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Matthew Harris 1780 – 1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1780

Birth Location: Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 28 Nov 1861

Death Location: Ramsgate, Kent, England

Father: George Harris

Mother: Ann Haines

Spouse(s): Ann Depoe

Children(s): Margaret Harris, Mary Harris, James Harris, Charlotte Harris, George Harris, Thomas Harris, William Harris

Matthew Harris was born in 1780 in Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England, the child of George Harris and Ann Haines. In 1841, Matthew Harris resided in Castle Cottages, St Lawrence, Kent, England. Matthew Harris married Ann Depoe, and had children including Margaret Harris, Mary Harris, James Harris, Charlotte Harris, George Harris, Thomas Harris, William Harris. Matthew Harris passed away in 1861 in Ramsgate, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Matthew Harris was born in 1780 in Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England, the child of George Harris and Ann Haines.
  • In 1841, Matthew Harris resided in Castle Cottages, St Lawrence, Kent, England.
  • Matthew Harris married Ann Depoe, and had children including Margaret Harris, Mary Harris, James Harris, Charlotte Harris, George Harris, Thomas Harris, William Harris.
  • Matthew Harris passed away in 1861 in Ramsgate, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Harris
1740 – 1818
Birth Location: Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England
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Ann Haines
1744 –
Birth Location: Grendon Bishop, Herefordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Ann Depoe
1778 – 1854
Birth Location: Dartford, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Margaret Harris
1804 –
Birth Location: Cheriton, Kent, England
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Mary Harris
1805 – 1808
Birth Location: Cheriton, Kent, England
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James Harris
1808 –
Birth Location: Margate, Kent, England
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Charlotte Harris
1812 –
Birth Location: Ramsgate, Kent, England
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George Harris
1816 –
Birth Location: Ramsgate, Kent, England
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Thomas Harris
1818 – 1872
Birth Location: Ramsgate, Kent, England
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William Harris
1821 – 1870
Birth Location: Ramsgate, Kent, England
WH

Matthew Harris's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Harris
1780 – 1861
Birth Place: Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
George Harris
1740 – 1818
Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England
Ann Haines
1744 –
Grendon Bishop, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
George Harris
1716 –
Avenbury, Herefordshire, England
Jane
Jervais Haines
1713 –
Humber, Herefordshire, England
Anne
Great-Grandparents
George Harris
Mary Corbett
1688 –
Jervis Haines
1669 –
Mary
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Corbitt
Alice Turbill
Jervis Haines
Elizabeth

