Birth: 20 December 1901 8 Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Father: Moses Harris 1873-1948
Mother: Mary Jane Barton 1865-1928
Marriage: July-September 1926 Dorking, Surrey, UK
Wife: Winifred Edith Sawyers 1900-1988
Death: 5 March 1984 4 Oving Road, Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Mary Eileen Harris [Boyd] 1930-2017
Birth of William George Harris in FreeBMD in January-March 1902 in Dorking (2a 163). His parents were living at 8 Cotmandene from the 1901 census.
In the 1911 census as William George Harris aged 8, born in Dorking, and living with his parents (Moses and Mary Jane) and cousin (Vincent Bernard Barton in four rooms at 14B Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey.
In the 1921 census as William George Harris born in Dorking, Surrey in 1902 and living with Moses and Mary Jane Harris (parents?), and Henry and Ann Jackson in Dorking, Surrey.
Marriage of William G Harris and Winifred E Sawyers in FreeBMD in July-September 1926 in Dorking (2A 541).
Entry in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for William George Harris address 19 Green Lane, Chichester in 1928, other occupants Moses and Mary Jane Harris (parents?) and Mary Boniface.
His mother died in Chichester in 1928.
His daughter was born in Chichester in 1930.
Nine entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for William George Harris addresses 19 Green Lane, Chichester from 1930 to 1938, other occupants Winifred Edith Harris (wife?), Moses Harris (father?), Mary Ann Sawyers (mother-in-law?), and George William Hatherley Harris (no relation?) in 1930, and Peace Edward License in 1932; and 4 Oving Road, Chichester in 1939, other occupants Winifred Edith Harris (wife?), Moses Harris (father?), and Mary Ann Sawyers (mother-in-law?)
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as William G Harris born 20 December 1921 (sic - in the index, 1901 on the original), married, a master plumber and domestic engineer, and living with Winifred E Harris (wife?), Mary Eileen Harris (daughter?), Moses Harris (father?), 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 William G Harris address 4 Oving Road, Chichester from 1945 to 1948, other occupants Winifred E Harris (wife?), Moses Harris (father?), and Mary A Sawyers (mother-in-law?).
His father died on 1 July 1948 at St. Richards Hospital Chichester but lived at 4 Oving Road, and left effects of £1822 10s. 9d to William George Harris sanitary engineer.
Twelve entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for William G Harris address 4 Oving Road, Chichester from 1950 to 1962, other occupants Winifred E Harris (wife?), Mary A Sawyers (mother-in-law?) to 1960, Mary E Harris (daughter?) in 1951, Mary E Boyd (daughter?) in 1952 and 1953, and James J Boyd (son-in-law?) from 1951 to 1953.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for William George Harris, born 20 December 1901, in March 1984 in Chichester (19 1819).
Entry in Ancestry All England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for William George Harris died 5 March 1984 in Chichester probate 7 August 1984 in Brighton. "Harris, William George of 4 Oving Rd Chichester died 5 March 1984 Probate Brighton 7 August £51457."
William George Harris was the second cousin once removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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