My HARRIS Family at the South Hams and in the Channel Islands

1 John Harris, snr born in England, c 1758; married Elizabeth Pilditch on 6/03/1788 at South Milton Devon UK; died South Milton Devon UK 14/06/1847; PLACE OF BAPTISM: England; DATE OF BURIAL: 16/06/1847; PLACE OF BURIAL: South Milton Devon UK; OCCUPATION: Carpenter; Witnesses at the wedding of John and Elizabeth Pilditch were Edward Muchamore and Jonathon Pilditch.

John died at 10am on the 14/6/1847 at Trutes, South Milton at the age of 89 years. Agnes Luckham was present at his death. Possibly Agnes was a family member, however his daughter Agnes married Robert Winsor. At the death of his wife some seven years earlier Jenny Luckham was present, and John and his wife also had a daughter of that name. Whether the two daughters therefore married into the same family is possible, although it is believed that Jenny married into the Moore family and Agnes into the Winsor family.

Truites in 1841 was a property owned by a William Roope Ilbert esq, and occupied in that year by a William Steer. The property consisted of a cottage and courtlage, garden and orchard. It was at the same property that his wife had died.

On the 1841 census John was living with a Windsor family, into which one of his daughters had married. In the house next door were a Luckham family. Full details of the census appear later.

Other property that the Harris family were associated with from the 1760s were Cliff Ground at South Milton, nos 554 to 561,41 parable and arable acres, a Harris tenement owned by William Roope Ilbert, and occupied by Sarah Moore in 1841(comprised of Orchard and Linhay, Cottage and garden), and Sweets (9 lots, 19 acres and house.)

Whether the lessees of these properties were this particular Harris family have yet to be proven, however it seems likely as even in 1850 there were only some 450 people living there.

At the time of 1850, when a business directory was prepared, some of the families associated or related to the Harris family were included, namely:

Carpenters: Jonathon Pilditch
Farmers: George Crimp
Shopkeepers: William Luckham and Robert Winsor
Tailors: James, John and William Luckham

All of these entries relate to South Milton, a parish of some 1556 acres, 3 miles from Kingsbridge. The Crimps of South Milton married into the Friend family and migrated to the Ouija Valley in California.

Back in those times Truites consisted of two cottages, one up and one down, with a garden and stream facing the property, higher ground behind it.

The Ilberts who owned the Sweets property had a long association with the area. The most important house near Kingsbridge is Bowringsleigh, in the parish of West Alvington. What you see now from the plunging lane on its eastern boundary is a beautiful Tudor and Jacobean house silvery grey amongst the oaks, and beeches of its park and startlingly large after the modest size of the Kingsbridge town houses.

It is a very ancient site, long established even when the Bowrings were living here in 1332. The owner in the 1960s was a Miss Marjorie Ilbert, descendant from the family who bought the house in 1696.

Various additions were made up to the 1850s in accord with the existing style. Possibly John Harris was employed as a carpenter on these. The oldest surviving part of the house is the chapel, which contains a curiosity in the roodscreen, originally in the South Huish church but transferred to the house when the church fell into decay.

Johns son Richard, was baptised in the church in 1804.

The Luckham family similarly has a strong association with the area. Luckhams lane joins the Malborough to Kingsbridge road a hundred yards north of the Malborough cross roads where a tollgate existed, the toll being collected from the window of the last house on the right from Kingsbridge. Luckhams lane was known as the dodge, for people sneaked up it to avoid paying the Toll.

There are 9 known children of John Harris, snr:

2 i. Elizabeth Harris, snr born in South Milton Devon UK, 00/00/1789; DATE OF BAPTISM: 29/06/1789; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Milton Devon UK, married William Phillips South Milton 1809, and Robert Winsor. She had six children by her first marriage, details being included in the John Harris descendants page. The Phillips family migrated to London in the 1860s and then moved onto to South End in Essex.

3 ii. Jenny Harris born in South Milton Devon UK, 00/00/1791; married John Moore on 07/08/1816 at Malborough Devon; DATE OF BAPTISM: 5/06/1791; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Milton Devon UK; The marriage of Jenny Harris to John Moore, in Malborough is based on an IGI entry, and has yet to be checked out.

