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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 Harper, Kathleen Tarrant, May Harper, John Harper, Ethel Bluett, Daisy Hopkins, Mavis Harper, Charles Harper, Timothy Harper, Ellen Harper

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

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Biography

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

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Giles
1846 – 1917
Birth Location: Filkins, Oxfordshire, England
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Sarah Banting
1851 – 1923
Birth Location: Filkins, Oxfordshire, England
SB

Spouses(s)

John Harper
1868 – 1953
Birth Location: Pirongia, New Zealand
JH

Children(s)

Frank Harper
1891 – 1966
Birth Location: Pirongia, New Zealand
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Kathleen Tarrant
1892 – 1967
Birth Location: Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand
KT
May Harper
1894 – 1953
Birth Location: Te Awamutu New Zealand
MH
John Harper
1895 – 1970
Birth Location: Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
JH
Ethel Bluett
1897 – 1977
Birth Location: Hamilton New Zealand
EB
Daisy Hopkins
1898 – 1971
Birth Location: Te Awamutu New Zealand
DH
Mavis Harper
1901 –
Birth Location: New Zealand
MH
Charles Harper
1901 – 1919
Birth Location: Te Awamutu, New Zealand
CH
Timothy Harper
1903 – 1919
Birth Location: Pirongia Auckland New Zealand
TH
Ellen Harper
1909 – 1969
Birth Location: New Zealand
EH

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
John Boseley
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 (14 Jun 1891 – 6 July 1966) m. Maude (Lily) Ware (2 October 1894 – 20 June 1974)
    1. 1. Murton (George) Harper (1928 – 13 July 1993)
  2. 2. Kathleen (Eva Harper) Tarrant (22 Sep 1892 – 3 Feb 1967)
  3. 3. May (Henrietta) Harper (5 Jun 1894 – 30 Nov 1953)
  4. 4. John (Edward Mahood) Harper (12 Sep 1895 – 1 Aug 1970)
  5. 5. Ethel (Mary Harper) Bluett (25 January 1897 – 9 April 1977)
  6. 6. Daisy (Harper Lippett) Hopkins (15 Aug 1898 – 13 Aug 1971)
  7. 7. Mavis Harper (abt 1901 – )
  8. 8. Charles (William (Tim)) Harper (27 Oct 1901 – 11 Feb 1919)
  9. 9. Timothy Harper (1903 – 11 February 1919)
  10. 10. Ellen (Mavis) Harper (16 October 1909 – 2 Mar 1969)

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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