Iowa Family Groupsheet for John Bennett Harris Family

Submitted by: Kathi Davis
Email address: kathleen-davis@att.net


Husband: HARRIS, John Bennett
Birthdate: 12 March 1857
Birthplace: Crow's Nest, St. Cleer, Cornwall, England
Death date: 17 June 1924
Place of death: St. Louis, Missouri; bur Xenia Cem, Dallas Co, IA
Father: HARRIS, Joseph
Mother: BENNETT, Mary Ann

Marriage date: 21 March 1874
Marriage place: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Wife: HILL, Elizabeth Jane
Birthdate: 24 October 1859
Birthplace: Calstock, Cornwall, England
Death date: 19 April 1914
Place of death: Woodward, Dallas Co, IA; bur Xenia Cem, Dallas Co, IA
Father: HILL, Thomas Crocker
Mother: PALMER, Mary Ann

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: HARRIS, Joseph Blamey
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 March 1875
Birthplace: Cramlington, Northumberland, England
Death date: 28 February 1919
Place of death: Marion, Williamson Co, IL; bur Oak Ridge Cem, Sangamon Co, IL
Marriage date: 17 March 1894
Marriage place: Chevington, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Sarah MCGILL

Child No. 2: HARRIS, Mary Ann
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 September 1877
Birthplace: Bothal, Northumberland, England
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 4 April 1900
Marriage place: Bothal, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Frederick James BAMBRIDGE

Child No. 3: HARRIS, Ada Jane
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 September 1878
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Baptism: 1878, W. Rainton, County Durham, England 
Death date: 14 July 1930                      
Place of death: Superior Twp, Washtenaw Co, MI
Marriage date: 24 March 1897
Marriage place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Francis BELL

Child No. 4: HARRIS, John Charles
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 March 1880
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date: February 1967
Place of death: Taylor, Wayne Co, MI
Marriage date: 20 May 1901
Marriage place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Mary Hannah WHITEHEAD

Child No. 5: HARRIS, Louisa Ellen
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 April 1882
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date: 25 July 1941
Place of death: Livonia, Wayne Co. MI; bur Parkview Cem, Livonia
Marriage date: 30 May 1903
Marriage place: Bothal, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: William HADDON

Child No. 6: HARRIS, Beatrice Jessie
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 June 1883; Chr 20 February 1884, Newbottle Parish
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date: May 1969, bur 19 May-Highland Memory Gardens
Place of death: Polk Co, IA
Marriage date: 18 May 1901
Marriage place: Bothal, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Andrew Henderson SCROWTHER

Child No. 7: HARRIS, Florence Maud
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1 April 1885; Chr. 2 January 1889, Newbottle Parish
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date:
Place of death: USA
Marriage date: about 1905
Marriage place: USA
Spouse's name: William Herbert BAINBRIDGE          

Child No. 8: HARRIS, Emma Ursula
Sex: F
Birthdate: 2 February 1887; Chr. 2 January 1889, Newbottle Parish
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date: January 1969
Place of death: Kirkville, Wapello Co, IA
Marriage date: 29 October 1904
Marriage place: Huntsville, Randolph Co, MO
Spouse's name: John William DAWSON

Child No. 9: HARRIS, Thomas Crocker Hill
Sex: M
Birthdate: 24 October 1888; Chr. 2 January 1889, Newbottle Parish
Birthplace: Lanchester, County Durham, England
Death date: 22 February 1965 
Place of death: Kirkville, Wapello Co, IA bur Mem Lawn Cem, Ottumwa, IA
Marriage date: 19 April 1912
Marriage place: New Cambria, Macon Co, MO
Spouse's name: Christine EDMUNDS

Child No. 10: HARRIS, Lily
Sex: F
Birthdate: 28 February 1890
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date: 3 May 1976
Place of death: Ypsilanti, MI; bur Montrose Cem, Genessee Co, MI
Marriage date: 11 January 1908
Marriage place: Albia, Monroe Co, IA
Spouse's name: Clarence DAVIS

Child No. 11: HARRIS, Peter Robert
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 September 1892
Birthplace: West Rainton, County Durham, England
Death date: 1952; bur Resthaven Cem, W. Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
Place of death:
Marriage date: 20 September 1912
Marriage place: Polk Co, IA
Spouse's name: Bertha Blanche NICHOLS

Child No. 12: HARRIS, Andrew
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 July 1894
Birthplace: Chevington Colliery, Chevington, Northumberland, England
Death date: 14 December 1927
Place of death: Ziegler, Franklin Co, IL bur Masonic & Oddf Cem, Benton, IL
Marriage date: (1) 22 October 1913
Marriage place: (1) Boone Co, IA
Spouse's name: Ethel Bell GILLILAND
Marriage date: (2)
Marriage place: (2)
Spouse’s name: Pearl

Child No. 13: HARRIS, Sarah Elizabeth
Sex: F
Birthdate: 24 October 1895
Birthplace: Chevington Colliery, Chevington, Northumberland, England
Death date: July 1977
Place of death: Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Joseph PASKVAN