4 iii. John Harris, jnr

5 iv. Sarah Harris born in South Milton, Devon, 00/00/1795; DATE OF BAPTISM: 7/06/1795; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Milton Devon UK;

6 v. Mary Harris

7 vi. Francis Harris, snr born in South Milton Devon UK, 00/00/1799; died South Milton Devon UK 00/00/1818; DATE OF BAPTISM: 16/03/1799; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Milton Devon UK; DATE OF BURIAL: 24/11/1818; PLACE OF BURIAL: South Milton Devon UK;

8 vii. Agnes Harris born in South Milton Devon UK, 00/00/1801; married Robert Winsor on 12/06/1828 at South Milton Devon UK; DATE OF BAPTISM: 00/08/1801; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Milton Devon UK;

9viii. Richard Harris, snr

10 ix. William Harris, snr born in Salcombe Devon UK, c 1806; DATE OF BAPTISM: 10/05/1806; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Salcombe Devon UK;

I do not believe that William is a son of John Harris and Elizabeth Pilditch, but rather that his parents were another John Harris and Elizabeth Jarvis. That family also went to the Channel Islands at about the same time as John and Elizabeth Pilditch. The John Harris that married Elizabeth Jarvis came from Malborough.

4 John Harris, jnr born in South Milton Devon UK, 00/00/1793; married (1) Mary Anne Humble at England; married (2) Elizabeth Foot on 8/09/1851 at Alderney Channel Islands; died Bouet Guernsey Ch Is 10/06/1862; DATE OF BAPTISM: 21/07/1793; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Milton Devon UK; DATE OF BURIAL: 16/06/1862; PLACE OF BURIAL: St John's Bouet Guernsey Ch Is; OCCUPATION: Carpenter;

John lived at the following addresses :

1841, Delancy ,St Sampson, Guernsey, age 45, house carpenter. Living with him was Mary, his wife age 40, English born, and his children, William age 15 apprentice shipwright, Richard age 10, Thomas age 4 Francis age 2 and Eliza age 7 all English born.

In 1851 he was at Borel House, St Annes, Newtown, Alderney however Mary his wife had died and there was no record of William or Eliza. There was listed Elizabeth, age 10, a daughter, Guernsey born and a scholar. There was another John Harris, age 29 also on Alderney.

In 1861 his address was 6 Distillery Road, near Bouet, St Peter Port Guernsey. He was still recorded as a carpenter (house) ,age 67 and living with him was his new wife Elizabeth, age 54, English born, along with James Saunders, age 32, son ,unmarried labourer born in England, George Saunders, age 21, son, unmarried, John Saunders, age 16, unmarried son, a stone cutter, English born, Sarah Saunders, age 24, a daughter, unmarried laundress, English born, Emily Saunders, age 4 a scholar born in St Peter Port and Henry Newman, aged 6 months, a son born in St Peter Port. All but the last two of the listed children were from Elizabeth’s first marriage to James Saunders.

The question that can be asked is whether John Harris was the first of the family to go to the island or had they been there for some time before. certainly there were Harris folk on the island in the 1500s (Under the name of Henry). One interesting account of the Harris family in the area occurred in the summer of 1780/81 when three French privateers , two brigs and one cutter , with 20 soldiers on board were despatched from Cherbourg to take the island of Alderney. Under cover of night, the privateers came to anchor within musket shot of the guard house of the chateau a L'etoc, where they were perceived about 2am, it being at that time moonlight. There being very little wind the French were trying to land in Corblets Bay. The militia guard was only comprised of four men, namely John Ozard, Peter Gaudion, WILLIAM HARRIS, and another, who perceiving the object of the invaders immediately opened fire on them, killing several of them.

There was at that time, in Alderney Harbour a large English privateer who upon hearing the sound of gun fire instantly beat to arms. The weather being balmy, and everything being quite, meant that the alarm was heard by the French and they beat a hasty retreat.

