I think the 79th Foot were the illustrious Cameron Highlanders, a broad Forest dialect amongst them could be interesting (and no I don't like men in skirts !).

Battle of Waterloo took place Sunday 15 June 1815

On Ancestry there is 'UK Waterloo Medal Roll 1815' - a number of John HARRIS, rank etc - but not residence/place of birth.

can recognise a FOD name that pops up from time to time.

George GWILLIAM - 1st Battalion 79th Regiment of foot

and John GUILLEAM - Drummer, 28th Regiment of foot (later a Gloucestershire Regiment)

Battle of Waterloo

http://www.britishbattles.com/waterloo/waterloo-june-1815.htm

Baptism at Arlingham 15 January 1815

Susanna WILLIAMS, parents Thomas (Shoemaker) & Susanna

Gloucestershire Baptism CD

Arlingham St Mary

Daniel WILKINS - 23 February 1823, Thomas (Shoemaker) & Susanna

1851 Census, Arlingham
Sea View

Daniel WILKINS - age 27 - Carpenter - born Glos. Arlingham
Sabina WILKINS - age 22 - born London

FOD records : Marriage at Drybrook - 27 September 1850

Daniel WILKINS - Bachelor, Carpenter - Popes Hill

father: Thomas WILKINS, Shoemaker

married

Sabrina Jane FRYER - Spinster, Popes Hill
Father: Daniel FRYER (Lians Fitre) Maker

by banns

witnesses: John WILKINS, Tabitha PARKER

Notes: Brides Father occ difficult to read

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Betty FRYER born Arlingham, Widow 74 (retired Inn Keeper) + her children born in Middlesex St.Georges, are in Arlingham 1851 census.

1841 Popes Hill
William Harriss abt 1781 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire Ag Lab
William Harriss abt 1817 Gloucestershire, England Dean Forest, Gloucestershire

Year:1842
Month:Aug
Day:11
Surname:HARRIS
Forenames:William
Residence:Popes Hill Hundred of Saint Briavels
Age_at_death:62
Officiating_Minister: T M Wetherell Curate
Event:Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:P354 IN 1/8
Page_No:134
Parish_Chapel:Westbury on Severn

Year: 1843
Month: Jan
Day: 21
Grooms_Surname: HARRIS
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age: Of Full Age
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Eastern Division of Dean Forrest
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Harris
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: William
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: WILKINS
Brides_Forenames: Susannah
Brides_Age: Of Full Age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Westbury
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Wilkins
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Shoe Maker
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both Sign
Witness_1: Thomas Wilkins
Witness_2: Sarah Wilkins
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Thomas May.Wetherell
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 31
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn

Susanna Wilkins
------------------------------------------
Event(s):
Birth: About 1815 Arlingham, Gloucester, England
Christening: 15 JAN 1815 Arlingham, Gloucester, England
-------------------------------------
Parents:
Father: Thomas Wilkins
Mother: Susanna Cannock
---------------------------------------------------
Messages:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

1841
Susanna Wilkins abt 1821 Gloucestershire, England Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire Servant to Surgeon

Year: 1843
Month: Jan
Day: 21
Grooms_Surname: HARRIS
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age: Of Full Age
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Eastern Division of Dean Forrest
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Harris
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: William
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: WILKINS
Brides_Forenames: Susannah
Brides_Age: Of Full Age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Westbury
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Wilkins
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Shoe Maker
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both Sign
Witness_1: Thomas Wilkins
Witness_2: Sarah Wilkins
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Thomas May.Wetherell
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 31
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn

<><>< Brother ?

1841
Thomas Wilkin abt 1811 Gloucestershire, England Arlingham, Gloucestershire Shoe M
Harriott Wilkin abt 1811 Gloucestershire, England Arlingham, Gloucestershire

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.

Glad to also see t'other threads helping you out too re Robert Hyett etc. Never feel afraid to email members direct if they appear to be researching "your" lines, they may be distant relatives of yours, and will probably help you with more info if you get stuck, for example the usefull Census Returns which this site doesn't hold. (Re the email pls check your inbox.)

So from

Record_ID: 18948
Entry_Number: 62
Year: 1843
Month: Jan
Day: 21
Grooms_Surname: HARRIS
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age: Of Full Age
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Eastern Division of Dean Forrest
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Harris
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: William
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: WILKINS
Brides_Forenames: Susannah
Brides_Age: Of Full Age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Westbury
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Wilkins
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Shoe Maker
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both Sign
Witness_1: Thomas Wilkins
Witness_2: Sarah Wilkins
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Thomas May.Wetherell
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 31
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: H620
Soundex_Bride: W425

so Wm Harris born abt 1823 say, father Wm perhaps born 1805,same area probably. Thats the trouble when they just said "full age" ie "adult", anything from 20 to 60!. Dont forget too the given ages on marriage & burial records are often guestimates in ye olde days, perhaps with some years "lost" for personal reasons...
Also note only bride's witnesses are recorded, unusual, so no clues re the grooms errant parents.

My advice when searching is to not apply too many filters, yes this can help but it might cause you to miss things. Also by reading apparently unrelated PRs you may accidentally find other family members for future use. In this way I discovered six brothers & sisters we never knew my grandmother had !. I suggest you methodically work thro each & every possible PR for a given name, including spelling variations, within a likely time period, in this case say William Harris Baptisms, probably W-O-Severn, from 1780-1825?. In fact there are only 15 in total on the database, so easy to do all.

