Ancestors of Richard & Sue Harris

Contents

  1. Latest News - late breaking news, to keep interested family members informed
  2. Our Ancestry including Occupations where known
  3. Alphabetical List of Surnames with Dates & Locations
  4. Ancestor Tree and Ancestor Documents
  5. Current Research Topics and Research Notes
  6. Links to Useful Sites
  7. Feedback

Latest News

January 2001: Got a copy of the marriage certificate of Dr. John Vacy Lyle (m. 28/2/1854) which gives his wife's name (Mary Priscilla King Norway) & the names of their fathers. Also the occupations of the males. It seems that JVL had at least one child (dau. Mary King Vacy Lyle, b. 29/1/1855) before emigrating to South Africa.

Our Ancestry

Below we show some of what we know about our ancestors, working backwards.
Where there are inexact dates, the following notation is used: < before, > after, ~ about (usually about +/- 5 yrs)
Jump to our:
Grandparents 2x Great Grandparents 4x Great Grandparents 6x Great Grandparents
Great Grandparents 3x Great Grandparents 5x Great Grandparents 7x Great Grandparents & before

Us & ours

  • Richard Allan HARRIS & Susan Amanda VINCE, m. Chichester 1979
    Occupation = International Marketeer in Computing & Communications.
  • Lianne (1980 - ), Carlene (1982 - ) & Brook (1987 - )

Our Parents

  1. Edward Paul HARRIS (1924 - 94) & Sybil Joyce COX (1921 - ) m. Pinner 1946
    Occupation = Electronics Engineer & Businessman.
  2. Terence Wilfred John VINCE (1925 - ) & Maureen SNOW (1931 - ) m. Hampstead 1952
    Occupation = Banker & Businessman.

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Our Grandparents

  1. Alfred Edward HARRIS (1902 - 94) & Nellie May GEORGE (1904 - 92) m. Ealing 1923
    Occupation = Private Secretary to a Cabinet Minister & later to a Trade Union official (NUR) - London.
  2. James Wheeler COX (1892 - 1965) & Beryl Mary Vacy LYLE (1892 - 1971) m. Bath 1918
    Occupation = Railway Insurance - Superintendant of Railways, Railway Passenger Insurance Co. - London.
  3. Wilfred Francis Edward VINCE (1901 - 62) & Ellen Amelia GORMAN (1902 - 95) m. London 1924
    Occupation = Motor Enginner - Rolls Royce Motors.
  4. Douglas SNOW (1902 - 81) & Margery STENT (1902 - 75) m. London 1925
    Occupation = Textiles - travelling salesman.

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Great Grandparents

  1. Albert Betram HARRIS (1875 - ~1947) & Mary Ann FISHER (1865 - ~1947) m. Yiewsley 1895
    Occupation = Ostler - Denham (1891). Barman - Yiewsley (1895). Porter - Paddington (1923).
  2. William Frederick (Robert?) GEORGE (~1877 - ?) & Minnie LOWRY (~1879 - <1946) London
    Occupation = ?
  3. James COX (~1864 - ~1938) & Charlotte Mary HOSEGOOD (~1861 - ~1934?) Keynsham, nr. Bath 1885
    Occupation = Haulier (worked for his father operating barges on the Bristol Channel); later worked for the Bath & Portland Stone Co. selling to cathedrals, etc.
  4. Horatio Peers LYLE (1865, Natal, S.A. - ~1930) & Mary Jaquetta GIBBONS (1865 - 1950?) Bath
    Occupation = Solicitor - Bath. Later returned to South Africa.
  5. Edward VINCE (~1875 - >1945) & Elizabeth? ? (~1875 - ~1934) London
    Occupation = ?
  6. Joseph Henry GORMAN (~1876 - 1910) & Florence Jane PAINE (~1878 - >1907) Ireland / London
    Occupation = French Polisher - London.
  7. John William Hargreaves SNOW (1867 - 1913) & Florence Mary BUCKLEY (1871 - 1959) m. Halifax 1894
    Occupation = Wool wholesaler - Bradford. Supplier to carpet manufacturers.
  8. Horatio Charles STENT (1874 - 1931) & Katherine Caroline Emma LAWRENCE (1875 - 1959) London
    Occupation = Marine Engineer - London.