There is the possibility that John also had a daughter Sarah. A Sarah Jeans appears as a sponsor , together with Richard Harris and Mary Ann Begg on the baptism registration at the Town church in St Peter Port for the baptism of Richard and Marys child Edith Esther Begg Harris on the 21/2/1861. A Sarah Harris appears as a sponsor with Richard Harris and his sister Eliza at the baptism of their sister Elizabeth Harris on the 8/5/1842 at St Sampsons, Guernsey.

The death of a Mrs Sarah Jeans in Pau France, a popular holiday spot in those times, was recorded on the 15/10/1878, and recorded in the Guernsey magazine March 1878/May 1879. Possibly Sarah was one of the older children of John, she was not recorded with the family at the time of the 1841 census.

John was buried at St Johns, Bouet, where he resided, on June the 16th at the age of 69 years.

There are 8 known children of John Harris, jnr:

11 i. William Harris born in England, c 1826; PLACE OF BAPTISM: England; OCCUPATION: Shipwright; William was possibly born in Hampshire. His brother Richard was born there (Portsea) in 1831.There is baptism of a William Harris recorded at St Marys, Portsea Portsmouth, Hampshire on the 4th of July, 1834 to a John and Mary Harris. John was shown as a bricklayer, a trade with which he had not previously been identified, and in view of this there must be some doubt about whether this is the right William. There is also the difference of some 8 years in the dates(understood) between birth and baptism.

12 ii. Richard Harris, jnr

13 iii. Eliza Jane Harris born in Salcombe, Devon, 00/00/1834;DATE OF BAPTISM: 10/08/1834; PLACE OF BAPTISM:Salcombe Chapel, Devon;

14 iv.Thomas Humble Harris, snr

15 v. Francis Harris, jnr born in Salcombe Devon UK,02/02/1839; DATE OF BAPTISM: 24/02/1838; PLACE OF BAPTISM:Salcombe Devon UK; OCCUPATION: Labourer;

At the time of the 1851 census he was living on the island of Alderney with his widowed father, John, his brothers Richard and Thomas and his sister Elizabeth. The address was Borel House, he was listed as a 12 year old labourer.

His birth certificate shows the name, surname and maiden name of his mother as Mary Harris, Late Mock, formerly Humble. His mother was the informant of the birth, and she was listed as being resident in Salcombe, Malborough.

16 vi Elizabeth Harris, jnr born in St Sampson Guernsey C.I., 21/02/1842; died Esplanade St PP Guernsey11/05/1857; DATE OF BAPTISM: 8.05.1842; PLACE OF BAPTISM: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is; DATE OF BURIAL: 16/05/1857; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is;At her baptism in St Sampsons church her sponsors were Richard, Sarah and Eliza Harris By the time the census was taken in 1851 she was living on the island of Alderney at Borel House, with her widowed father, John, and her brothers Richard, Thomas and Francis. She was listed as a scholar, Guernsey born.

17 vii.Emily Harris born in Guernsey Channel Islands, c1857; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey Channel Islands; It needs to be clarified whether Emily was in fact a Harris, daughter of John Harris and Elizabeth Foot, or a Saunders, daughter of James Saunders and Elizabeth Foot, or indeed an illegitimate child of the daughter of Elizabeth, Sarah. On the 1861 census for St Peter Port she was living at the age of 4 with John Harris, her mother and other Saunders children at no 6 Distillery Road, St Peter Port.

18 viii.Henry Newman Harris born in Guernsey Channel Islands c 1860; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey Channel Islands; It needs to be clarified whether in fact Henry was the son of John Harris and Elizabeth Foot, or the son of James Saunders and Elizabeth Foot(1st marriage), or indeed the son of Elizabeth’s daughter Sarah. At the time of the 1861 census he was recorded as living at no 6 Distillery road, St Peter Port, with John Harris, Elizabeth and her sons and daughters by her first marriage. Henry was simply listed as Henry Newman, son, age 6 months, Guernsey born.

