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Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper 1872–1943 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Dec 1872

Birth Location: Witney, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 16 Sept 1943

Death Location: Kihikihi, Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand

Father: Charles Giles

Mother: Sarah Banting

Spouse(s): John Harper

Children(s): Frank YES, Ellen Harper, John Harper, Ethel Bluett, Charles Harper, May Harper, Daisy Hopkins, Kathleen Tarrant, Timothy Harper, Mavis Harper

The story of Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper began in 1872 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper married John Edward Mahood Harper, and had children including Charles William Tim Harper, Daisy Harper Lippett Hopkins, Ellen Mavis Harper, Ethel Mary Harper Bluett, Frank Harper Yes, John Edward Mahood Harper, Kathleen Eva Harper Tarrant, Mavis Harper, May Henrietta Harper, Timothy Harper. Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper passed away in 1943 in Kihikihi, Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper began in 1872 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper married John Edward Mahood Harper, and had children including Charles William Tim Harper, Daisy Harper Lippett Hopkins, Ellen Mavis Harper, Ethel Mary Harper Bluett, Frank Harper Yes, John Edward Mahood Harper, Kathleen Eva Harper Tarrant, Mavis Harper, May Henrietta Harper, Timothy Harper.
  • Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper passed away in 1943 in Kihikihi, Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Henrietta Harper's Ancestors

Self
Henrietta Harper
1872–1943
Birth Place: Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Charles Giles
1846–1917
Filkins, Oxfordshire, England
Sarah (Ann) Banting
1851–1923
Filkins, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
William Giles
1792–1867
Lechlade, Gloucestershire, England
Elizabeth Clack
1817–1896
Filkins, Oxfordshire, England
William Banting
1829–1854
Clanfield, Oxfordshire, England
Martha (Collier (Banting,) Haines)
1832–1887
Clanfield, Oxfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Giles
1761–1795
Sarah Boseley
1765–1841
Charles Clack
1791–1843
Hannah Balman
1796–1867
Thomas Bantin(g)
1803–1847
Elizabeth Hall
1798–1870
William Collier
1807–1872
Sarah Shaylor
1809–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Clack
1759–1827
Ann LOCK
1764–1838

Henrietta Harper's Descendants

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Henrietta (May (Bessie) Giles) Harper (25 Dec 1872–16 Sept 1943) m. John (Edward Mahood) Harper (14 Aug 1868–9 Apr 1953)
  1. 1. Frank (Harper) YES 1891–1966 m. Maude (Lily) Ware 1894–1974
    1. 1. Murton (George) Harper 1928–1993
  2. 2. Ellen (Mavis) Harper 1909–1969
  3. 3. John (Edward Mahood) Harper 1895–1970
  4. 4. Ethel (Mary Harper) Bluett 1897–1977
  5. 5. Charles (William (Tim)) Harper 1901–1919
  6. 6. May (Henrietta) Harper 1894–1953
  7. 7. Daisy (Harper Lippett) Hopkins 1898–1971
  8. 8. Kathleen (Eva Harper) Tarrant 1892–1967
  9. 9. Timothy Harper 1903–1919
  10. 10. Mavis Harper 1901–

Henrietta Harper's Timeline

2 Records

1872
25 Dec 1872
Birth of Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper in Witney, Oxfordshire, England
Witney, Oxfordshire, England
1943
16 Sept 1943
Age 71
Death of Henrietta May (Bessie) Giles Harper in Kihikihi, Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand
Kihikihi, Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1872
    Event Place: Witney, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Sept 1943
    Event Place: Kihikihi, Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand

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