Family of Frank William Harris and Mary Alice Huxley

Husband:
Frank William Harris (1895-1966)
Wife:
Mary Alice Huxley (1896-1968)
Children:
Donald Frank Harris (1916-1968)
Marriage:
18 Mar 1916
Register Office, Bromley, Kent, England¹ ²
Frank a bachelor and commercial clerk serving as a Lance Corporal in the 20th County of London Regiment and son of Walter William Harris a secretary to a commercial firm. Mary a spinster and daughter of Alfred Huxley a plumber and house decorator. Both of 12 Suffield Road Beckenham, married by licence and witness ed by Alfred Huxley and Alice Huxley

Husband: Frank William Harris

Name:
Frank William Harris³ ¹ ⁴
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
commercial / costings clerk⁵ ⁶
Birth:
27 Jul 1895
Wandsworth, London, England³ ⁷ ⁵ ⁶
1911 census says born in Battersea Surrey
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 5)
9 Franklin Road, Penge, Kent, England⁷ ⁷
son living with his parents Walter and Bertha, and brothers Walter, Charles and Herbert. Born in Wandsworth London
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 15)
345 Blandford Road, Beckenham, Kent, England⁵
unmarried son working as a varnish makers clerk and living in five rooms with his parents Walter and Bertha, brothers Walter, Charles, Herbert and Claude, and sister May. Born in Battersea Surrey
Census absence:
19 Jun 1921 (age 25)
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 44)
26 Fairhaven Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, England⁶
a married cost clerk in a tobacco factory living with his wife Mary. Born on 27th July 1895
Death:
20 Nov 1966 (age 71)
Folkestone "Registration District", Kent, England⁴ ⁸
Probate:
21 Feb 1967
Probate Registry, Greater London, England⁸
of 36 East Cliff Folkestone died 20th November 1966, probate of £158 (~£2,600 in 2017) to Mary Alice Harris widow

Name:
Mary Alice Huxley⁹
Sex:
Female
Father:
Alfred Huxley (1874-1950)
Mother:
Alice Gillingham (1864-1947)
Birth:
31 Aug 1896
Bromley, Kent, England⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ⁶
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 4)
60 Medway Road, Croydon, Surrey, England¹⁰
daughter living with her parents Alfred and Alice. Born in Bromley Kent
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 14)
90 Marlow Road, Anerley, Beckenham, Kent, England¹¹
a boarder attending school and living in six rooms with widowed Charles Noley, and another boarder, and her parents Alfred and Alice. Born in Bromley Kent
Census absence:
19 Jun 1921 (age 24)
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 43)
26 Fairhaven Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, England⁶
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Frank. Born on 31st August 1896
Administrator:
21 Feb 1967 (age 70)
Mary Alice Huxley was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Frank William Harris on Tuesday on 21 February 1967 at the Probate Registry, Greater London, England
Death:
21 Jan 1968 (age 71)
Folkestone "Registration District", Kent, England¹² ¹³
Probate:
22 Feb 1968
Probate Registry, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England¹³
of 36 East Cliff Folkestone died 21st January 1968, probate of £3,936 (~£61,000 in 2017)

Name:
Donald Frank Harris¹⁴ ¹⁵
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Marjorie Betty Wilderspin (1916-2002)
Occupation:
stockbrokers' clerk¹⁶
Birth:
10 Sep 1916
Bromley "Registration District", Kent, England¹⁴ ¹⁶
Census absence:
19 Jun 1921 (age 4)
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 23)
60 Croydon Road, Bromley, Kent, England¹⁶
a married stockbrokers clerk and a Metropolitan Police Special Constable living with his wife Marjorie. Born on 10th September 1916
Death:
3 Apr 1968 (age 51)
Hastings "Registration District", East Sussex, England¹⁵ ¹⁷
Probate:
29 May 1968
Probate Registry, Lewes, East Sussex, England¹⁷
of 69 Priory Road Hastings died 3rd April 1968, administration of £4,163 (~£65,000 in 2017)

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bromley 1916 quarter:1 volume:2a page:1144. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

2.: Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:95. Cit. Date: 10 September 2025. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wandsworth 1895 quarter:3 volume:1d page:679. Cit. Date: 10 September 2025.

4.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Folkestone 1966 quarter:4 volume:5f page:456. Cit. Date: 11 September 2025.

5.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3670 class:RG78 piece:138 registration district:42 sub-district:2 enumeration district:17 schedule:232. Cit. Date: 11 September 2025.

6.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1287C page:15 line:32 letter code:CLIE. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

7.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:651 folio:91 page:7 schedule:34. Cit. Date: 10 September 2025.

8.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1967 page:172. Cit. Date: 11 September 2025.

9.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bromley 1896 quarter:3 volume:2a page:428. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

10.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:642 folio:156 page:28 schedule:188. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

11.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3676 class:RG78 piece:138 registration district:42 sub-district:2 enumeration district:23 schedule:233. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

12.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Folkestone 1968 quarter:1 volume:5f page:597. Cit. Date: 11 September 2025.

13.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Birmingham 1968 page:145. Cit. Date: 11 September 2025.

14.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bromley 1916 quarter:4 volume:2a page:888. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

15.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hastings 1968 quarter:2 volume:5h page:374. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

16.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1272D page:2 line:5 letter code:CKFT. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.

17.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Lewes 1968 page:136. Cit. Date: 30 August 2025.