6 Mary Harris born in South Milton Devon UK, 00/00/1798; married John Crimp; DATE OF BAPTISM: 14/01/1798; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Milton Devon UK;Mary Harris had one child:

19 i. John Harris Crimp married Elizabeth Snowdon on 28/07/1857 at South Huish;

9 Richard Harris, snr born in South Huish Devon UK, 00/00/1804; married Elizabeth Sarah Gardener on 1/08/1831 at Marlborough Devon UK; died St Peter Port Guernsey 27/08/1888; DATE OF BAPTISM: 27/05/1804; PLACE OF BAPTISM: South Huish Devon UK; DATE OF BURIAL: 29/08/1888; PLACE OF BURIAL: Guernsey Channel Islands; OCCUPATION: Naval Carpenter; Witnesses at the wedding were William Gardener, William Jarvis, Sarah Stumbles, John Keddie and Catherine. Richard spent a large part of the last four years of his life in the Town hospital at St Peter Port, eventually dying there as a poor inmate. He was listed as a naval carpenter.

During his life Richard lived at the following addresses on Guernsey:

In 1841 he was living at Beauregard Lane, St Peter Port, with his wife Sarah, age 30, William age 8, Elizabeth 7, Henry 5 all English born. Richard was listed as a shipwright age 32. Living with them at the time of the census was a Eliza Plumer, age 15.

In 1861 the family had moved to 3 Distillery Road, St Peter Port, several houses away from his brother John and his family. Living with Richard, age 57, shipwright were his wife Sarah, age 53, his son Henry Edward Harris, also a shipwright and to whom the house either belonged or was rented by, along with his wife RoseS Harris, age 22, their daughter ,also Rose S Harris, age 1, born at St Peter Port, Henry S Harris a son of 1 month born at St Peter Port and Charles F Harris, an unmarried son, age 17, a mariner, born at Vale, Guernsey.

By 1871 the family were at 2 St James St Peter Port, Richard being an unemployed 67 year old shipwright, Sarah age 64, along with their son William G Harris, age 38,a master painter who was born in Salcombe Devon, Williams wife Priscilla Fanny Harris, age 35, Devonport born, and their daughter, Priscilla F Harris, age 8, born at St Andrew Guernsey. This house was that of William G Harris's. In 1881 Richard Harris was listed at the Town Hospital, St Peter Port Guernsey, as a widower, age 75, an inmate, formerly a shipwright, born in South Huish, Devon.

There is no listing of the family in the islands in 1851.

The Town Hospital records show that Richard was admitted on the 28th of January, 1879 by reason of infirmity, discharged on the 14th of October, 1881, at the age of 77, by the Committee, At his admittance he advised that he had been in the islands for 25 years and that he was the son of John and Elizabeth Pilditch. Constable Carey admitted him. He indicated that his parents were of Plymouth, no evidence has yet been found of his parents being there. On the 11/10/1884 he was again admitted at the age of 80, with rheumatism, again by order of Constable Carey.As stated earlier, he died in the hospital, as a poor inmate, at half past four in the morning on the 27th of August, 1888.

There are 6 known children of Richard Harris, snr:

20 i. William Gardener Harris

21 ii. Elizabeth Ann Harris born in Salcombe, Devon, 00/00/1834; DATE OF BAPTISM: 5/06/1834; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Salcombe Chapel, Devon;

22 iii. Henry Esworthy Harris

23 iv. Sarah Harris, jnr born in Guernsey, c 1840; married Robert Jefford on c1863 at Guernsey;

24 v. Charles Francis Harris born in Vale Guernsey Ch Islands, 00/00/1843; DATE OF BAPTISM: 6/10/1843; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Vale Guernsey Channel Islands; OCCUPATION: Mariner;

25 vi. Thomas Gardener Harris born in Guernsey, c 1849;

12 Richard Harris, jnr born in Portsea Hants UK, 20/05/1831; married Mary Anne Begg on 2/08/1854 at St Peter Port, Guernsey; died Portland Est South Aust 22/06/1878; DATE OF BAPTISM: 02/06/1831; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Portsea, Hampshire; DATE OF BURIAL: 23/06/1878; PLACE OF BURIAL: West terrace Adelaide SA; OCCUPATION: Seaman;

Richard, age 44, along with his wife Mary Ann, of the same age, and their children, Bertha, 8, Arthur 6, Flora 4, Aubrey John 18, Mary Ann 15, Edith 14, Isabella 12, and Richard William Francis Harris 21, all migrated to Australia.

