Iowa Family Groupsheet for Harris, John Bennett Family *********************************************** Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Kathi Davis Email address: davis3124@comcast.net Husband: Harris, John Bennett Birthdate: 12 Mar 1857 Birthplace: St. Cleer, Cornwall, England Death date: 1924 Place of death: Missouri; buried Xenia Cem, Dallas Co, IA Father: Harris, Joseph Mother: Bennett, Mary Ann Marriage date: 21 Mar 1874 Marriage place: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England Wife: Hill, Elizabeth Jane Birthdate: 24 Oct 1859 Birthplace: Calstock, Cornwall, England Death date: 19 April 1914 Place of death: Woodward, Dallas Co, IA; buried Xenia Cem, Dallas Co, IA Father: Hill, Thomas Crocker Mother: Palmer, Mary Ann CHILDREN Child No. 1: Harris, Joseph Blamey Sex: M Birthdate: 13 Mar 1875 Birthplace: Cramlington, Northumberland, England Death date: 28 Feb 1919 Place of death: Marion, Williamson Co, IL Marriage date: 17 Mar 1894 Marriage place: Chevington, Northumberland, England Spouse's name: Sarah McGill Child No. 2: Harris, Mary Ann Sex: F Birthdate: 7 Sep 1877 Birthplace: Bothal, Northumberland, England Death date: Place of death: perhaps Australia Marriage date: 4 Apr 1900 Marriage place: Bothal, Northumberland, England Spouse's name: Frederick James Bambridge Child No. 3: Harris, Ada Jane Sex: F Birthdate: 25 Sep 1878 Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England Death date: Place of death: probably Iowa Marriage date: 24 Mar 1897 Marriage place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England Spouse's name: Francis Bell Child No. 4: Harris, John Charles Sex: M Birthdate: 13 Mar 1880 Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England Death date: 21 Jun 1930 Place of death: Marion, Williamson Co, IL 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 Apr 1882 Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England Death date: Place of death: Michigan, probably Detroit, Wayne Co. 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 Jun 1883; Chr 20 Feb 1884, Newbottle Parish Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England Death date: May 1969, bur 19 May-Highland Mem 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 Apr 1885; Chr. 2 Jan 1889, Newbottle Parish Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England Death date: Place of death: USA, possibly Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: William Herbert Child No. 8: Harris, Emma Ursula Sex: F Birthdate: 2 Feb 1887; Chr. 2 Jan 1889, Newbottle Parish Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England Death date: Jan 1969 Place of death: Kirkville, Wapello Co, IA Marriage date: 29 Oct 1904 Marriage place: Huntsville, Missouri Spouse's name: John William Dawson Child No. 9: Harris, Thomas Crocker Hill Sex: M Birthdate: 24 Oct 1888; Chr. 2 Jan 1889, Newbottle Parish Birthplace: Lanchester, County Durham, England Death date: Feb 1965 Place of death: Iowa Marriage date: 19 Apr 1912 Marriage place: Macon, Missouri Spouse's name: Christine Edmunds Child No. 10: Harris, Lily Sex: F Birthdate: 28 Feb 1890 Birthplace: Newbottle, County Durham, England Death date: 3 May 1976 Place of death: Ypsilanti, Michigan USA; bur Montrose Cem, Genessee Co. MI Marriage date: 11 Jan 1908 Marriage place: Albia, Monroe Co, Iowa Spouse's name: Davis, Clarence Child No. 11: Harris, Peter Robert Sex: M Birthdate: 14 Sep 1892 Birthplace: West Rainton, Northumberland, England Death date: Place of death: USA, probably Iowa Marriage date: 20 Sep 1912 Marriage place: Polk Co, Iowa Spouse's name: Bertha Blanche Nichols Child No. 12: Harris, Andrew Sex: M Birthdate: 26 Jul 1894 Birthplace: Chevington, Northumberland, England Death date: 14 Dec 1927 Place of death: Ziegler, Franklin Co, IL Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 13: Harris, Sarah Elizabeth Sex: F Birthdate: Abt 1895 Birthplace: Chevington, Northumberland, England Death date: July 1977 Place of death: Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Joseph Paskavan Child No. 14: Harris, Laura Ethel Sex: F Birthdate: 9 Dec 1896 Birthplace: Chevington, Northumberland, England Death date: Place of death: USA, possibly Iowa Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Gilliland Child No. 15: Harris, Redvers George "Bulla" Sex: M Birthdate: 18 Feb 1900 Birthplace: Bothal, Northumberland, England Death date: Place of death: IL, IA, or MO Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 16: Harris, Gertrude Alice Sex: F Birthdate: 13 Sep 1902 Birthplace: Pegswood, Northumberland, England Christened: 4 Nov 1902, Primitive Methodist, Bothal, Northumberland, England Death date: 5 Oct 1991 Place of Death: Washington State Buried: 7 Oct 1991, Evrgrn Mem Gard, Vancouver, Clark Co, Washington Marriage date: (1) 24 Mar 1919 Marriage place: (1) Des Moines, Des Moines Co, Iowa Spouse name: (1) Anselm Winfield Marriage date: (2) 8 Sep 1920 Marriage place: (2) Kirkville, Adair Co, Missouri 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). 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 and IL Statewide Death Index 1916-1950, online. 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, 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). Copy of Marriage Certificate, State of Missouri (Book 12, p. 152). Lily Harris Davis: SSDI, Numident, Funeral note, Certificate of Marriage, State of Iowa and Hawkeye Heritage, Vol. 8, No 4, Oct 1973, p. 194. Andrew: Illinois Statewide Death Index 1916-19500, online. Sarah Elizabeth: SSDI, issued: Iowa, Last Residence: Des Moines, Polk Co, IA. Redvers George: WWI Draft Registration Card, Springfield, IL Gertrude Alice, most information courtesy cousin Martha in Vancouver.