(7)
Arthur
C
,
born 17/3/1913.
13.
Edward
Charles
HARRIS
[
Parents
].
Born
21/9/1874
in
Earley,
Berkshire,
Edward
died
1947
in
Wolverton,
Buckinghamshire, age 72. Occupation: General labourer.
In
1900,
when
Edward
was
age
25,
he
married
Caroline
HARCOURT
,
daughter
of
Isaac
HARCOURT
and
Sarah
UMNEY
,
in
Newport
Pagnell.
Caroline
was
born
30/8/1882
in
Sherington,
Buckinghamshire
and
died
6/2/1958
in
Stony
Stratford,
Buckinghamshire,
age
75.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“HARRIS
Caroline
of
4
King
Street
Stony
Stratford
Buckinghamshire
widow
died
6
February
1958
Probate
Oxford
to
Sydney
Harcourt
Harris
gas
fitter
and
Lucy
Maud
Forrester
(wife
of
Roland
Forrester).
Effects
£255
19s.
4d.”
(Worth
around
£6,000
today.)
They had the following children:
(1)
Lucy
Maud
,
born
1900
in
Newport
Pagnell.
(2)
Sydney
Harcourt
,
born
31/10/1909
in
Wolverton.
Plus
one
other
who
has
not
been
identified but was recorded in the 1911 census as having died.
14.
Robert
William
HARRIS
[
Parents
].
Born
24/4/1875
in
Northampton
and
baptized
25/12/1881
in
St
Edmund,
Northampton.
Robert
William
died
in
1956
in
Brixworth,
Northamptonshire,
age
80.
He
emigrated
with
his
family
to
Canada,
arriving
on
30/3/1913
in
Halifax,
Nova
Scotia
from
Liverpool
on
board
the
Tunisian.
From
20/12/1914
to
19/7/1915
Robert
served
in
the
46th
Battalion,
Canadian
Expeditionary
Force.
He
probably
returned
to
England
at
some
point
after
discharge
-
there's
evidence
he
left
Liverpool
on
8/6/1921
for
Quebec,
arriving
there
on
16/6/1921.
On
26/12/1904,
when
Robert
William
was
age
29,
he
married
Ellen
Maude
BRAFIELD
(1884-?),
daughter
of
William
BRAFIELD
a
Farm
Bailiff, in St John the Baptist, Hartwell, Northamptonshire.
They had the following children:
(1)
Donald
Seymour
,
born
6/5/1907
in
Brixworth
and
died
17/10/1991
in
South
Norbury,
London,
age
84.
(2)
Robert
Douglas
,
born
31/7/1913
in
Regina,
Saskatchewan,
Canada,
and
died
7/3/1945
when
his
Avro
Lancaster
(serial
number
ME428)
was
shot
down
by
Heinz-Wulf
Schnaufer,
the
latter's
121st
and
final
aerial
victory,
crashing
at
Colbitz,
near
Magdeburg,
Germany.
Robert
served
in
the
Royal Canadian Airforce from 8/7/1942 until his death.
15.
William
HARRIS
[
Parents
].
Born
27/7/1877
in
St
Giles,
Northampton,
William
died
1963
in
Brixworth,
Nothamptonshire,
age
85.
Occupation:
Cycle
and
motor
engineer; later Town Hall Keeper.
In
1904,
when
William
was
age
about
26,
he
married
Helen
Jane
CRICK
(1880-1963) in Brixworth.
They had the following children:
(1)
Greta
Douglas
,
born
15/6/1905
in
Northampton
and
died
there
1987,
age
82.
In
1946,
when
Greta
was
age
about
40,
she
married
Owen
BOLTON
(1900-1956)
in
Northampton.
In
1959,
when
Greta
was
age
about
53,
she
married
Francis
William
HOARE
(1892-1987)
in
Northampton.
(2)
Bernard
,
born
12/6/1908
in
St
James,
Northampton
and
died
there
in
1990,
age
82.
In
1939,
when
Bernard
was
age
31,
he
married
Dora
Lavinia
STOCKWELL
(1910-1997),
daughter
of
Thomas
STOCKWELL
and
Amy
Rosina
BILBY
,
in
Northampton.
(3)
Gordon
George
,
born
2/6/1910
in
St
Giles,
Northampton
and
died
there
in
1999,
age
about
89.
In
1940,
when
Gordon
was
age
about
30,
he
married
Mabel
LINNELL
(1912-1980)
in Northampton.
16.
Arthur
Frank
HARRIS
[
Parents
].