The Scottish Lassie departed from Plymouth on the 12/10/1877 and arrived at Semaphore on the 01/01/1878, with arrival at Port Adelaide on the tenth of January. Passenger list number 78/1 gives the details. Aubrey John and Richard William travelled together on the ship, separate from the rest of the family.

They all received free passages, all were recorded as being of English birth and the father, ie Richard was recorded as a labourer. The voyage application number was 366, and under a separate application number 362, was a separate family by the name of Harris, a William age 27, Julia age 20 and their daughter Ellen, age 1. No family tie up has been established.

On the voyage out there were three births and two deaths, the deaths being recorded as of chronic diarreah.

The ship the Scottish Lassie was an iron barque, McIlwraith and McEachaun being the shipping agents. The ship was built in 1877 and was of 1899 gross tons. The builders of the ship were Hall and Co of Aberdeen. In 1895 the ship was sold to France and renamed as the Alexander. the vessel was employed in the carrying of emigrants until 1880, after that it continued to trade to Australia for wool and primary produce. In 1880 steamers became more popular for transport of people. In 1925 the ship was broken up under the name of Le Galion.

It is believed that Richard and his family initially lived at Portland Estate before moving to Queen Street, Alberton. Richard died within six months of arrival in the country.

In leaving Guernsey, the family broke a 38year association with the islands of the English channel. The history of the Islands are well documented and have their place in history. The famous author Victor Hugo lived there, in Guernsey, in religious exile from France in the 1800s and wrote several of his novels there, including "Toilers of the Sea". Interesting extracts from the novel include :

the rural and maritime populations are easily moved with notions of the active agency of the devil...nothing is commoner than sorcerers in Guernsey in the 1850s....the population of Guernsey is composed of men who have passed their lives in going about their little fields or in sailing around the world...there are two classes of labouring people, the labourers on the land and the toilers of the sea..these rude seafaring men of the Norman archipelago have a certain amount of shrewdness....almost all can read and write....they have a peculiar satirical vein...the first steamboat in the 1820s was known as a Devils boat. Other interesting information comes from a book, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, by Le Huray. (The Harris and Le Huray families were related by marriage): In 1812 the main roads were laid out...smuggling was rife until the dawn of the 19th century...In 1821 there were 1522 houses inhabited in St Peter Port, and 1616 in country parishes..there were 11.173 people in St Peter Port in that year, and 9129 in the country. The houses are built mainly of local granite, which is also used for street construction..the streets have drains down the middle and these cannot cope with the heavy rains of winter...the main streets were widened in the 1820s....Fort George was finished in 1812, there were three churches, the main one being the town church which was substantially rebuilt in the 1820s....the royal court house was built in 1799, the town hospital in which Richard senior spent his last days in 1742, the new prison in 1811, and the public theatre in 1793. The fields were about a half an acre in size, sea weed was used as manure, pigs, sheep and cattle were kept..there was little timber grown. The common labourer received pay of one shilling, with two bottles of cider, or half a pint of spirits. Masons got two shillings and carpenters three shillings. By 1827 the population in the town was 12,132 and in the country 9,984. Longstore became part of the town in the 1840s,..The Ville Au Roi was haunted by a black dog(this is where one of the Harris children were born)..Longstore was named after a store housing military equipment. Guernsey was known as the Holy Island as far back as 1117, monks had arrived on the island by about 996 The island , known to the latins as Sarnia, is about 30 miles in circumference, 9 miles long, 6 miles wide, and 25 miles from the French coast. The island is divided into 10 parishes, with in the early 1800s St Peter Port being the only town. In the 1820s the first steam vessels visited the islands and there was regular traffic to England and France. There were three English and three French papers in production. There were no practising Jews on the island, and few Catholics, except for some that had migrated from Ireland and France. The bailiwick of Guernsey comprises the islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethrou and legislative power is exercised from Guernsey. As stated earlier Richard lived for a short time only in Australia, passing away on the 22nd of June, and buried on the 24th , under the name of Robert Harris, aged 50 years, at West terrace, Adelaide in unleased government ordinary ground. A minister, J W Halarm performed the ceremony. It appears that the burial took place from the Adelaide Hospital, as no undertaker was involved, and the certificate was issued from the district of Adelaide, although the death is recorded on the certificate as occurring at Portland Estate.

