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Family [F2454]

HARRIS

Parents

Amos HARRIS [P7623] = Flora [P7624]

Amos

Born 1848, Mountfield, Sussex, England1

Flora

Alias Flora HARRIS
Born 1851, Brede, Sussex, England2

Children

Fanny [P7653]

Born 18723

Emily [P7629]

Born 18734

Flora May [P7630]

Born 18755

Amos Charles [P7631]

Born 18796

Elizabeth Jane [P510] = Albert COLLINS [P509] > Family [F184]

Married 6 Jul 1907, Mountfield, Sussex, England7

Elizabeth Jane

Alias Elizabeth Jane COLLINS
Born 1881, Mountfield, Sussex, England8
Died 28 Sep 1962, Mountfield, Sussex, England9
Buried Mountfield churchyard, Sussex, England10

Albert

Born 25 Jul 1879, Netherfield, Sussex, England11
Christened 31 Aug 1879, Netherfield, Sussex, England12
Died 28 Mar 1938, Mountfield, Sussex, England13
Buried Mountfield, Sussex, England14
Occupation: Groom Domestic, Gypsum Miner, Royal Engineers15

Albert Collins c.1918
Albert Collins c.1918

Certificate for courageous action in WWI
Certificate for courageous action in WWI

Ernest [P7638] = Ada WILLIAMS [P7639] > Family [F2456]

Ernest

Born 188716

Ernest Harris, 1933 Courtesy Trish Jones
Ernest Harris, 1933 Courtesy Trish Jones

Ada

Alias Ada HARRIS

Ada Harris nee Williams, Mountfield Flower Show 1971
Ada Harris nee Williams, Mountfield Flower Show 1971

Ada Harris in 1933, Courtesy Trish Jones
Ada Harris in 1933, Courtesy Trish Jones

Beatrice [P7632] = Fred BRETT [P7633] > Family [F2455]

Family

Flora and Amos with their grandchildren - Dorothy Collins is on her grandfather's knee
Flora and Amos with their grandchildren - Dorothy Collins is on her grandfather's knee

Sources

1 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

2 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

3 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

4 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

5 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

6 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

7 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1907, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 121

7a: ; Secondary evidence
Marriage register, Entry 307, witnesses were Rose Collins and Amos Harris. Both of this parish.

8 : ; Secondary evidence
Age is given of 81 on her tombstone (died 1962)

9 : ; Primary evidence
Date of death is inscribed on tombstone, together with age (81)

10 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone visited

11 : ; Primary evidence
1881 census for Netherfield Village gives age as 1 and birthplace Battle

11a: ; Primary evidence
1901 census for Sealands Gate, Hardings Wood, Brightling had age 21, birthplace Netherfield - living with a widow, Sarah Mewett (69) and her daughter Annie (24).

11b: ; Primary evidence
Date of birth is written on the baptism register

11c: ; Primary evidence
1891 census for Netherfield Road, St John Netherfield, has age 11, scholar, birthplace Netherfield

11d: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1879, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 60

12 : "Netherfield Baptism Register"; Primary evidence
Page 40, #320 Abode Netherfield, Father's occupation Miner

13 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone has date of death inscribed, together with age (58)

14 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone visited

15 : ; Primary evidence
1901 census has occupation Groom Domestic

15a: "Mountfield Meanderings (Two Volumes)"; Page Vol 2, Page 14; Secondary evidence
Albert Collins worked at the Gypsum Mines but in WW1 he joined the Royal Engineers. He was commended for his bravery when, in 1918 he came under heavy fire and gas when taking supplies to the front. Though his horses were wounded, frightened and hard to control, he managed to get his transport back to the wagon lines.

16 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

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