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2x Great Grandparents (22/32)

  1. Henry HARRIS (1834 - >1891) & Sarah Ann MEADS (1835 - 87) m. Denham, Bucks 1858
    Occupation = Agricultural Labourer - Denham (1851 & 1881).
  2. Henry FISHER (~1830 - >1895) & Emma ? (~1830 - >1881) Middx / Berks / Oxon ?
    Occupation = General Labourer - Yiewsley (1881).
  3. William LOWRY (~1852 - >1881) & Mary A. ? (~1851 - >1881) London
    Occupation = Carman - London (1881).
  4. James COX (1828 - 1905) & Emma WHEELER (1829 - 91) Sussex / Somerset
    Occupation = Haulier / Barge Operator - Bristol Channel (1881).
  5. George HOSEGOOD (1821 - >1881) & Agnes ? (~1819 - >1881) Devon / Somerset
    Occupation = Tailor - Bedminster (1881).
  6. Dr. John Vacy LYLE (~1827 - >1865) & Mary Priscilla King NORWAY (~1830 - >1865) m. Egloshayle, Bodmin, Cornwall 1854, later emigrated to Natal, South Africa
    Occupation = Surgeon Doctor
  7. Thomas GIBBONS (1822 - >1881) & Mary BONES (1835 - 1900) Beds / Somerset
    Occupation = Tea dealer, grocer & dealer in foreign & British wines - Bath. Retired Grocer (1881).
  8. William Hargreaves SNOW (1831 - 77) & Martha SWAINE (~1830 - 96) Bradford & Yorks
    Occupation = Grocer (1881).
  9. Henry BUCKLEY (~1841 - >1881) & Mary ? (~1845 - >1881) Yorks
    Occupation = Warehouseman (1881).
  10. Charles Robert Osborn STENT (1845 - 1901) & Florence Jane HALL (1852 - 76) m. Westminster 1873
    Occupation = Surgeon Dentist - London (1881).
  11. James LAWRENCE (~1852 - >1881) & Katherine J. ? (~1852 - >1881)
    Occupation = Furniture Dealer - London (1881).

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3x Great Grandparents (22/64)

  1. William HARRIS (1801 - 84) & Ann VARNEY (1801 - 77) m. Denham, Bucks1822
    Occupation = Agricultural Labourer - Denham (1851 & 1881).
  2. John MEADS (1806 - >1851) & Mary ? (~1800 - 60) Denham ?
    Occupation = Agricultural Labourer - Denham (1851) .
  3. James COX (1802 - >1827) & Mary PEARCE (1802 - >1828) m. Westbourne, West Susses1825
    Occupation = Grocer - Emsworth (1827).
  4. John WHEELER (~1790 - >1828) & Mary GOLDNEY (~1790 - >1829) m. Devizes, Wilts1815
    Occupation = Labourer - Devizes.
  5. William HOSEGOOD (~1795 - >1851) & Elizabeth ? (~1797 - >1851) Devon
    Occupation = Shopkeeper & Tailor - Rose Ash (1818 - 1851).
  6. William Bray LYLE (~1805 - 1830(?)) & Mary Ann VACY (~1805 - >1830), m. Whitstone, Cornwall 1825
    Occupation = Farmer
  7. John NORWAY (~1800 - >1839) & ?
    Occupation = Mechanic
  8. Joseph GIBBONS (~1767 - 1850) & Sarah PRISLEY (~1781 - 1871) m. Harlington, Beds 1803
    Occupation = Yeoman Farmer - Tingrith.
  9. Christopher BONES (~1815 - >1847) & Charlotte HARRISON (~1815 - >1848)
    Occupation = ?
  10. William Hargreaves SNOW (1802 - 71) & Sarah MARSHALL ? (~1800 - >1831) Yorks
    Occupation = Carver & Guilder - Bradford.
  11. Charles Thomas STENT (1807 - 85) & Caroline OSBORN (1823 - 1915) London
    Occupation = Surgeon Dentist - London.
  12. James HALL ?
    Occupation = ?