In Guernsey at the time of the 1861 census Richard, his wife and children, R W F Harris, Aubrey and Esther Garood were residing at no 22 Beauregard Lane in St Peter Port. Richard was listed as a quarryman. At the 1871 census Richard, his wife Richard William, Aubrey plus Mary, Edith, Isabella and Bertha were living at 22 Pollet Street in St Peter Port. Richard was listed as a seaman, and his son Richard William Francis as a blockmaker.

Richard’s death was due to meningitis, the informant was Charles Witcombe, Cabinet maker, Adelaide and the Assistant Registrar was Jonah Witcombe of Adelaide.

Back in Guernsey Richard and his family moved around a lot, each child being born at a different location. Refer his children’s history for details.

His birth is believed to have occurred in Portsea, where his father went looking for work. His baptism is recorded in the Orange Street Church, with his mother listed as Maria.

At the time of the 1841 census he was living at Borel House on the island of Guernsey with his father, and brothers Thomas and Francis and sister Elizabeth. He was listed as a labourer, unmarried.

There are 8 known children of Richard Harris, jnr:

26 i. Richard William Francis Harris

27 ii. Aubrey James Harris

28 iii. Mary Ann Elizabeth Harris

29 iv. Edith Esther Begg Harris

30 v. Isabella Christina Harris

31 vi. Bertha Jane Harris born in Ville Au Roi, Guernsey, 3/04/1869; married Arthur Gilbert on 00/00/1890 at Adelaide; place of death: Adelaide; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Ville Au Roi, Guernsey.; PLACE OF BURIAL: Adelaide; The reference no for her marriage is 164/515. Berthas father was a porter at the time of her birth.

32 vii.Arthur Edward Harris

33viii.Florence Lilian Harris born in Park St, St Peter Port, 22/11/1873; married Henry Brealey on 3/04/1889 at Adelaide; place of death: South Australia; DATE OF BAPTISM: 17/01/1874; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Town Church Guernsey Ch Islands; PLACE OF BURIAL: South Australia; At the time of her birth her father was recorded as a labourer, living in Park St St Peter Port, Guernsey. Sponsors of her baptism in the Town Church were Richard Harris, Mary Ann Begg and Charlotte Sergent.

14 Thomas Humble Harris, snr born in Salcombe Devon UK, 00/00/1837; married Sarah Anne Saunders on 27/08/1863 at St Sampson's Guernsey; died St Clair Hill Guernsey 9/02/1887; DATE OF BAPTISM: 16/04/1837; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Salcombe CHAPEL, Devon; DATE OF BURIAL: 12/2/1887; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampsons Guernsey Ch Is; OCCUPATION: Labourer/mariner;

Thomas is buried in the St Sampsons cemetery, Guernsey. buried with him are Doris May Harris, daughter of Arthur Edwin Harris ,who died on the 22nd and was buried on the 25 September, 1911 age 3 months, and Alfred John Le Huray, who died on the 9th Of August, buried on the 12th of august, 1933 at the age of 65 years, resident of Croft Lane, Vale on Guernsey, and Harold Reginald Le Huray, who died at the ageof 3 days on the 26th of February, buried 28/2/1935. These are his grand daughters family.

