Birth: 24 August 1873 Meir Lane, Caverswall, Staffordshire, UK
Father: William Harris 1843-1906
Mother: Frances (Fanny) Burton c1843-1915
Marriage: April-June 1897 Brentford, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Mary Jane Barton 1865-1928
Death: 1 July 1948 St. Richards Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Cecil Harris 1899-1899
William George Harris 1901-1984
Entry in Ancestry Staffordshire, England, Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes, 1837-2017 for Moses Harris born in 1873 in Leek (his siblings are also recorded as born in Leek).
Birth of Moses Harris in FreeBMD July-September 1873 in Cheadle (6B 320). His parentswere living in Meir Lanem, Caverswall in the 1871 census.
His sister was born in Caverswall in 1876 and brother on Meir in 1878.
In the 1881 census as Moses Harris aged 7, born in Meir, Staffordshire, and living with is parents (William and Fanny), five brothers (Francis, James, Samuel, Vincent and William) and two sisters (Alice and Mary) in Meir Lane, The Meir, Caverswall, Staffordshire.
His sister was born in Meir in 1883.
In the 1891 census as Moses Harris aged 17, born in Caverswall, Staffordshire, single, a moulder and living with his parents (William and Fanny), two brothers (Francis and Vincent) and two sisters (Agness and Mary) in Dry Lodge Wood, Arundel Park, South Stoke, Sussex.
Marriage of Moses Harris and Mary Jane Barton in FreeBMD in April-June 1897 in Brentford (3A 252).
His son was born and died in Dorking in January-March 1899.
Two entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Moses Harris address 8 Cotmandene, Dorking, Reigate in 1899 and 1900.
In the 1901 census as Moses Harris aged 27, born in Caverswall, Staffordshire, an iron moulder, and living with his wife (Mary J) at 8 Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey.
His son was born in Dorking on 20 December 1901.
Ten entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Moses Harris address 8 Cotmandene, Dorking, Reigate from 1901 to 1905 and 14 Cotmandene, Dorking, Reigate from 1906 to 1910 plus another family from 1909.
In the 1911 census as Moses Harris aged 37, born in Caverswall, Staffordshire, an iron moulder, and living with his wife (Mary Jane), son (William George) and wife's nephew (Vincent Bernard Barton in four rooms at 14B Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey.
Eight entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Moses Harris address 14 Cotmandene, Dorking, Reigate from 1911 to 1915 plus another family to 1913, and 17a Cotmandene, Dorking, Reigate from 1918 to 1920, other occupant Mary Jane Harris (wife?).
In the 1921 census as Moses Harris born in Dilhorne, Staffordshire in 1872 and living with Mary Jane Harris (wife?), William George Harris (son?), and Henry and Ann Jackson in Dorking, Surrey.
Five entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Moses Harris address 17a Cotmandene, Dorking, Reigate from 1921 to 1925, other occupant Mary Jane Harris (wife?).
Two entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Moses Harris address 19 Green Lane, Chichester in 1926 and 1927, other occupants Mary Jane Harris (wife?), Mary Boniface, and William George Harris (son?) in 1928.
His wife died in January-March 1928 in Chichester.
Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Moses Harris address 19 Green Lane, Chichester, other occupant William George Harris (son?) in 1928.
Nine entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Moses Harris addresses 19 Green Lane, Chichester from 1930 to 1938, other occupants William George and Winifred Edith Harris (son and daughter-in-law?), Mary Ann Sawyers (daughter-in-law's mother?), and George William Hatherley Harris (no relation?) in 1930, and Peace Edward License in 1932, and 4 Oving Road, Chichester in 1939, other occupants William George and Winifred Edith Harris (son and daughter-in-law?), Mary Ann Sawyers (daughter-in-law's mother?)
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Moses Harris born 24 Aug 1873, widowed, a plumber's mate and living with William G and Winifred E Harris (son and daughter-in-law>?), Mary Eileen Harris (granddaughter?), and Jane M Bashford (born in N Surrey in 1834, mother's maiden name Wells?) at 4 Oving Road, Chichester, Sussex
Three entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Moses Harris address 4 Oving Road, Chichester from 1945 to 1948, other occupants William G and Winifred E Harris (son and daughter-in-law?) and Mary A Sawyers (daughter-in-law's mother?).
Death of Moses Harris in FreeBMD in July-September 1948 aged 74 in Chichester (5H 373).
Entry in Ancestry All England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Moses Harris died 1 July 1948 in Chichester, Chester, probate 7 September 1948 in Winchester, Chester. "Harris Moses of 4 Oving-road Chichester died 1 July 1948 at St. Richards Hospital Chichester Probate Winchester 7 September to William George Harris sanitary engineer. Effects £1822 10s. 9d.".
There are four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Moses Harris.
Meir is 5 miles SE of Stoke on Trent on A50, Caverswall is 2 miles east of Meir, and Dilhorne is 2 miles further east.
Moses Harris was the husband of Mary Jane Barton, first cousin twice removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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