Matthew Harris's Descendants

1.
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Matthew Harris (Sep 1780 – 28 Nov 1861) m. Ann Depoe (Jun 1778 – Sep 1854)
  1. 1. Margaret Harris (Jul 1804 – )
  2. 2. Mary Harris (Aug 1805 – Nov 1808)
  3. 3. James Harris (Mar 1808 – )
  4. 4. Charlotte Harris (May 1812 – )
  5. 5. George Harris (Apr 1816 – )
  6. 6. Thomas Harris (Mar 1818 – Apr 1872) m. Susannah Reading (Nov 1819 – Feb 1895)
    1. 1. James Harris (Oct 1839 – 1925) m. Rachel Higgins (Sep 1846 – 1920)
      1. 1. Frederick Harris (abt 1869 – )
      2. 2. Henry Harris (abt 1873 – )
      3. 3. James (William Thomas) Harris (13 Feb 1881 – 1941) m. Louisa (Ann Bradey) Flowers (4 May 1881 – 1949)
        1. 1. Edith (Alice Harris) Flowers (abt 1903 – )
        2. 2. James (William Thomas) Harris (16 Jan 1906 – 22 Oct 1958) m. Alice Simmons (7 May 1905 – )
        3. 3. Nellie (May) Harris (Sep 1907 – 1915)
        4. 4. George (Frederick) Harris (2 Oct 1910 – 10 Jun 1994) m. Gladys (Anne) Terry (abt 1913 – )
        5. 5. Louisa Harris (6 Jan 1914 – Feb 2006) m. Thomas Raycraft (29 Jul 1892 – 1957)
        6. 6. Ernest (John) Harris (11 Aug 1920 – Nov 1930)
      4. 4. Thomas (William James) Harris (1883 – May 1945) m. Leah Smith (20 Apr 1882 – May 1952)
        1. 1. Naomi (Evelyn) Harris (9 Dec 1907 – Jan 1959) m. Charles (Arthur) Roberts (28 Jun 1906 – 1977)
    2. 2. Thomas (William) Harris (1841 – )
    3. 3. Ann (Maria) Harris (16 Nov 1842 – 1942) m. Herbert Verrall (May 1842 – ) m. Abraham Lane (Aug 1847 – 19 Feb 1916)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Annie) Verrall (abt 1865 – 1929) m. Henry Heath (16 August 1854 – 22 Jan 1906) m. George Lee (abt 1866 – )
        1. 1. Maud (Victoria) Heath (10 Sep 1887 – 1955) m. Frederick Fryer (abt 1886 – 8 Dec 1918) m. William (H) Smith (6 Mar 1893 – )
        2. 2. Daisy (Beatrice) Heath (19 Nov 1889 – 1980) m. Henry (Walter) Martin (27 May 1892 – 17 Apr 1974)
        3. 3. Henry (William) Heath (1891 – )
        4. 4. Violet (Dorothy) Heath (Jan 1893 – 3 Apr 1994)
        5. 5. Herbert (Thomas) Heath (1895 – 28 Dec 1916)
        6. 6. Winifred (Louise) Heath (Aug 1897 – )
      2. 2. Catherine (Louisa) Verrall (abt 1867 – 1912) m. Arthur (Albert) Pearce (abt 1863 – ) m. James Sands (abt 1865 – )
        1. 1. Arthur (Henry William) Pearce (Feb 1891 – )
        2. 2. Albert (Edward) Sands (Aug 1893 – )
        3. 3. James (Henry) Sands (26 Apr 1895 – 1981) m. Margaret (19 Jul 1897 – 1987)
        4. 4. William (Charles Thomas) Sands (Aug 1897 – 1974) m. Bessie (May) Osborn (8 Nov 1897 – 3 Apr 1968)
        5. 5. Dorothy (May) Sands (21 Mar 1902 – 1991) m. Cecil (Frank) Baitup (13 Jan 1897 – 1971)
        6. 6. Thomas (David) Sands (abt 1905 – )
      3. 3. Abraham (Charles Edward) Lane-Verrall (12 Oct 1869 – Apr 1944) m. Martha (Susanna) Paine (12 Sep 1867 – May 1943)
        1. 1. Annie (Elizabeth) Lane-Verrall (15 Jun 1892 – 1944) m. Albert (Thomas) Parsons (8 Oct 1894 – 1970)
        2. 2. Thomas (William Charles) Lane-Verrall (10 Jul 1895 – 21 Jan 1982) m. Ethel (Mary) Clark (29 Mar 1899 – 28 Aug 1975)
        3. 3. Harry (Edward John) Lane-Verrall (Aug 1897 – 22 Nov 1917)
        4. 4. Nellie (May) Lane-Verrall (24 Apr 1902 – 1996) m. Charles (George Frederick) Wood (21 Feb 1903 – 12 Jan 1991)
      4. 4. Thomas (George) Lane (abt 1874 – 1903)
      5. 5. Jane Lane (3 Jan 1876 – 17 Sep 1957) m. Benjamin Goldsmith (23 Aug 1885 – 24 Jan 1966)
        1. 1. Winifred (Mary) Lane (1904 – Mar 1934) m. Edward (Adams) Cox (13 Aug 1902 – )
        2. 2. Thomas (George Goldsmith) Lane (29 Jan 1908 – 14 Aug 1992) m. Hilda (Ruth) Taylor (9 Mar 1910 – 23 Sep 2000)
        3. 3. Rupert Goldsmith (22 Jan 1910 – 26 Nov 1944) m. Hilda (Patience) Rowsell (6 Dec 1915 – 1986)
        4. 4. Henry (William) Goldsmith (3 Jan 1913 – 1 Feb 1982) m. Freda (Margaret) Berry (22 Nov 1917 – 10 Jul 1944) m. Ivy Ince (26 Mar 1913 – 2001)
        5. 5. Benjamin Goldsmith (28 Sep 1915 – 17 Feb 1974)
        6. 6. Helen (Maria) Lane (10 Apr 1898 – 26 Jul 1973) m. Alfred Shepherd (19 Oct 1893 – 23 Dec 1966)
      6. 6. Mary (Ann) Lane (13 Nov 1878 – 1958) m. James (Charles John) Loveland (25 May 1877 – )
        1. 1. Edward (James) Loveland (abt 1910 – Feb 1917)
        2. 2. George (D) Loveland (17 Feb 1926 – ) m. Gwendoline (Ellen I) Oliver (4 Sep 1928 – 1996)
        3. 3. Geoffrey (Allen Hildreth) Loveland (9 Feb 1928 – 23 Jul 2000) m. Esther (Brookshaw) Croft (5 Aug 1932 – 7 Nov 1987)
        4. 4. Albert (Edward) Lane (1902 – )
      7. 7. Beatrice (Charlotte) Lane (Sep 1881 – 1940) m. James Smith (abt 1879 – ) m. Charles Ticehurst
        1. 1. Mabel (Beatrice) Smith (28 Apr 1908 – 1991) m. Edward (William) Lott (23 Aug 1906 – 1987)
    4. 4. George Harris (Dec 1847 – )
    5. 5. Charles Harris (Jul 1850 – 1936) m. Emma (Jordan) Dines (1858 – 1922)
      1. 1. Rose Harris (abt 1879 – )
      2. 2. James Harris (1882 – )
      3. 3. William Harris (1885 – )
      4. 4. Stephen Harris (1887 – )
      5. 5. Charles Harris (1890 – )
    6. 6. John Harris (Oct 1853 – )
    7. 7. Susannah Harris (1854 – )
    8. 8. Henry Harris (Jul 1857 – 1919) m. Hannah (Cowell) Dines (abt 1861 – )
      1. 1. Henry (Steven) Harris (abt 1880 – )
      2. 2. James (Thomas) Harris (1882 – )
      3. 3. Arthur (Hubert) Harris (1885 – )
      4. 4. Beatrice (Louisa) Harris (1888 – )
      5. 5. Maud Harris (abt 1891 – )
      6. 6. Ernest Harris (abt 1895 – )
      7. 7. Lilly Harris (abt 1896 – )
      8. 8. Alfred Harris (abt 1899 – )
      9. 9. Daisy (V) Harris (abt 1902 – )
    9. 9. Elizabeth Harris (1860 – )
  7. 7. William Harris (Feb 1821 – 1870) m. Elizabeth Dawes (Mar 1816 – 1899)
    1. 1. William Harris (abt 1845 – ) m. Sarah (Ann) Goodbourn (abt 1844 – )
      1. 1. Elizabeth (T) Harris (abt 1867 – )
      2. 2. William (J) Harris (abt 1872 – )
      3. 3. Frederick (C) Harris (abt 1874 – )
      4. 4. Albert (George) Harris (abt 1876 – ) m. Ada (Beatrice) Barton (abt 1879 – )
        1. 1. Winifred (Beatrice) Harris (abt 1901 – )
        2. 2. William (Albert) Harris (abt 1903 – )
        3. 3. Doris Harris (2 Mar 1905 – 1999) m. Charles (John) Howell (10 Feb 1906 – 1997)
      5. 5. Edith (A) Harris (abt 1879 – )
      6. 6. Beatrice (N) Harris (abt 1880 – )
    2. 2. Matthew (Henry) Harris (1851 – 1928)