The civil death register shows that he died of cancer, age 48,a resident of St Clair. His parents were listed as John Harris and Mary Humble. At the time of the 1851 census he was living at Borel House on the island of Alderney with his widowed father, and brothers Richard and Francis, and sister Elizabeth. He was 12 at the time. There are 7 known children of Thomas Humble Harris, snr:

34 i. William Henri Harris

35 ii. Alice Mary Harris

36 iii. Amelia Elizabeth Harris born in St Sampson Guernsey, 26/04/1870; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey;

37 iv. Thomas Humble Harris, jnr born in St Sampson Guernsey, 29/09/1872; died Monman's Vale Guernsey 3/10/1941; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 6/10/1941 as Thos. Hamlin; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is; Thomas is buried with his brother, sister in law and their child Clifford William Harris in the Channel Queen plot at St Sampsons on the island of Guernsey.

38 v. Frederick John Harris

39 vi. Walter H Harris born in Guernsey Channel Islands, c 1877; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey;

40 vii. Arthur Humble Harris 20 William Gardener Harris born in Salcombe Devon UK, 00/00/1833; married Priscilla Fanny Wade; DATE OF BAPTISM: 11/02/1833; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Salcombe Devon UK; OCCUPATION: Shipwright/Master Painter; In 1871 William was living at 2 St James St St Peter Port, Guernsey with his wife, daughter Priscilla and his mother and father. He was listed as a master painter. William Gardener Harris had 2 children:

41 i. Priscilla Fanny Wade Harris born in St Andrews Guernsey C.I., 24/04/1862; married Albert James Wicks on 12/04/1887 at St John's Bouet Guernsey; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; Witnesses at The wedding of Priscilla and Albert were William Gardener Harris (her father) and Fanny Watson.

42 ii. Henry Wade Harris born in St Peter Port Guernsey, 00/00/1872; DATE OF BAPTISM: 14/05/1872; PLACE OF BAPTISM: St Peter Port Guernsey;

22 Henry Esworthy Harris born in Salcombe Devon UK, 00/00/1836; married Rose Slade Seaward 4/07/1858 at Plymouth; DATE OF BAPTISM: 11/09/1836; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Salcombe Devon UK; OCCUPATION: Shipwright; In 1861 Henry was living at 3 Distillery Road(several houses away from his uncles house), St Peter Port Guernsey. Living with him were his wife Rose, his children Rose and Henry, both with the second initial S, his 17 year old brother Charles, and their mother and father(Richard and Sarah). Both Richard the father, and Henry the son were shown as being head of the house.

At the age of 5 Henry was living with his parents at Tour Beauregard Guernsey. that was 1841.Henry Esworthy Harris had 3 children:

43 i. Rose S Harris born in St Peter Port Guernsey, 23/07/1859; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey;

44 ii. Henry S Harris born in St Peter Port Guernsey, 2/02/1861; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey;

45iii Mary Ann Ida Harris born in Plymouth 2/11/1865, married John Chown, Fisherman, at Plymouth and had eight children, died Plymouth 31/08/1965.

26 Richard William Francis Harris born in Alderney Channel Islands, c 1857; married Annie Maria Lowe on 9/02/1882 at Queenstown South Aust; died Alberton South Aust 12/11/1934; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Channel Islands; DATE OF BURIAL: 14/11/1934; PLACE OF BURIAL: Cheltenham South Australia; OCCUPATION: Clerk; His actual birth on Alderney cannot be traced, despite numerous attempts to do so.

There however appears little doubt that it is correct as his birth and death certificates show it as so. Richard migrated to Australia in 1877/78 with his family on the Scottish Lassie. On arrival he originally lived with his parents, at Portland Estate and Queen Street Alberton. His father died within six months of arrival in the country.

28 Mary Ann Elizabeth Harris born in Les Canichers, Guernsey, 30/04/1861; married John Stephen Watkins on c1890 at Adelaide; died Queenstown South Aust 8/10/1926; PLACE OF BAPTISM: St Peter Port, Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 9/10/1926; PLACE OF BURIAL: Cheltenham South Australia;

29 Edith Esther Begg Harris born in Le Foulon, Guernsey, 16/01/1864; married Samuel James Matthews on 18/09/1885 at Adelaide; died Adelaide South Aust 12/06/1941; DATE OF BAPTISM: 26/02/1864; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Town Church Guernsey Ch Islands; DATE OF BURIAL: 15/06/1941; PLACE OF BURIAL: Cheltenham South Australia;