Child No. 14: HARRIS, Laura Ethel
Sex: F
Birthdate: 9 December 1896
Birthplace: Chevington Colliery, Chevington, Northumberland, England
Death date: 19 October 1918
Place of death: Springfield, Sangamon Co, IL; bur Oak Ridge Cem, Sangamon Co, IL
Marriage date: 31 December 1912
Marriage place: Polk Co, IA
Spouse's name: George Edwin GILLILAND

Child No. 15: HARRIS, Redvers George "Bulla"
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 February 1900
Birthplace: Pegswood, Northumberland, England
Death date: 13 May 1952
Place of death: USA; bur Blk 34a, Glendale Cem, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 16: HARRIS, Gertrude Alice
Sex: F
Birthdate: 13 September 1902
Birthplace: Pegswood, Northumberland, England
Christened: 4 November 1902, Primitive Methodist, Bothal, Northumberland, England
Death date: 5 October 1991
Place of Death: Washington State
Buried: 7 Oct 1991, Evergreen Mem Garden, Vancouver, Clark Co, WA
Marriage date: (1) 24 March 1919 
Marriage place: (1) Des Moines, Des Moines Co, IA
Spouse name: (1) Anselm WINFIELD
Marriage date: (2) 8 September 1920
Marriage place: (2) Kirkville, Adair Co, MO
Spouse name: (2) Walter REESE

NOTE:

There were 23 children total. I have located the 16 who survived to adulthood.

SOURCES:

Cousin Susan from Indiana who knew a lot of the children's names, spouses and 
places in the US.
1871 UK Census, Cornwall, RG10/2237, ED6, folio 45, p.32.
1881 UK Census, County Durham, RG11/4973, ED 8, folio 41, p.12.
1891 UK Census, County Durham, RG12/4109, folio 47, p. 27.
1901 UK Census, Pegswood, Northumberland, RG13/4837, ED 17, folio 29, p. 32. 
1910 US Census, Monroe Co, IA, Troy Twp, ED104, p. 25b.
1920 US Census, Dallas Co, IA, Des Moines Twp, ED 231, p.7b.
Certified copies of birth entries for John, Elizabeth, and all children from the 
General Register Office, Southport, UK. 
Certified copies of marriage entries for John, Elizabeth, and those children married 
in the UK from the GRO, Southport, UK. 
John: Certificate of Death, State of Missouri
Elizabeth: Certificate of Death, State of Iowa 
Xenia Cemetery: Hawkeye Heritage Vol 2, No. 4, Oct 1967.
John Bennett Harris: Declaration of Intention of Naturalization, 
Foster, Monroe Co, IA, Vol 2, Pg 22, found at www.iamonroe.org, 
National Archives & Record Administration microfilm publication T843,
roll 73, page d, Ship Passenger Arrival Records, Vessel Saxonia, May 19,
1904, lines 2-14
Parish records, Newbottle, Baptisms 1884, p. 5, No. 34 (Beatrice); 1889, p. 60,
Nos. 475-477 (Emma, Thomas, Florence).
Familysearch.org; FindaGrave.com

Additional Sources:
JOSEPH Blamey: 1900 US Census, IL, Sangamon Co, T623-343, ED92, p. 16a. 
MARY Ann: 1901 Census, Co Durham, England. RG19/4700, ED19, folio 67, p. 24
ADA Jane: 1901 Census, Northumberland, England RG13/48387, ED29, folio 124, p. 83.
1920 US Census, Iowa, Dallas Co, Des Moines Twp, Woodward T625-486, ED 231, p. 4a.
JOHN Charles: SSDI; familysearch.org
LOUISA Ellen: 1910 Census, Iowa, Monroe Co, Troy Twp, Albia. T624-414, ED104, p. 648
1920 Census, Iowa, Dallas Co, Grant Twp, Granger, T625-486, ED10, sheet 4b.
1930 Census, Michigan, Wayne Co, T626-1042, Ward 10, Block 238, ED82-284; Death & burial info from cousin Louisa Haddon-Dotts.
BEATRICE Jessie: Immigraton: SS Ivernia, arr. Boston 5 May, 1910 found at Ancestry.com
Burial at Highland Memorial Gardens from Polk Co, Iowa Genweb online.
EMMA: SSDI, which incorrectly gives her birthdate as 14 Feb, 1887.
THOMAS Crocker Hill: Naturalized 1941, Wapello Co, IA (Petition Book 9, p. 487); death & burial info from cousin Candace in Hawaii. Copy of Marriage Certificate, State of Missouri (Book 12, p. 152).
LILY: SSDI, Numident, Funeral note card, Certificate of Marriage, State of Iowa 
and Hawkeye Heritage, Vol. 8, No 4, Oct 1973, p. 194.
PETER Robert: cousin Susan in Indiana, Polk Co Marriage Book 15, familysearch.org
ANDREW: Illinois Statewide Death Index 1916-1950, and familysearch.org
SARAH Elizabeth: SSDI, issued: Iowa, Last Residence: Des Moines, Polk Co, IA.
LAURA Ethel: familysearch.org; Polk Co Marriage Book 15 
REDVERS George: WWI Draft Registration Card, Springfield, IL
GERTRUDE Alice, most information courtesy cousin Martha in Vancouver; Polk Co Marriage
Book 19.

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