Ellen Eliza Marsh

Ellen Eliza Marsh
(1873-1963)

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Spouses/Children:
Joseph Richard Harris

Ellen Eliza Marsh ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

Born: 29 Mar 1873, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹²
Marriage: Joseph Richard Harris on 22 Sep 1894 in Parish of Clifton, Bristol, England ¹
Died: 2 Jun 1963, White Rock, B.C. aged 90 ⁹
Buried: 5 Jun 1963, Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, B.C. ⁹

bullet Cause of her death was Congestive heart failure.⁹

bullet Another name for Ellen was Nellie.

bullet General Notes:

Re: Joseph Richard Harris
Married Ellen Eliza (Nellie) Marsh in Bristol. We believe Ellen was Tom's Sister (see Mary Harris)
Joseph worked as a machinist on a merchant ship. He would buy Nellie an engagement present of rose colored vases (one is broken, Ruth Manning, in Calgary, has the other) while on a ship in Venice, Italy. He then ran the "donkey engine" as a machinist at Fry's Chocolate Factory in Bristol. They married in Bristol in 1894 and had 4 children. The two older children used to walk to the chocolate factory with a hot meal every day for their dad.
The family came to Calgary in 1906, when Joseph was 33 years old.
Nellie had given refuge one stormy evening to a Sarcee Indian who was out in the storm searching for 4 lost horses. Nellie was a tiny woman and was preparing the evening meal for her children when there was a knock on the door. She invited the man in who was cold and hungry and she offered him a hot meal of stew and dumplings. She placed his coat by the fire to dry and while he ate his meal the children stopped eating and stared at the man in awe. The Indian relished the hot meal and after finishing he thanked Nellie and left.
In 1912, Nellie and her children went downtown to see the first Calgary Stampede Parade. The parade included bands, floats, cowboys and the Indians. As the Sarcee band of Indians was approaching, the Chief raised his hand to motion to his warriors to stop. He halted directly in front of Nellie. He removed his headdress and bowed down to Nellie. It was then she recognized the man to whom she had served dinner on that stormy night. For him to stop and bow down to her was the highest honor that could be paid to her.
Joseph worked for Eau Claire Lumber in Calgary. Their oldest son "Joseph" became a minister and moved to Vancouver. Nellie went out to visit her son and fell in love with Vancouver. She sent a telegram back to Joseph which read, :This is God's country, pack up and join me. I'm not coming back to Calgary."
So Joseph moved to Vancouver and worked for some time there as a carpenter. At church Joseph met the Caples family and was offered a job in their bakery. Joseph became a baker and worked at the Caples Bakery up until his death.
Nellie could not make the house payments and the bank took the house. Now destitute, Nellie lived in a rooming house for a time. Then she moved into the home of the Caples. Later she returned to Calgary and moved in with her daughter Nellie ( Mae ). When Mae and her husband moved to the Vancouver area, Nellie moved into a nursing home in Calgary. At this point (1962) all Nellie's children lived in the Vancouver area so they decided to fly their mother to Vancouver to be with them. Now, Nellie did not believe in flying and swore that she never would. She was sedated and flown to Vancouver and never realizing that she had been moved, she wondered up until her death why all her children suddenly started visiting her. She died in 1963.
Nellie and Joseph had 5 children
Joseph Edwin Harris
b. March 6, 1896 in Bristol, England)
Nellie Mable (Mae) Harris
b. August 2, 1897 in Bristol, England
Frances Rose Harris
b. June 21, 1899 in Bristol, England
Reginald Harris
b. 1903 in Bristol
Charles Marsh Harris
b. 1916 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was born in the house his father built on Parkhill in Calgary which was just recently demolished. The Manning's visited the house and saw the room where he was born.
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Name: ELLEN ELIZA HARRIS
Event Date: 1963 6 2 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 89
Gender: Female
Event Place: WHITE ROCK

Reg. Number: 1963-09-007985
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13262
GSU Microfilm Number: 2033586
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: 27 Bakfield Grove, 1894, Parish of Clifton, Bristol, England. ⁵

• Emigration: to Canada, 1908, Liverpool. ⁹

• Residence.