Sure enuff you get a likely:

Record_ID: 61925
Entry_Number: 654
Year: 1824
Month: Feb
Day: 22
Parents_Surname: HARRIS
Child_Forenames: William
Fathers_Forenames: [base born]
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Westbury
Occupation: [not stated]
Officiating_Minister: Miles Coyle Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 82
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

I see your problem now re Father's & Mother's full names !.
That said its very common for the child to take the father's name so no real secrets here, this lad's father is quite probably a William Harris too, although not certain of course.
I love these quaint old phrases, I have some "b-b" in my line too!

I see theres also these William Harris' in W-O-S. Got to be worth tracing their parentage, most certainly close relations.

Record_ID: 61490
Entry_Number: 220
Year: 1816
Month: Aug
Day: 27
Parents_Surname: HARRIS
Child_Forenames: William
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Westbury
Occupation: Soldier
Officiating_Minister: Rich[ar]d Wetherill Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 28
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

(Wow, I've never found a soldier before, I think far more interesting than my line of colliers)
Note how certain first names are very common(sorry, popular) such as fashionable "Royal" names like Elizabeth, William (my dad, his dad, his dad, my son, etc etc); often passed down from parent to children; not helpful to us though !

Or even perhaps:

Record_ID: 82581
Entry_Number: 2766
Year: 1811
Month: Jul
Day: 21
Parents_Surname: HARRIS
Child_Forenames: William
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: 89
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

In such a situation look for other Harris's and try and build family groups, perhaps finding same witness's names will help, perhaps suggesting a hierarchy within a family or local group. T'other PRs found may give additional relevant clues such as parents names etc. Also try to find the Burial Record for each parent, that may help gauge the likely age of their children, again helping you distinguish the different families.
I suspect here James Harris & John Harris are sons of another William Harris too.

Anyway thanks for your help and interest.

HARRIS

William - 35 - born Glos. Flaxley
Susan - 35 - born Arlingham
Susan - 7 - all born East Dean
William - 6
Thomas - 3
John - 1 month

next door

HARRIS

John - 65 - Day labourer - born East Dean
Sarah - 58 - born Westbury
Two unmarried Sons - both born East Dean

Thomas 35 and James 32

This sites has a huge database of fully searchable Parish Records which you can access free of charge 24/7. There are more free websites if you need them but none as good as this one, and none have the Forum etc etc. They can give additional info or just verify what you find, none are 100% perfect or complete.
On this site just click on blue "Parish Records" button at top of page.

From this you can find the following;

Baptism (aka Birth) Record for Susannah Harris born abt (ie about)1844 gives:

Record_ID: 63334
Entry_Number: 462
Year: 1844
Month: May
Day: 19
Parents_Surname: HARRIS
Child_Forenames: Susannah
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Susannah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: East Dean
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: T M Wetherell
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes: ditto
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/14
Page_Number: 58
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: H620

Is this your Susannah ?. I guess yes as its a fairly unusual name on the database, there being "only" 30 sets of PRs (Parish Records) listed under that name, thats across Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.

So also from this site aka FoD PRs:

Marriage Record:
Record_ID: 19371
Entry_Number: 485
Year: 1878
Month: May
Day: 18
Grooms_Surname: HAYWARD
Grooms_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Age: Of Full Age
Groom_Condition: Batchelor
Grooms_Occupation: Tailor
Grooms_Residence: Abinghall
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Hayward
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: John
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Tailor
Brides_Surname: HARRIS
Brides_Forenames: Susannah
Brides_Age: Of Full Age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Westbury
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Harris
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: William
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both Sign
Witness_1: William Harris
Witness_2: Anna Beard
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Christopher Jay Jones Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P354 IN 1/7
Page_Number: 243
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex_Groom: H630
Soundex_Bride: H620

You can tell this is correct PR by checking Father's name, Parish Chapel etc. Such info helps ensure we have the right Susannah, eg in this instance a Mary Susannah Harris also from Westbury on Severn was married just the previous year, but cannot be confused as different parents names etc.
Also names of witnesses, usually family members or close friends, are often given, helping with further branches of the tree.
The Marriage Record is often the most helpfull of the three BMD records because of this.

When searching her Burial Record don't forget(its easy) her surname has changed, now its Hayward. Luckily again there are only 19 PRs for this name on the site (for "common" people like my family of Jones there are often pages and pages to read).

HOWEVER I cannot find her at this visit; even by just searching all the S Haywards/Heywords/etc (by ticking Soundex box) for all the Parishes, giving 141 possible Burial Records to check, I cannot see "your"s...yet!
Maybe she remarried and changed surname, or maybe she's moved away so not on the database, etc.

Anyway hope this helps for a starter, I'm sure you can find some more information now.

Burial Record: ?

Juliette

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=10131#p10206
Sent to us by Jean Herbert

Mary Ann Harris
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/drybrook/

She was born abt 1841 FOD. Her father was James Harris born abt 1815 Gloucestershire.
Mary Ann's mother was Susannah born abt 1822 FOD (sorry, no maiden name).

Hi Jean

I have found a "maybe" on FreeBMD:

Marriage March 1839 Ross-on-Wye James Harris & Susannah Hayward 26 251

Baptism for Susannah Hayward Little Dean:

record_id 31943
Entry No 307
Year 1822
Month May
Day 5
Parents Surname HAYWARD
Child Forename Susannah
Father's Forename John
Mother's Forename Mary
Place of Residence Little Dean
Occupation Collier
Officiating Minister R M Mainwaring Curate
Event Baptism
Register Ref P110 in 1/5
Page 39
Parish/Chapel Little Dean

Regards
Chris