William Harris (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, July 14, 2011, 01:57 (4890 days ago) @ Jefff

Take James say, several possibles on PRs, sadly often secretive wrt parents name.

Maybe?:

Record_ID: 21666
Entry_Number: 273
Year: 1805
Month: Dec
Day: 9
Grooms_Surname: HARRIS
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: MARSHALL
Brides_Forenames: Jane
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Widow
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: No 58 Oct 20th 2
Signature_or_Mark: Both Mark
Witness_1: Mark of John Harris
Witness_2: Mark of Elizabeth Harris
Other_Witnesses: Anthony Bennett
Officiating_Minister: Richard Wetherell Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 69
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: H620
Soundex_Bride: M624

NB: no father's name given, but look who the witnesses are.

We saw this couple earlier:

Record_ID: 21678
Entry_Number: 285
Year: 1807
Month: Feb
Day: 24
Grooms_Surname: HARRIS
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: TAYLOR
Brides_Forenames: Mary
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: otp [Westbury]
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Licence
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both Sign
Witness_1: Edward Millard
Witness_2: Lucy Taylor
Other_Witnesses: William Coleman
Officiating_Minister: Richard Wetherell Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 72
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: H620
Soundex_Bride: T460

Its all abt using the clues.
Even if not "ours" still worth recording this line, it maybe relevant, and it reduces the "possibles" that we're trying to find "our" James from.

Record_ID: 82486
Entry_Number: 2671
Year: 1809
Month: Aug
Day: 20
Parents_Surname: HARRIS
Child_Forenames: James
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Richard Wetherell Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 86
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

(Another James !,

and another to same parents !!)

Record_ID: 61348
Entry_Number: 79
Year: 1814
Month: Jun
Day: 12
Parents_Surname: HARRIS
Child_Forenames: James
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Westbury
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Rich[ar]d Wetherill Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 10
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

Which suggests James 1809 died an infant ?.
However no PR, unless MAYBE this one's date should be 1809, not 1804... could easily have been transcribed wrong ?, like the Vicar's surname for example.

Record_ID: 59537
Entry_Number: 1465
Year: 1804
Month: Mar
Day: 21
Surname: HARRIS
Forenames: James
Residence:
Age_at_death: Infant
Officiating_Minister: Richard Wetherell Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes: Visitation
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/3
Page_No: 145
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

There are NO other James Harris Baptisms just before 1804, so seems reasonable..

Guess they may have had a daughter, guess name Mary, search PRs:

Record_ID: 82397
Entry_Number: 2582
Year: 1808
Month: Jan
Day: 3
Parents_Surname: HARRIS
Child_Forenames: Mary
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Richard Wetherell Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Dau of
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 354 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 83
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

As you can see, its far more fun than Suduki etc !

This could be her, perhaps explaining why I couldn't find her Marriage Record ?
There are several other Mary Harris Burial Records but the ages don't tie up at all:

Record_ID: 46086
Entry_Number: 992
Year: 1841
Month: Apr
Day: 5
Surname: HARRIS
Forenames: Mary
Residence: Westbury
Age_at_death: 32
Officiating_Minister: T M Wetherell Curate
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/8
Page_No: 124
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

And now just plough thro all the other Westbury Harris's as I suggested earlier, and find the families. Fortunately now you're entering the era of Census returns data, a quicker way of discovering a family household, but not as much fun or info.