Matthew Harris's Timeline

7 Records

1780
Sep 1780
Birth of Matthew Harris in Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England
Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England
1780
13 Sep 1780
Matthew Harris was baptized in Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
1841
1841
Age 61
Matthew Harris resided here in Castle Cottages, St Lawrence, Kent, England
Castle Cottages, St Lawrence, Kent, England
1851
1851
Age 71
Matthew Harris resided here in 1 Claremont Place, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England
1 Claremont Place, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England
1861
1861
Age 81
Matthew Harris resided here in 5 Garden Row, Ramsgate, Kent, England
5 Garden Row, Ramsgate, Kent, England
1861
28 Nov 1861
Age 81
Death of Matthew Harris in Ramsgate, Kent, England
Ramsgate, Kent, England
1861
1 Dec 1861
Age 81
Burial of Matthew Harris in Lawrence, Kent, England
Lawrence, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sep 1780
    Event Place: Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 536; Folio: 105; Page: 10; GSU roll: 542657
    [2] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1630; Folio: 206; Page: 21; GSU roll: 193531
    [3] 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 467; Book: 16; Civil Parish: St Lawrence; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 18; Folio: 22; Page: 12; Line: 20; GSU roll: 306862
    [4] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925, Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Disability and Royal Artillery Out-Pensions, Admission Books; Class: Wo 116; Piece Number: 19
    [5] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Returns of Payment of Army and Other Pensions, 1842-1883, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Returns of Payment of Army and Other Pensions; Reference: WO 22, 14

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 13 Sep 1780
    Event Place: Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Castle Cottages, St Lawrence, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 467; Book: 16; Civil Parish: St Lawrence; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 18; Folio: 22; Page: 12; Line: 20; GSU roll: 306862

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: 1 Claremont Place, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1630; Folio: 206; Page: 21; GSU roll: 193531

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: 5 Garden Row, Ramsgate, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 536; Folio: 105; Page: 10; GSU roll: 542657

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Nov 1861
    Event Place: Ramsgate, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
    [2] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
    [3] UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Returns of Payment of Army and Other Pensions, 1842-1883, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Royal Hospital Chelsea: Returns of Payment of Army and Other Pensions; Reference: WO 22, 14

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1 Dec 1861
    Event Place: Lawrence, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
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