Birth: 16 November 1900 68 Dene Street, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Father: Charles Henry Sawyers 1868-1910
Mother: Mary Ann Fillery 1874-1960
Christening: 11 January 1901 St Martin, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Marriage: July-September 1926 Dorking, Surrey, UK
Husband: William George Harris 1901-1984
Death: 3 December 1988 4 Oving Road, Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Mary Eileen Harris [Boyd] 1930-2017
Two entries in FreeBMD for the birth of Winifred Edith Sawyers in October-December 1900 in Dorking (2A 135 and 155, but only the latter is on the typed original).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Winifred Edith Sawyers born 16 November 1900 and baptised 11 January 1901 in Dorking, Surrey, parents Charles Henry and Mary Anne Sawyers.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Winifred Edith Sawyers born 16 November 1900 and baptised 11 January 1901 at Dorking, St Martin, parents Charles Henry and Mary Anne Sawyers. "Page 313 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Dorking in the County of Surrey in the year One thousand nine hundred [...] 1901 Jan 11th B Nov 16 1900 No. 2504 Winifred Edith [parents] Charles Henry, [a] Golf Professional [and] Mary Anne Sawyers [of] 68 Dene St Dorking".
In the 1901 census as Winifred Sawyers aged 4 months, born in Dorking, Surrey, and living with her parents (Charles and Mary) in four rooms at 68 Dene Street, Dorking, Surrey.
Her father died at 3 Cotmandene, Dorking and was buried at St Martin, Dorking on 10 April 1910.
In the 1911 census as Minnie (sic - in the index, Winnie on the original) Sawyers aged 10, and living with her widowed mother (Mary) and Agnes Fillery (aunt?) all of whom were boarding with Robert Lynch (aged 26, born in Dorking, Surrey and an egg and yeast merchant), his wife (Florence aged 29 and born in Dorking) and son (Harold aged 1 and born in Dorking) in eight rooms at 11 Dene Street, Dorking, Surrey.
In the 1921 census as Winifred Sawyers born in Lancashire (sic) in 1900 and living with Mary Sawyers (mother?), Thomas Tilley (born in Dorking in 1875), Daisy Cousins (born in Hastings in 1850) and Mary Brett (born in Sussex in 1850) in Dorking, Surrey.
Marriage of Winifred E Sawyers and William G Harris in FreeBMD in July-September 1926 in Dorking (2A 541).
Her daughter was born in Chichester in 1930.
Ten entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Winifred Edith Harris addresses 19 Green Lane, Chichester from 1929 to 1938, other occupants William George Harris (husband?) from 1930, Mary Ann Sawyers (mother?) from 1930, Moses Harris (fater-in-law) from 1930, 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 Harris (husband?), Mary Ann Sawyers (mother?) and Moses Harris (father-in-law?),
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Winifred E Harris born 16 November 1900, married, and living with William G Harris (husband?), Mary Eileen Harris (daughter?), Moses Harris (father-in-law?), and Janet M Bashford at 4 Oving Road, Chichester, Sussex.
Ten entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Winifred E Harris address 4 Oving Road, Chichester from 1945 to 1960, other occupants William G Harris (husband?), Mary A Sawyers (mother?), Moses Harris (father-in-law?) to 1948, Mary E Harris (daughter?) in 1951 and 1952, and James J Boyd (future son-in-law?) in 1951 and 1952.
Her mother died in Chichester in 1960.
Two entries in Ancestry West Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1963 for Winifred E Harris address 4 Oving Road, Chichester in 1961 and 1962, other occupant William G Harris (husband?).
Her husband died on 5 March 1984 at 4 Oving Road, Chichester.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Winifred Edith Harris, born 16 November 1900, in December 1988 in Chichester (18 1587).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Winifred Edith Harris died 3 December 1988 in Chichester, West Sussex, probate 14 March 1989 in Brighton. "Harris, Winifred Edith of 4 Oving Rd Chichester W Sx died 3 December 1988 Probate Brighton 14 March Not exceeding £70000".
There are seventeen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Winifred Edith Sawyers.
Winifred Edith Sawyers was the wife of William George Harris, second cousin once removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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