Born
1883
in
St
Albans
and
baptized
10/12/1883
in
St
Albans
Abbey,
Arthur
Frank
died
1934
in
St
Marylebone,
age
about
50.
Occupation: Lead glazier.
On
19/10/1907,
when
Frank
was
age
24,
he
married
Louisa
Caroline
BANWELL
,
daughter
of
William
and
Louisa
BANWELL
,
in
St
Matthew,
Marylebone,
London.
Born
1885
in
Harpenden,
Hertfordshire,
Louisa
died
13/12/1972
in
Thundersley,
Essex,
age
87.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“HARRIS
Louisa
Caroline
of
55
Common
Ln
Thundersley
Essex
died
13
December
1972
Probate
Ipswich
27
March
£679.”
(The
equivalent
of
around
£9,200 today.)
They had the following children:
(1)
Edward
Arthur
,
born
about
1909
in
Marylebone
and
died
1972
in
Brent,
age
63.
(2)
Sydney
I
,
born
1911
in
Marylebone
and
died
there in 1926, age 14.
17.
Sydney
Thomas
HARRIS
[
Parents
].
Born
21/4/1886
in
St
Albans,
Sydney
died
7/4/1965
in
Willesden,
London,
age
79.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“HARRIS
Sydney
Thomas
of
48
Dollis
Hill
Avenue
Willesden
London
died
7
April
1965
Probate
London
27
July
to
Harold
Cross
Pill
estate
agent
and
Thomas
William
Pinnock
solicitor.
£3596.”
(The
equivalent
of
around
£69,420
today.)
Occupation:
Mechanical
Engineering
Works
Foreman
(1939).
Sydney
built
model
steam
engines.
One,
a
model
vertical
direct-acting
Truslove
steam
pump,
is
held
in
the
object store at the Science Museum, London.
In
1911,
when
Sydney
Thomas
was
age
about
25,
he
married
Ellen
Elizabeth
WALLER
,
daughter
of
Joseph
WALLER
and
Eliza
PUGH
,
in
St
Albans.
Ellen
Elizabeth
was
born
12/2/1886,
also
in
St
Albans,
and
died 1939 in Barnet, age 73.
They had the following children, both born St Albans:
(1)
Evelyn
Kathleen
,
born
27/6/1913
in
St
Albans
and
died
2001
in
Buckinghamshire,
age
88.
On
26/9/1950,
when
Evelyn
was
age
37,
she
married
Ernest
Eric
VARNEY
(1908-2001)
in
Willesden.
(2)
Edwin
Victor
,
born
28/12/1919
in
St
Albans
and
died
July
1998
in
Worthing,
Sussex,
age
78.
In1949,
when
Edwin
was
age
about
29,
he
married
Joyce
WALLER
(1923-1990)
in
Westminster.
They
had
one
child who is still living.
18.
Frederick
HARRIS
[
Parents
].
Born
27/2/1896
in
St
Albans,
Frederick
died
13/11/1952
in
Westminster
Hospital,
London,
age
56.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“Harris
Frederick
of
10
Kings
Way
Wealdstone
Harrow
Middlesex
died
13
November
1952
at
Westminster
Hospital
London
S.W.1
Probate
London
3
February
to
Barclays
Bank
Limited.
Effects
£5499
5s.
8d.”
(Worth
around
£164,420
today.)
Occupation:
Chartered
secretary
(1939);
Bank
manager.
In
1923,
when
Frederick
was
age
27,
he
married
Dorothy
Clara
HUTCHINGS
in
St
Albans.
Dorothy
was
born
29/8/1897
in
St
Albans
and
died
21/5/1988
in
Wealdstone,
age
90.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“HARRIS,
Dorothy
Clara
of
10
Kings
Way
Wealdstone
Harrow
Middx
died
21
May
1988
Probate
Oxford
25
October £158925.” (Worth around £426,000 today.)
They had the following children:
(1)
John
Trevor
,
born
1932
in
Hendon
and
died
24/11/1943,
in
the
Middlesex
County
Council
Sanatorium,
Uxbridge,
age
11.
John’s
cause
of
death
was
likely
to
be
tuberculosis
as
the
sanatorium
specialised
in
its
treatment.
An
entry
in
the
National
Probate
Calendar
reads:
“HARRIS
John
Trevor
of
10
Kings
Way
Wealdstone
Harrow
Middlesex
died
24
November
1943
at
Middlesex
County
Council
Sanatorium,
Harefield,
Uxbridge,
Middlesex
Administration
Llandudno
27
January
to
Frederick
Harris
chartered
secretary.
Effects
£409
11s.
7d.”
(Worth
around
£18,420
today.)
And
1
child
who is still alive.