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Topic: Ipswich Births - HARRIS, Mother's maiden name HIGHAM (Read 156 times)
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GJH
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I would be grateful if anybody could help me trace the children of Joseph Christopher Harris and Agnes Maud Harris, nee Higham, born in Ipswich between 1896 and 1914. The only ones I am certain about are:-
Christopher John born Jan-Feb-Mar 1897
Edward Robert born 18/07/1902
Agnes died aged 37 of a childbirth related complication in December 1914, so I know she was still having children up to that time. There are three births shown in the BMD records as having a mother with the maiden name of Higham.
Charles H born Apr-May-Jun 1912, died Oct-Nov-Dec 1912
Hilda M born Jul-Aug-Sept 1913
Charles H born Oct-Nov-Dec 1914, died Jan-Feb-Mar 1915. This is possibly the child Agnes died days after giving birth to.
It seems unlikely that there were no other children born to Joseph Christopher and Agnes Maud between Edward Robert in 1902 and Charles H in 1914, (and possibly between Christopher John in 1897 and Edward Robert) but the mother's maiden name is not always shown. I have sent for the birth certificate for Hilda M in the hope that she was one of their children, but if anybody comes across any others for the same family I would really appreciate it.
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Rick
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Welcome GJH!
I hope that you will visit us often and make lots of progress with your research. Please be sure to register you surnames on our SURNAMES INTERESTS TABLE.
http://surname.rootschat.com/
I wonder, have your searched the complete GRO indexes for these births or just FreeBMD or other online incomplete indexes?
The complete indexes are available at county record offices and most main libraries in the UK and all LDS Family History Centres worldwide. They are also available online pay to view and by subscription at findmypast.com and Ancestry.co.uk.
http://www.findmypast.com/home.jsp
http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/offers/uk/learn/trial.aspx?o_xid=33781&o_lid=33781&offerid=0%3a7935%3a0
If you haven't searched the complete index, Ancestry are currently offering a free 14 day trial, so this might be a good opportunity for you to search their site for free.
Hopefully though, you will link up with others also researching this family.
Best Regards
Rick 
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GJH
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Well! I sent for Hilda's birth certificate and only succeeded in ending up with another mystery!  In the spaces for father's name and father's occupation it was blank - surely if her husband, the mysterious 'Joseph Christopher' (ref my post 'Mystery: Harris - Shoemaker - Ipswich') was the father then it would say so? I know the father could not be named without his permission, but if it was her husband why would he not be? Maybe he had gone and this was another man, thus explaining the long gap between children. When Agnes died in 1914 her death was registered by her sister and I thought it was odd that her husband didn't do it. In the space for 'Occupation' on the death certificate it says 'Wife of Christopher Harris a shoe finisher (factory)', so I assume he wasn't dead otherwise it would say 'widow of' presumably?
I've discovered that Hilda married James Rose in Ipswich in 1936, so that's another addition to my tree at least. Back to the Joseph Christopher mystery now!
Always glad of any suggestions,
Gill
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Gill
As I understand the law, a wife did not need the permission of her husband to name him as the father of her child. The law automatically recognized him as such. This does lead one to to wonder whether the father is this case was not her husband.
Rick
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