Digitized Service Record

Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.

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Sister Laurie Kate (Harris) Davies also buried at Queen’s Lawn Cemetery

Name: Sam Harris
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birth Place: S Wales
Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1921

Marriage Place: Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Name: Sam Harris
Age in 1901: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Son
Father: Thomas Harris
Mother: Maria Harris
Gender: Male
Where born: Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales

(Ystradyfodwg or Ystrad Dyfodwg (Vale of Tyfodwg) was an ancient upland parish in Glamorgan, Wales. The Parish included most of the area which would later be known as Rhondda)

Civil parish: Ystradyfodwg
Ecclesiastical parish: Treherbert
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales
Registration district: Pontypridd
Sub-registration district: Ystradyfodwg

Household Members Age Relationship
Thomas Harris 70 Head
Maria Harris 63 Wife

Sam Harris 20 Son

Name: Sam Harris
Gender: Male
Racial or Tribal Origin: Welsh
Nationality: Canada
Marital Status: Married
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birth Place: Wales
Year of Immigration: 1912
Residence Date: 1 Jun 1921
House Number: 232
Residence Street or Township: Grimsby
Residence City, Town or Village: North Grimsby
Residence District: Lincoln
Residence Province or Territory: Ontario
Residence Country: Canada
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse’s Name: Rove Harris
Father Birth Place: Wales
Mother Birth Place: Wales
Religion: Church Of England
Can Read?: Yes
Can Write?: Yes
Occupation: Fruit Grower
Nature of Work: Own Farm B
Municipality: N Grimsby
Sub-District: Grimsby North (Township)
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Class of House: Single House
Number of Rooms: 4

Household Members Age Relationship
Sam Harris 40 Head
Rove Harris40 Wife
Father: Thomas Harris
Mother: Maria Fox
Spouse: Rose Allen