Ellen married Joseph Richard Harris, son of George Edwin Harris and Mary Elizabeth Hood, on 22 Sep 1894 in Parish of Clifton, Bristol, England.⁵ (Joseph Richard Harris was born on 7 Nov 1873 in Holwells, Bristol, Gloucestershire,¹³ ¹⁴ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ died on 29 Feb 1940 in Vancouver, B.C. ¹³ ¹⁴ and was buried on 4 Mar 1940 in Mt. View Cemetery, Vancouver, B.C. ¹⁴.) The cause of his death was Cerebral Hemmorhage, high blood pressure.⁹

1 Harris - Marsh, marriage, 1894, FreeBMD. Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

Marriages Sep 1894

HARRIS Joseph Richard , Barton Regis, volume 6a page 222
Marsh Ellen Eliza, Barton Regis, volume 6a , page 222

Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage Given at the General Register Office
1894 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Clifton in the County of Bristol
No. 221
When married: Twenty Second September 1894
Name and Surname: Joseph Richard Harris, Age 20,
Condition: Bachelor
Profession: Stoker
Residence at the time of marriage: 17 Freeland? Place
Father's Name: George Edward Harris
Profession of Father: Stoker

Name and Surname:Ellen Eliza Marsh, Age 21
Condition: Spinster
Profession: [ blank]
Residence at the time of marriage: 27 Bakfield Grove
Father's Name: Charles Griffin Marsh
Profession of father: Gardener

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, S. W. Day

This marriage was solemnized between us: Joseph Richard Harris, Ellen Eliza Marsh in the Presence of us, Charles Griffen Marsh, Alice Elizabeth Harris

2 email, Cindy (Anderson) Huish, July 3, 2001, Cindy (Anderson) Huish, July 3, 2001. ANTHONY HARRIS
CHILDREN

George Edwin Harris
b. April 4, 1845 in Pill (near Bristol, England)
m. Mary Elizabeth Hood (b. June 25, 1844)
d. August 8, 1920 (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Children
Mary Maria (Polly) Harris
b. January 3, 1867 (Bristol, England)
m.Thomas B. Marsh
d. August 1958 (Vancouver, Canada)
Clara Lavinia Harris
b. January 4 1869 (Bristol, England)
m. Frederick Daniel Webb
d. October 6, 1943 (Bristol, England)
George Anthony Harris
b. January 6, 1871 (Bristol, England)
m. Louisa Pegler (b. 1873)
d. May 5, 1949 (Calgary, Canada)
Joseph Richard Harris* (Harry Huishs Grandfather)
b. November 7, 1873
m. Ellen Eliza Marsh
d. 1963 (Vancouver, Canada)
Anthony William Harris
b. May 5, 1876 (Bristol, England)
d. 1881 ( Bristol, England)
Norah Henrietta Harris
b. June 24, 1878
m. Henry Charles Weekley
d. January 3, 1961 ( Bristol, England)
Alice Elizabeth Harris
b. July 7, 1880 (Bristol, England)
m. George Henry Robbins
d. 1968 (Vancouver, Canada)
Edwin Samuel Harris
b. July 31,1882 (Bristol, England)
m. Rosie?
d. April 6, 1946 (Calgary, Canada)
Beatrice Louise Harris
b. November 13, 1884
m. Jim Manning
d. December 31, 1956
Got this info from work that Susan Manning ( Niece of Harry Huish) did in a memory book following the death of Harry Huish
Am following up with some stories from the same book.
Cindy

3 Marsh, Ellen Eliza, death registration, 1963, British Coloumbia Archives, registration 630-09-007985, film B13262. Death Registration: Harris, Ellen Eliza, 1963, registration # 63-09-007985
Place of death: White Rock, B.C., Berkely Private Hospital
Length of stay : in municipality: 6 weeks, in province: 6 weeks, in Canada 56 years
full name of deceased: Harris, Ellen Eliza
Permanant residence: Ocean Park , Surrey, B.C., !5 A Ave. , #12755
female, citizenship: Canadian, White, Widow, birthplace: England
Date of Birth: Mar 29, 1873, age 90 years
Trade or profession: At Home
name of spouse: Joseph Richard Harris
name of father: Marsh, given name unknown
name of mother: unknown
Birthplace of father: Enland, Birthplace of mother: England
name of informant: Joseph Edwin Harris, son
address: 12755- 15th A. Ave, Ocean Park, B.C.
burial or cremation: Burial, date June 5, 1963, Vancouver B.C. Mountain View Cemetery
Date of Death: June 2, 1963
Cause of death: congestive heart failure