32 Arthur Edward Harris born in Le Pollet, Guernsey, 7/06/1871; married Elizabeth Mabel Jolley at Adelaide; died Queenstown South Aust 12/01/1942; DATE OF BAPTISM: 16/06/1871; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Town Church Guernsey Ch Islands; DATE OF BURIAL: 13/01/1942; PLACE OF BURIAL: Cheltenham South Australia;

34 William Henri Harris born in St Sampson's Guernsey, 27/10/1864; married Mary Ann Mauger; died Round Chimney Guernsey 16/02/1939; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 18/02/1939; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is; OCCUPATION: Stonecracker;

The grave of William Henri Harris, plus other members of the family slid down into a quarry adjoining the St Sampsons cemetery many years ago.

Buried with William are Mary Ann Mauger, his wife, his son Clifford William Harris and a Thomas Hamlin Harris who died on the 3rd of October 1941, age 69 years (Monmains vale) . Hamlin should have read Humble.

Only known child of William Henri Harris:

80 i. Clifford William Harris born in St Sampson Guernsey, 5/05/1893; died St Sampson Guernsey 18/10/1894; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 19/10/1894; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampsons, Guernsey; Clifford is buried at St Sampsons with his father, mother, and Thomas Humble Harris jnr in the Channel Queen plot.

35 Alice Mary Harris born in St Peter Port Guernsey, 27/09/1867; married Alfred John, le Huray at Guernsey; died Guernsey 1/05/1952; DATE OF BAPTISM: 17/11/1867; PLACE OF BAPTISM: St Peter Port, Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 17/11/1867; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Peter Port Guernsey Ch Is; The St Peter Port town church baptism records show that her sponsors were John William Ring, Savery Ring and Mary Pinchman.Only known child of Alice Mary Harris:

81 i. Unknown, le Huray

38 Frederick John Harris born in St Sampson Guernsey, 31/07/1875; married Emma Louisa Dowden at Channel Islands; died Sanatorium Guernsey 3/09/1956; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 5/09/1956; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is; OCCUPATION: Stonecracker;

Frederick is buried at St Sampsons, Guernsey along with his wife, Emma Louisa Dowden, his daughter Doris Winifred Harris, and a Gladys Emily Harris, wife of widow ?, died the 2nd of June, 1923 at Round Chimney, St Peter Port, age 22 years. Frederick died at the Sanatorium, his address being shown as no 2 States Houses, Rue Fe Vale. Gladys was another daughter of Frederick.

There are 2 known children of Frederick John Harris:

82 i. Gladys Emily Harris born in Guernsey, c 1901; married Unknown May at Channel Islands; died Round Chimney Guernsey 2/06/1923; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 5/06/1923; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is;

83 ii. Doris Winifred Harris born in Guernsey, 05/06/1908; died Round Chimney Guernsey 00/05/1939; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 28/05/1939; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is;

40 Arthur Humble Harris born in Guernsey, Channel Isles, c 1884; DATE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey; Arthur Humble Harris had 2 children:

84 i. Arthur Edwin Harris born in St Sampson Guernsey, 29/06/1911; died Vale Guernsey 12/11/1960; PLACE OF BAPTISM: Guernsey Channel Islands; DATE OF BURIAL: 00/11/1960; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampsons, Guernsey; Arthur Edwin Harris was buried in the "Channel Queen" plot in the St Sampsons cemetery, together with shipwreck victims from Portsmouth and Salcombe.

85 ii.Doris May Harris born in St Sampson Guernsey, 29/06/1911; died St Sampson Guernsey 22/09/1911; PLACE OF BAPTISM: St Sampson Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 25/09/1911; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is;

81 Unknown, le Huray

Unknown, le Huray had one child:

139 i. Harold Reginald, le Huray born in St Sampsons, Guernsey, 23/08/1935; died St Sampsons, Guernsey 26/08/1935; PLACE OF BAPTISM: St Sampsons. Guernsey; DATE OF BURIAL: 28/08/1935; PLACE OF BURIAL: St Sampson's Guernsey Ch Is;

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