Family: John Smith Harris / Lydia Rose Ricketts (F14059)  [1

m. Abt 1874


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  • Father | Male
    John Smith Harris

    Born  Abt 1849  Sibford Ferris, Oxforshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  05 Oct 1891  Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  Abt 1874  [2]  Banbury, Oxfordshire, England  [2] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Mother | Female
    Lydia Rose Ricketts

    Born  19 Jul 1848  Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  01 Nov 1927  Johnsonville, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
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    Child 1 | Female
    + Margaret Harris

    Born  Abt 1875  Solihull, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Aug 1943  Main Road, Johnsonville, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  24 Aug 1943  Bolton St Cemetery, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Frederick James Embury | F13944 
    Married  Abt 1902  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Male
    Richard Ricketts Harris

    Born  Abt 1877  Solihull, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  30 Nov 1962  New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

  • Notes  Married:
    • Both John & Lydia were scholars at the Quaker co-ed boarding school, Sibford Oxon. Lydia was 9 years old when she went to Sibford (not long after the death of her mother) and left there as a teacher some 17 years later to marry John Smith Harris. John & Lydia and their two children emigrated to NZ 1883.

  • Sources 
    1. [S13471] Pat Ricketts.

    2. [S10] Marriage Register Index , Dec Qtr 1874 Bunbury Dist. Eng.