4 Harris, Joseph Richard, death registration, 1940, BC Archives, registration 1940-09-570637, film B13167.
Death registration 1940-09-570637, film B13167

Place of Death, Vancouver, B.C. , E. 51st Ave., house 875
Length of Stay: in municipality: 12 yrs, in province: 12 years, in Canada: 33 years
Name of deceased: Harris, Joseph Richard
Residence: 875, E 51st , Vancouver, B.C.
Male, Canadian, Racial origin: English, Married
Birthplace: England, date of birth: November 7, 1873,
Age 66 years, 3 mos. 22 days
Trade: Baker
name of spouse : Ellen Harris
father: George Harris, birthplace: England
mother: Not Known
informant, Mrs. E. Harris, 875 E 51st Ave,
relationship: wife
Place of burial, Mt. View, date of burial: March 4, 1940
Date of Death: February 29, 1940
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemmorhage, high blood pressure

6 1881 census, Cheltenham, Gloucester. :
Cheltenham, District 42, page 4
Ambrose Street, Railway Tavern
Harriet Hill, Head, Widow, female, age 62, Innkeeper, born Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
Alice Louisa Bragg, daughter, married, female, age 23, born ", "
William Bragg, Son in law, married, male, age 28, Engine Fitter, born Gloucestershire, Gloucester
Samuel Barnett, adopted son, unmarried, male, age 15, House Carpenter, born Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
Edwin Thomas, border, unmarried, male, age 17, Railway Engine Cleaner, born Gloucestershire, Chesfston?

Dwelling:31 Ambrose St
Census Place:Cheltenham, Gloucester, England
Source:FHL Film 1341621 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2576 Folio 25 Page 2-3
MarrAgeSexBirthplace
Charles MARSHM51 MAshton [sic], Cambridge, England
Rel:Head
Occ:Gardener's Labourer (ND)
Harriet MARSHM40 FCheltenham, Gloucester, England
Rel:Wife
Emma MARSHU18 FCheltenham, Gloucester, England
Rel:Daur
Thomas MARSH 14 MBirmingham, Warwick, England
Rel:Son
Occ:Scholar
Harriet MARSH 12 FBirmingham, Warwick, England
Rel:Daur
Occ:Scholar
John MARSH 11 MBirmingham, Warwick, England
Rel:Son
Occ:Scholar
Charles MARSH 1 MCheltenham, Gloucester, England
Rel:Grandson
George PARRM36 MOxford, England
Rel:Lodger
Occ:Telegraph Foreman
John GREENSLADEU19 MWitheridge, Devon, England
Rel:Lodger
Occ:Bricklayer
Inkermann ORCHARDM24 MPortsea, Hampshire, England
Rel:Lodger
Occ:Brick...(Mkr)
Albert LEWISM26 MPitchcombe, Gloucester, England
Rel:Lodger
Occ:General Labourer
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Dwelling:Burton St, No 22
Census Place:Cheltenham, Gloucester, England
Source:FHL Film 1341621 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2576 Folio 7 Page 7
Name MarrAgeSexBirthplace

Mary Jane SALLISS, Head, M44 FCheltenham, Gloucester,
Rel:Head
Occ:Laundress
Ellen MARSH, Neice, U8 FCheltenham, Gloucester, England

[note by jca.. additional census records indicate that the above Mary Jane Salliss is likely the wife of Elijah Sallis, a publican in 1871 and a tailor in 1881 in Cheltenham)
A search of marriage indexes on FreeBMD indicate that Elijah Sallis married Mary Jane Barnett in June qtr of 1859, in Cheltenham, vol 6a, page 700.
[It now appears that Ellen Marsh's grandmother was Harriet Barnett.. and Mary Jane (Barnett) Salliss was the elder sister of Harriet Lamb and born prior to the marriage of their parents]

