Iowa Family Group sheet 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: Parish Church of St. Nicholas, 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: Parish Church of Chevington, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Sarah MCGILL


Child No. 2: HARRIS, William George
Sex:  M
Birthdate: 26 July 1876
Birthplace: Shank House, Cramlington, Northumberland, England
Death Date:  reported September Qtr, 1876


Child No. 3: HARRIS, Mary Ann
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 September 1877
Birthplace: Bothal, Northumberland, England
Death date: 30 November 1952
Place of death: Radlett, Hertfordshire, England (living w/dau Hilda)
Marriage date: 4 April 1900
Marriage place: Parish Church of Bothal, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Frederick James BAMBRIDGE



Child No. 4: 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: Register Office, Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Francis BELL

Child No. 5: 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: Register Office, Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Mary Hannah WHITEHEAD

Child No. 6: HARRIS, William Thomas
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 May 1881
Birthplace: Newbottle, Durham, England
Death Date:  reported June Qtr, 1881

Child No. 7: HARRIS, Louisa Ellen
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 April 1882; chr 6 Aug 1882, W. Rainton, DUR, ENG
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: Parish Church of Bothal, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: William HADDON

Child No. 8: HARRIS, Beatrice Jessie
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 June 1883; Chr 20 February 1884, Newbottle Parish
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date: 16 May 1969, bur 19 May-Highland Memory Gardens
Place of death: Polk Co, IA
Marriage date: 18 May 1901
Marriage place: Parish Church of Bothal, Northumberland, England
Spouse's name: Andrew Henderson SCROWTHER

Child No. 9: HARRIS, Florence Maud
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1 April 1885; Chr. 2 January 1889, Newbottle Parish
Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England
Death date: 8 August 1953
Place of death: Ottumwa, Wapello, IA bur Ottumwa Cem
Marriage date: about 1905
Marriage place: Randolph Co, MO
Spouse's name: William Herbert BAMBRIDGE/BAINBRIDGE*
*William was the brother of Fred Bambridge, who married Florence’s sister Mary Ann          

Child No. 10: 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. 11: 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. 12: 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. 13: HARRIS, Peter Robert
Sex: M
Birthdate: 14 September 1892
Birthplace: W. Rainton, County Durham, England
Death date: 1952; bur Resthaven Cem, W. Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
Place of death: Polk Co, IA
Marriage date: 20 September 1912
Marriage place: Polk Co, IA
Spouse's name: Bertha Blanche NICHOLS

Child No. 14: 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. 15: 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. 16: 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. 17: 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: Irma L. UNKNOWN


Child No. 18:  HARRIS, EVELINE MAY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 May 1901
Birthplace: Pegswood, Northumberland, England
Death Date: reported September Qtr 1901
Place of Death: Pegswood, Northumberland, England


Child No. 19: 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


There were 23 children. Four deceased in infancy remain to be located.



SOURCES:
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, NBL, 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, UK. 
Certified copies of marriage entries for John, Elizabeth, and those children married in the UK from the GRO, 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, p.22, at www.iamonroe.org, 
NARA microfilm publication T843, roll 73, page d, Ship Passenger Arrival Records, 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
JOSEPH Blamey: 1900 US Census, IL, Sangamon Co, T623-343, ED92, p. 16a. IL Statewide Death index, IL State Journal Oct 7 1929, p. 12. Oak Ridge Cemetery Interment Records, Declaration of Intent to Naturalize 1901, IL ; familysearch.org. 
MARY Ann: 1901 Census, Co Durham, England. RG19/4700, ED19, folio 67, p. 24; familysearch.org; National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills & Administrations) 1858-1966, p. 319; England & Wales Census 1911, RG14. 
ADA Jane: 1901 Census, Northumberland, England RG13/48387, ED29, folio 124, p. 83;1920 US Census T625-486, ED 231, p. 4a.
JOHN Charles: SSDI; familysearch.org
LOUISA Ellen: 1910 US Census, T624-414, ED104, p. 648; 1920 US Census, T625-486, ED10, sheet 4b; 1930 US Census, T626-1042, Ward 10, Block 238, ED82-284; 1940 US Census, T627_1856, Ed84-509, sheet 9A. Death & burial info from cousin Louise. 
BEATRICE Jessie: Immigration: SS Ivernia, arr. Boston 5 May, 1910 found at Ancestry.com; 1920 US Census, T625, sheet 10B; 1930 US Census, T626, roll 650, ED0012, sheet 1B; 1940 US Census, T627, roll 1197, ED 100-141, sheet 13A; Polk Co, Iowa Genweb online; findagrave.com.
EMMA Ursula: SSDI, which incorrectly gives her birthdate as 14 Feb, 1887. 1910 US Census, T624, ED101, sheet 1B; 1920 US Census, T625, roll 486, ED 231, p. 7A; 1930 US Census, T626, roll 686, ED90-29, p. 2A, 1940 US Census, T627, roll 1209, ED90-41, sheet 1A; findagrave.com.
THOMAS Crocker Hill: 1920 US Census, T625, roll 486, ED 231, p. 6A; 1930 US Census T626, roll 686, ED 90-29, p. 1A; 1940 US Census, WWI Draft Reg (familysearch.org) Naturalized 1941, Wapello Co, IA (Petition Book 9, p. 487); Copy of Marriage Certificate, State of Missouri (Book 12, p. 152); death & burial info from cousin Candace.
LILY: 1920 US Census, 1930 US Census, 1940 US Census, SSDI, Numident, Funeral note card, Certificate of Marriage, State of Iowa and Hawkeye Heritage, Vol. 8, No 4, Oct 1973, p. 194; Death Certificate State of Michigan; findagrave.com, SSDI.
PETER Robert: cousin Susan; 1910 US Census, T624-414, ED 105, p. 25;  1920 US Census, T625, roll 486, ED 231, p. 5B; 1930 US Census, T626, roll 678, ED 79-121, p. 23A; Iowa County Marriages 1838-1934 (familysearch.org); Polk Co Marriage Book 15; Billion Graves index.
ANDREW: Ziegler News, 16 Dec 1927, p. 1; WWI Draft Registration (familysearch.org) Illinois Statewide Death Index 1916-1950
SARAH Elizabeth: 1930 US Census, T626, roll 676, ED55, p. 27A; 1940 US Census; SSDI.
LAURA Ethel: familysearch.org; Polk Co Marriage Book 15; Iowa County Marriages 1838-1934 (familysearch.org); Illinois Deaths & Stillbirths (familysearch.org); Oak Ridge Cemetery Interment Records (www.idaillinois.org), Vol. 5, p. 5. 
REDVERS George: WWI Draft Registration Card, Springfield, IL (familysearch.org); findagrave.com, Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998 (familysearch.org), State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
GERTRUDE Alice, most information courtesy cousin Martha; 1930 US Census, T626, roll 2485, ED53, p. 4A; 1940 US Census; SSDI; findagrave.com; Polk Co Marriage Book 19.

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