From the Cheltenham Chronicle 26 December 1931

Dean Forest Deaths

Mrs. Fanny Matilda Harris (77), wife of Mr C J Harris, for 57 years a worker at Drybrook Congregational Church, where theirs was the first wedding to be solemised

Thanks as ever Dink,

what a particularly sad time to lose a loved one...

From this site's PRs:

Record_ID: 249997
Entry_Number: 1506
Year: 1931
Month: Dec
Day: 17
Surname: HARRIS
Forenames: Frances Matilda
Residence: Drybrook
Age_at_death: 77 years
Officiating_Minister: George R Newman Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/14
Page_No: 189
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: H620

I think this is Mr C.J. Harris:

Record_ID: 1008216
Entry_Number: 253
Year: 1937
Month: Oct
Day: 4
Surname: HARRIS
Forenames: Charles James
Residence: Drybrook
Age_at_death: 83
Officiating_Minister: H O Williams Congregational Minister
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/38
Page_No: 32
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: H620

Could this be their marriage, about the right timeframe ?
I'm unsure as to what their "solemised wedding" at Drybrook means, does this mean to make a Registry Office wedding "religious" in their eyes perhaps ??

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
HARRIS Charles James SPARROW Fanny Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office 1874 5 72
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/MarriageSearch.aspx

Could this be their marriage, about the right timeframe ?
I'm unsure as to what their "solemised wedding" at Drybrook means, does this mean to make a Registry Office wedding "religious" in their eyes perhaps ??

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
HARRIS Charles James SPARROW Fanny Forest of Dean Westbury-on-Severn (FoD) Register Office 1874 5 72
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/MarriageSearch.aspx

Its a non conformist marriage at the Congregational Chapel ( enlarged 1872) with a civil ceremony at the Registry office ?

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From the Cheltenham Chronicle 26 December 1931

Dean Forest Deaths

Mrs. Fanny Matilda Harris (77), wife of Mr C J Harris, for 57 years a worker at Drybrook Congregational Church, where theirs was the first wedding to be solemnised

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=33429

Name:Frances Matilda Sparrow
Date of Registration:Apr-May-Jun 1854
Registration District:Ledbury
Inferred County:Herefordshire
Volume:6a
Page:411

1861
William Sparrow abt 1820 Linton, Herefordshire, England Head Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire
Mary Ann Sparrow abt 1822 Tedbury, Gloucestershire, England Wife Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire
Alfred Wm Sparrow abt 1850 Wesbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, England Son Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire
Orland Trantor Sparrow abt 1852 Wesbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, England Son Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire
Frances Matilda Sparrow abt 1855 Ledbury, Herefordshire, England Daughter Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire
Ruth Sparrow abt 1858 Weston Under Penyard, Herefordshire, England Daughter Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire

1891
Charles J Harris 37
Frances M Harris 36
Henry C Harris 16
Edith F Harris 14
Emily E Harris 12
Lilian M Harris 8/12

1901
Charles J Harris 47
Frances M Harris 46
Henry C Harris 26
Edith T Harris 24
Lilian M Harris 10
Daisy L Harris 7
Alfred Harding 20

1911 Rose Villa, Quabbs Lane, Drybrook, Glos
Charles James Harris 57 Walford Coal Miner
Frances Matilda Harris 56 Ledbury
Lilian Matilda Harris 20 Drybook
Daisy Everald Harris 17 Drybrook
William Boach Hier 25 Congregational Minist

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From the Cheltenham Chronicle 26 December 1931

Dean Forest Deaths

Mrs. Fanny Matilda Harris (77), wife of Mr C J Harris, for 57 years a worker at Drybrook Congregational Church, where theirs was the first wedding to be solemnised

Name:Charles James Harris
Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1854
Registration District:Ross
Inferred County:Herefordshire
Volume:6a
Page:403

1861
Henry Harris abt 1813 Walford Head Walford, Herefordshire
Eliza Harris abt 1807 Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales Wife Walford, Herefordshire
Elizabeth Harris abt 1848 Walford, Herefordshire, England Daughter Walford, Herefordshire
Harriett Harris abt 1852 Walford, Herefordshire, England Daughter Walford, Herefordshire
Charles James Harris abt 1854 Walford, Herefordshire, England Son Walford, Herefordshire

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