John Sincock Harris
(Abt 1841-1895)
Phillipa Reynolds
(1838-1914)
John Webster Rowe of Camborne
(1836-1885)
Elizabeth Moyle
(Abt 1841-1916)
Samuel John Harris of Camborne
(1865-1916)
Mary Anne Rowe
(1868-Aft 1923)
Charles Leslie Harris
(1896-1959)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Mabel A.

Charles Leslie Harris

  • Born: 26 Feb 1896, Trevenson St., Camborne, Cornwall 1
  • Christened: 22 Apr 1896, Tuckingmill All Saints, Camborne, Cornwall 1
  • Married: Abt 1923
  • Died: 3 Feb 1959, 63 Pilgrim Ave., Highland Park 3, Michigan, USA 2 3
  • Buried: East Lawn Cemetery, Oakland, MI, USA 2

  Research Notes:

Charles Leslie son of Samuel John Harris of Trevenson St., carpenter, and Mary Ann (baptismal record)

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In 1911 Charles Leslie Harris, aged 15, born in Camborne, engineer's apprentice, was with his parents at 17 Trelowarren St., Camborne.

In 1921 Charles Leslie Harris, aged 25 years 4 months, born in Camborne, marital status not recorded, mechanical engineer, was with his widowed mother in Trelowarren St., Camborne.

On 27 Mar 1923 Charles Leslie Harris, aged 27, single, fitter, previously resident of Camborne Cornwall England, nearest relative mother Mrs. M. A. Harris, of 19 Tolcarne Street, Camborne, arrived at Ellis Island, New York, U.S.A aboard the vessel S. S. Majestic. 4

In 1940 Charles Harris, aged 44, born in England, machinist for auto truck co., and wife Mabel, born in England, machine worker lubricator co., were living in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan.

At the time of the 1942 Military Draft Registration, Charles Leslie Harris, aged 46, born in Camborne Cornwall England on February 26, 1892, residing at 63 Pilgrim Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, employee of Yellow Coach M.F.G. Co., Pontiac, Michigan, contact L. Hugo of 63 Pilgrim Highland Park, Mich. 5

In 1950 Charles L. Harris, aged 54, born in England, lathe operator at truck factory, and wife Mabel, aged 54, birthplace not recorded, were living with Charles' brother-in-law Leonard Hugo and his family in Highland Park, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Charles Leslie Harris of 63 Pilgrim Ave., Highland Park 3 Michigan U.S.A. died 3 February 1959. Administration (limited) Bodmin 17 November 1961 to Donald Alfred Hayes Walters, attorney of Arthur Timothy Hugo. Effects £427 18s. in England. 3

  Marriage Information:

Charles married Mabel about 1923. (Mabel A. Harris was born about 1898 in England, died in 1974 and was buried in East Lawn Cemetery, Oakland, MI, USA.)

Sources


1 Tuckingmill Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms, p. 252, no. 2016.

2 FindAGrave, Memorial. This memorial shows Charles and Mabel having had a son Harvey Robert Harris, born in 1921 in Missouri. This doesn't seem possible given Charles was in England at the time and arrived in the USA a single man in July 1923.

3 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1961, p. 206.

4 New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1925.

5 United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.


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