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4x Great Grandparents (18/128)

  1. John VARNEY (~1765 - 1830) & Ann BREANCH (1774 - >1812) m. Denham 1800
    Occupation = Agricultural Labourer - probably.
  2. John MEADS (~1769 - 1836) & Rebecca TILEY (~1778 - >1811) m. Iver 1799
    Occupation = Agricultural Labourer - probably.
  3. John COX (~1760 - >1801) & Mary ? (~1765 - >1802) Westbourne
    Occupation = ?
  4. Thomas PEARCE (~1775 - >1801) & Jenny ? (~1775 - >1802) Westbourne
    Occupation = ?
  5. John GOLDNEY (~1745 - >1790) & Eleanor GIBBONS (~1750 - >1790) m. Bishops Cannings 1772
    Occupation = ?
  6. Thomas GIBBONS (1727 - 1803) & Mary OLIVER (1734 - 74) m. Welton, Northants 1754
    Occupation = Yeoman Farmer - Welton and then Tingrith, Beds from about 1771
  7. Joseph PRISLEY (<1755 - 1803?) & Ann COOK (<1760 - >1797) m. Harlington 1776
    Occupation = ?
  8. Peter SNOW (~1773 - >1802) & Mary HARDGROVE (?) (~1773 - >1802) York
    Occupation = ?
  9. William STENT (1772 - 1855) & Hannah JENKINS (1770 - >1823) m. Waldron 1797
    Occupation = ?

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5x Great Grandparents (10/256)

  1. John VARNEY (<1745 - >1798) Bucks
  2. William BREANCH (1743 - >1798) & Elizabeth DEAN (~1745 - >1787) m. Amersham 1765
  3. John GOLDNEY (~1720 - >1744) & Frances ? (~1720 - >1745) Wiltshire
  4. Thomas GIBBONS (1689 - 1760) & Elizabeth PAYNE (<1705 - 1782) m. Brockhall, Northants 1725
    Occupation = Yeoman
  5. Thomas OLIVER (1708 - 1791) & Susannah WILSON / -TON (~1710 - 1791) m. Brockhall 1728
    Occupation = Yeoman
  6. William STENT (1747 - >1772) & ? Sussex ?

6x Great Grandparents (7)

  1. Thomas BREANCH (1711 - 1782) & Sarah LANE (~1712 - 1784) m. Hughenden 1733
    Groom and Bride were both noted to be of Agmordesham = Amersham
    Their firstborn, Mary was baptised at Amersham on 28-Oct-1733, 3 months after the marriage
    William (above) was the sixth of ten children baptised at Amersham, 1733 - 56
  2. Thomas GIBBONS (1653 - 1728) & Mary ? (<1660 - >1688) ? Whilton, Northants
    Occupation = Yeoman
  3. Thomas OLIVER (1669 - 1711) & Sarah FROST (<1688 - >1708) m. Bugbrooke, Northants 1707
    Occupation = Yeoman
  4. William STENT (~1720-?) & ? Sussex ?

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7x Great Grandparents (6)

  1. Thomas BRANCH (~1680 - 1747) & Mary EELES (1683 - 1743) m. Hughenden 1703
    Groom and Bride were both noted to be of Amersham
  2. John GIBBONS / GYBONS (<1626 - >1674) & Elizabeth ? (<1626 - 1683) ? Whilton, Northants
    Occupation = Yeoman
  3. Thomas OLIVER (<1645 - 1707) & Mary ? (<1645 - 1713) ? Bugbrooke, Northants
    Occupation = Yeoman

8x Great Grandparents (2)

  1. Robert EELES (1657->1697) & Jane ? (~1660->1697) m. ~1682 (? Amersham)

9x Great Grandparents (2)

  1. William EELES Jnr (~1625->1686) & Dorothy ? (~1625-1686) m. ~1648 (? Amersham)

10x Great Grandparents (1)

  1. William EELES Snr (? - 1690) & ?

  • The BRANCH / BREANCH spellings were used interchangeably by different parish rectors.
    The EELES / EELS line were from Amersham and the surrounding area. Some were Quakers.

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Alphabetical List of Surnames, Dates & Locations

This is an alphabetical list of our ancestor's surnames, with the dates & locations we are still researching.
Jump around the list using the alphabet bar - segments of it are within the list & it's repeated at the end of the list.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - XYZ

  Names Dates Locations Jump to
1. BONES < 1800 - 1900 Bath & Somerset H J
2. BR(E)ANCH ~ 1650 - 1850 Amersham & Denham areas in Bucks  
3. BUCKLEY < 1800 - 1900 Halifax & Bradford L M
4. COOK < 1700 - 1800 Harlington  
5. COX < 1700 - 1850 Westbourne & Emsworth N O P
6. COX ~ 1850 - 1900 Bath  
7. DEAN < 1700 - 1800 Amersham area S T
8. EELES ~ 1600 - 1850 Amersham area  
9. FISHER < 1850 - 1900 Yiewsley, Middx, Berks & Oxon V W
10. FROST < 1700 - 1750 Bugbrooke, Northants  
11. GEORGE < 1850 - 1925 Ealing  
12. GIBBONS ~ 1600 - 1900 Welton & Whilton, Northants and Tingrith, Beds  
13. GIBBONS ~ 1850 - 1900 Bath & Somerset  
14. GIBBONS < 1700 - 1800 Bishops Cannings, Devizes  
15. GOLDNEY < 1700 - 1850 Devizes, Wiltshire, Bath & Somerset  
16. GORMAN ~ 1850 - 1900 Ireland & London  
17. HALL < 1800 - 1900 London B C
18. HARDGROVE < 1750 - 1850 York  
19. HARRIS < 1700 - 1900 Denham, Harefield, Uxbridge D E
20. HARRIS ~ 1890 - 1930 Ealing, Paddington  
21. HARRISON < 1800 - 1900 Bath & Somerset F G
22. HOSEGOOD < 1750 - 1850 Poughill , Bishops Nympton, Rose Ash & Lapford  
23. HOSEGOOD ~ 1850 - 1900 Bedminster (Bristol) & Bath  
24. JENKINS ~ 1750 - 1850 Waldron & London N O P
25. LANE ~ 1700 - 1800 Amersham area  
26. LAWRENCE ~ 1850 - 1900 London S T
27. LOWRY < 1850 - 1900 London  
28. LYLE < 1800 - 1900 Cornwall, Bath, Somerset & South Africa (Natal) V W
29. MARSHALL ~ 1800 - 1900 Bradford, Halifax & York  
30. MEAD(S) < 1750 - 1850 Denham & Iver  
30. NORWAY < 1800 - 1800 Cornwall  
32. OLIVER ~ 1600 - 1800 Bugbrook & Welton, Northants  
33. OSBORN ~ 1800 - 1900 London  
34. PAINE ~ 1850 - 1900 London B C
35. PAYNE < 1700 - 1750 E. & W. Haddon, Heyford & Welton, Northants  
36. PEARCE < 1750 - 1850 Westbourne D E
37. PRISLEY < 1700 - 1850 Harlington & Tingrith, Beds  
38. SNOW ~ 1800 - 1900 York, Halifax, Bradford & London F G
39. STENT ~ 1600 - 1850 Waldron & Sussex  
40. STENT ~ 1800 - 1900 Westminster & London H J
41. SWAINE ~ 1800 - 1900 Yorks  
42. TILEY < 1750 - 1850 Iver L M
43. VACY < 1800 - 1900 Cornwall  
44. VARNEY < 1700 - 1850 Denham & Bucks N O P
45. VINCE ~ 1800 - 1900 London  
46. WHEELER < 1750 - 1900 Devizes & Bath  
47. WILSON / -TON < 1700 - 1800 Welton, Northants  

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - XYZ

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Ancestor Tree


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Ancestor Documents

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Current Research Topics


Find out whereWilliam Harris (b. 1801) was baptised & who were his parents? (not Bucks, maybe Uxbridge).

Find out more about the Br(e)anch & Eeles lines at & around Amersham (1600 - 1800).

Find out more about Coxes of Westbourne. Visit the West Sussex Record Office when next in the Chichester area.

Find more about the Gibbons of Welton / Tingrith. Visit the Bedford & Northants Record Offices when next able.

Find more about the Hosegoods - Pougshill, etc. Visit the Devon Record Office when next in the Exeter area.

Find more about the Lyles, Vacys & Norways. Visit the Devon Cornwall.Record Office when next in the area.

Find the marriage of Charles Stent to Caroline Osborn(?) - she was possibly born in Stratford, Essex (West Ham).

Research Notes

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