HARRIS family #1 (from Wales)

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Youngest child and only daughter of John & Martha (nee POWELL).

Martha HARRIS b. 1887 Auburn d. 1972 Highgate (have burial)

married 1908 Subiaco

Arthur Leslie BARRETT b. 1886 Vic. d. 1970 Nollamara (have burial)

Please see what you can find. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thank you very much.

Herbert (Bertie) Bertram HARRIS b. 1875 USA d. 1946 Parramatta

Buried Rookwood Cemetery Sect 16 Row 16 Grave 2913, no headstone.

married 1900 Granville

Florence Emma GLENDENNING b. 1879 England d. 1953 Burwood

Parents are James & Agnes.

GLENDENNING Agnes 46 Oroya 1889 Sydney and family. Arrived September Reel 2143
GLENDENNING Florence 10 Oroya 1889 Sydney and family. Arrived September Reel 2143
and other children

Shipping record says James was already here so when did he arrive?

Death # 14123/1923 GLENDENNING AGNES (- SCOTT) 78 YEARS PENRITH PENRITH

Please see what you can find. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[crankypants]

Hi

Images sent.

1903 N.S.W Electoral Roll - Parramatta (Parramatta Polling Place)
HARRIS Herbert, Boundary-street, ironworks
HARRIS Florence Emily, Boundary-street, domestic duties
also
HARRIS Catherine, Boundary-street, domestic duties
HARRIS Martha, Boundary-street, domestic duties

Can't find James GLENDENNING senior in shipping records, can't blame him arriving before Agnes and 11 children.>

cheers
crankypants

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thank you very much. Florence is in the index as GLENDINING so I searched for James with glen% and still can't find him. The shipping record clearly indicates spouse James is already in Australia. I bet the vessel had a matron/nanny on board.

I presume Martha must be Bertie's mother. She is listed as a witness to a birth in Sydney in 1903 and by 1908 was in WA. Catherine has to be Martha's son Evan's spouse but why is she not with Evan ??? We'll get to Evan later. Doing Bertie's children first.


John HARRIS b. 1866 Neath d. 1947 Mosman Park (have burial)

married 1889 Auburn

Amy Florence ELLIS b. 1870 Hindmarsh d. 1929 Parramatta

Please see what you can find. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Another variation:

James GLENDINNING Spouse: Agness SCOTT
Marriage: 16 Jun 1865 Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

Interesting that the shipping record on PROV has the name as GLENDINNING and the family as UNASSISTED.

Regards,

Dave

 

[crankypants]

Hi Dave

Another variant CLENDENNING.

Now I have a small problem with John HARRIS, we have 59 to chose from in 1930 er. As Amy died in 1929 Parramatta there are two here, do you have any idea on his occupation.

John Harris Male 1930 New South Wales Parramatta Hornsby
John Harris Male 1930 New South Wales Parramatta Sutherland

(Sutherland) turns out to be HARRIS John William (indexed as John, image is John William).

(Hornsby) HARRIS John, Aoba, Muriel street, Hornsby, railway ganger

cheers
crankypants

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thanks. I can help you with that.

Enlisted Fremantle,WA 12 Jul 1916 - S/N 6773 - Discharged 29 Jul 1919 Perth

Don't know if they separated or divorced. There actually is a lot of that going on with this branch of my tree though.

Regards,

Dave

 

[crankypants]

Hi Dave

(Hornsby) HARRIS John, Aoba, Muriel street, Hornsby, railway ganger

cheers
crankypants

There is a Emily Bertha HARRIS at this address.

cheers
crankypants

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

I only have 12 John HARRISsss in my tree. I'll see what I can find.

I don't have an Emily Bertha married to a John in my tree.

When John enlisted in WA in 1916 his occupation was furnace man and spouse Amy was living in Cottesloe Beach.

E/R 1925 Fremantle.

Regards,

Dave

 

[crankypants]

Hi Dave

You know I had Mosman Park N.S.W in my head until I did a search and there is one in W.A.

John Harris Male 1943 Western Australia Fremantle Claremont (FURNACEMAN) Palmerston street, Cottesloe Beach.

cheers
crankypants

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thank you very much. There is a park in Mosman in NSW but Mosman Park is WA. I used to think Glenelg was in Victoria. My brain has been rewired for that one.


Evan HARRIS b. 1868 Neath d. 1941 Liverpool

married 1888 Auburn

Catherine Horne SANDS b. 1870 Sydney d. 1905 Granville

Please see what you can find. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[crankypants]

Hi Dave

Found John in 1925 same address as Amy but different sub district.

Will send shortly.

cheers
crankypants

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thanks. That's a bit curious. I thought it might have been because that a street number determined which sub-division but there is no # for John in 1925 either.

The fourth redistribution was proclaimed on 13 September 1922 and the resultant boundaries were used in the 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1934 elections.

Regards,

Dave

 

[crankypants]

Hi Dave

Sending 1910 & 1916 Amy & John HARRIS.

cheers
crankypants

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thanks. Gwendoline would be their 2nd child, the first being John #6.

Regards,

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thanks for looking. Evan didn't remarry and I doubt you will find him listed with someone who may appear to be his spouse. I'm not sure. Golden Grove is an inner-city suburb not out west near Liverpool. Aged 68 then so no occupation would fit. All the children had married by 1923 so I don't expect to see any still living with him.

Died in State Hospital and Home, Liverpool. I don't have a copy of Evan's death certificate. I have a copy of Catherine's. Hard to read but I think it says Rookwood CofE.

OUR DEAR MOTHER
CATHERINE HARRIS
DIED 28th NOV 1905


Rookwood Cemetery Headstone:
OUR DEAR FATHER EVAN HARRIS
DIED 23rd SEPTEMBER 1941
AGED 73

Regards,

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Starting the children now:

Herbert Rees HARRIS b. 1901 Parramatta d. 1967 Parramatta

married 1935 Granville

Margaret V. BLACKMAN b. 1901 Mudgee d. 1949 Petersham

Looks like Margaret is not using her middle name. Sometimes Rees =Reece.

18 High St, Granville in 1941


Parramatta & Reid

Please see what you can find. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thank you very much.

Gwendoline Mabel HARRIS b. 1892 Granville d. 1931 Buckland Hill

married 1923 Williams

Leonard Douglas BLACKMAN b. 1883 Kent d. 1930 Irwin

Please see what you can find. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thank you very much. Another John and I think Mabel might not be using her middle name so not easy again.

John HARRIS b. 1890 Granville d. 1974 Wembley

married 1916 Fremantle

Mabel Meta NORTON b. abt 1891 d. 1969 Wembley

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/872713

Engineering Blacksmith/Politician
John Harris
Senator for Western Australia
In office
1 July 1947 – 28 April 1951
In office
1 July 1953 – 30 June 1959
Born 3 December 1890
Sydney, New South Wales
Died 5 October 1974 (aged 83)
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Occupation Blacksmith


Please see what you can find. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave

 

[DaveHam9]

Hello crankypants,

Thank you very much.

Percy Lewis HARRIS b. 1903 Parramatta d. 1985 Granville

married 1935 Granville

Lila Myrtle Hilda VINES b. 1904 Granville d. 1984 Granville

Parramatta & Reid

Please see what you can find after 1936. Thanks.

Regards,

Dave