7 1891 census, Cheltenham, Gloucester. :
1891 census Cheltenham Glouc , page 15
Stoneham Cottage
Charles Marsh, Head, married, male, age 60, labourer, b Glostershire, Cheltenham
Harriett ", Wife, married, female, age 50, laundress, b Cambridgshire, Ashton
Ellen ", Daur, female, age 18, no employment, Glostershire, Cheltenham

[Based upon the earlier census takings, the birth place for Charles and his wife Harriet Marsh would appear to be misrecorded on this census and likely should show the reverse of that recorded: that is: Charles should be born in Ashton and wife Harriet should be born Cheltenham.. jca]

8 Harris, Joseph Edwin, death registration, 1981, BC Archives. :
Name:
Joseph Edwin Harris |
Place:Richmond
Reg. Number: 1981-09-003667
Date: 1981 2 25 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 84
Event:Death Microfilm #:B13610 (GSU # 2051486)

Registration of Death, Province of British Columbia
Name of Deceased: HARRIS, JOSEPH EDWIN
Place of death: Richmond General Hospital, Richmond , B.C.
Usual Residence: 30- 11551 Kingfisher Drive, Richmond, B.C.
Maritial Status: Married
Maiden name of spouse: Hewett, Elizabeth Gertrude
Occupation: Baptist Minister
Birthdate: March 7, 1896, Age 84 years
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Native Indian: No
Father: Harris, Joseph Richard, Birthplace: Bristol, England
Mother: Marsh, Ellen Eliza, Birthplace: Cheltenham, England
Informant: Elizabeth Gertrude Harris, relationship: Wife
Address of informant: E. G. Harris, 30- 11551 Kingfisher Drive, Richmond, B.C. V7E 3N5
Date signed: Feb 27/ 81
Disposition: Burial, date of burial: March 2, 1981
Cemetery: Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, B.C.
Funeral Director: First Memorial Services, 1505 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver, B.C.

Date of Death: February 25, 1981
Immediate cause of death: Myocardial Infarction
Antecedent causes: Arteriosclerotic heart disease
other significant conditions: Carcinoma bowel
Autopsy: No
recent surgical operation: Feb 5/81, Carcinoma descending colon.
Physician: M. F. Phillips, 1077-56th St, Delta, B.C. 2-27-81

9 Marsh, Ellen Eliza, death registration, 1963, British Coloumbia Archives, registration 630-09-007985, film B13262.

10 1901 census, St.George, Bristol, Gloucestershire. :
1901 census St George Bristol Glouc
21 Worsley St
Joseph R Harris 27 stoker stationary engines b Clifton Bristol
Ellen E 28 b Cheltenham Glouc
Joseph E 5 b Clifton Bristol
Nellie M 3 b Clifton Bristol
Frances R dau 1 b Clifton Bristol

13 email, Cindy (Anderson) Huish, July 3, 2001, Cindy (Anderson) Huish, July 3, 2001.

14 Harris, Joseph Richard, death registration, 1940, BC Archives, registration 1940-09-570637, film B13167.

17 1881 census, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. :
Clifton, Bristol, district 10, page 35, no. of schedule: 230
13 Charles Place
Mary Hood, Head, widow, female, age 64, Seamstress, born Glos, Patchway
George Harris, Head, Married, male, age 35, Stoker- Steamboat, born Somerset, Pill
Mary ", Wife, Married, female, age 36, born Holwells, Bristol
Mary ", Daur, single, female, age 14, scholar, born ", "
Lavinia ", ", female,age 12, ", born ", "
George ", Son, male, age 10, ", born Bedminster, Somerset.
Joseph ", Son, male, age 7, ", born Holwells, Bristol
Nora ", Daur, female, age 2, born ", "
Alice ", ", female, age 7 mo., born ", "
. Pill is a village in North Somerset It is situated on the southern bank of the Avon . Pill now includes Ham Green and is adjacent to the village of Easton-in-Gordano . Opposite Pill is the Bristol suburb of Shirehampton
"Pill" literally means "creek" or "inlet" off of river or channel or a small harbour, often tidal and occasionally used as a dock.

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