Robert died on 11 Dec 1972, and was cremated at Hobart, Tasmania.[4]. He was aged 94 at the time of his death.
Sources
↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT6Z-G9M : 11 December 2014), Robert William Foster Harris, ; citing , HOBART, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA; FHL microfilm 1,368,240.
↑ "Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q279-C8JP : 26 August 2016), Robert Wm Foster Harris and Elizabeth Bessie Jones, 01 Nov 1899; citing Marriage 01 Nov 1899, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, line #110054, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,185.
Source: S4 Tasmania, Australia, Index to Marriage Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1962 Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.Original data - J & F OShea and K & A Whitton, comp. Indexes to Birth, Death and Marriage Notices. Tasmanian Family History Society Inc., Hobart Branch.Original data: J & F OShea Repository: #R1 Paranthetical: Y
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert: