See also

Family of Edward HARRIS and Ellen Curley WINWOOD

Husband: Edward HARRIS (1881-1955)
Wife: Ellen Curley WINWOOD (1888-1981)
Children: Roy Edward HARRIS (1909-1980)
Marriage 1909 Wellington District, Western Australia

Husband: Edward HARRIS

Name: Edward HARRIS
Sex: Male
Father: Charles HARRIS ( - )
Mother: Anna HOUSE ( - )
Birth 1881 Yokanup, Western Australia
Death 2 Jun 1955 (age 73-74) Boyanup

Wife: Ellen Curley WINWOOD

Name: Ellen Curley WINWOOD
Sex: Female
Nickname: Nellie
Father: John WINWOOD ( - )
Mother: Ellen CURLEY ( - )
Note: https://capeldistrictcemeteriesproject.com.au/project/harris-anna-ellen/
Birth 1888 Northam Western Australia
Death 16 Jul 1981 (age 92-93) Boyanup

Child 1: Roy Edward HARRIS

Name: Roy Edward HARRIS
Sex: Male
Spouse: Esther May CUNNOLD (1913- )
Note 1: https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/75188632/person/34309964433/facts
https://capeldistrictcemeteriesproject.com.au/project/harris-anna-ellen/
Note 2: Private: WX14813, 2/11 Battalion
Birth 18 Nov 1909 Wellington District, Western Australia
Death 1980 (age 70-71)

Note on Marriage

Edward and Ellen are on the electrol role in 1910 living in Boyanup and Edward is employed as a line repairer for the railways. Edward and Nellie can then be found living in Picton, Western Australia in 1914. Edwards’s occupation, was a Fettler, a person who does repair or maintenance work on a railway, this is also the occupation of some of Nellie’s family members. In 1916 they can be found in Cookernup, Western Australia and once again his occupation was a Fettler. They were in Burracoppin in 1925, Edward was a length runner for the Railways and same occupation in 1931 whilst living in Ballidu. In the 1943,1949 and 1954 electoral roles they can be found in Boyanup and Edward has an occupation as a repairer.

 

Edward and Ellen had 11 children together:

1)Roy Edward Harris born 18 Nov 1909, Wellington District, WA. (Possibly Boyanup) died 1980.

 

Private: WX14813, 2/11 Battalion

 

Married Ester Cunnold in 1931, she was born 3 June 1913 and the daughter of Oliver Albert Cunnold and Sarah Ann Withers.

 

2)Stillborn son, born and died 17 January 1911 at Picton buried on Picton Junction on Lot 154 by Alfred J Judd in witness of Edward Harris

 

3)Charles Henry Harris born 1914 Wellington District, died 27 May 1945 WW2.

 

Private: W7851 2/4TH Machine Gun Battalion (memorial at Boyanup).

 

4)Myrtle May Harris born 1916, Wellington District, WA. (Possibly Cookernup).

 

Married Harry Delaporte born 14 Aug 1914, died 12 Sept 1944, South China Sea, during WII. Son of Henry Thomas Delaporte and Emily Ada Harwood. Henry Thomas Delaporte was the son of John and Ellen Delaporte (nee House). Myrtle and Harry were cousins.

 

Private: WX8011, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion (prisoner of war)

 

Second Marriage to Alfred Shaw.

 

5)Alexander James Harris born 18 Jan 1919, Canning, WA died 11 Dec 2004

 

Private: W11319, 28 Australian Infantry Battalion.

 

6)Ellen Bertha Harris born 1921, Canning, WA.

 

Married Claude Knott – prisoner of war, Private WX7616 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion. Claude was born on the 17 July 17 at Hitchen, Hereford in England and the son of Fred Ernest Lloyd Knott and Mabel Dithkey he arrived in Western Australia aboard the ship “Beltana” on 3 Oct 1928 aged 11 years and was one of the Fairbridge Farm boys and lived in Henry Hudson House.

 

7)Winifred Eileen Harris born 1923, Canning, WA. Married Eric Resta.

 

8)Cecil Edward Harris born 10 Nov 1925, Wellington, WA died 12 March 1948. Joined the Royal Australian Airforce during WW2, he was killed in a car accident on March 12, 1948, along with his friend Charles Bell. He is buried at the Boyanup Cemetery in grave 166 alongside his parents. Charles Bell is in grave 167 next to his mate.

 

Royal Australia Air force, Leading Aircraftsman: 84308

 

9)Linda Joyce Harris born 1928, Wellington, WA. Died 2014. Married Frederick Charles King.

 

10)Ronald Eric Harris born 1930, Wellington, WA. Married Clair lee (unknown).

 

11)James Leslie Harris born 1932. (Jim). Married Leslie Beris Ireland

Note on Wife: Ellen Curley WINWOOD

https://capeldistrictcemeteriesproject.com.au/project/harris-anna-ellen/

Note on Child 1: Roy Edward HARRIS (1)

https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/75188632/person/34309964433/facts

https://capeldistrictcemeteriesproject.com.au/project/harris-anna-ellen/

Note on Child 1: Roy Edward HARRIS (2)

Private: WX14813, 2/11 Battalion