Eleanor Gertrude (Harris) Buckingham (1882)

Born 1882 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of George Christopher Buckingham — married 1903 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Died at a fairly young age, and is buried with her husband.

Eleanor Harris was born in 1882 at Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

George Christopher Buckingham and Eleanor Harris were married in early July 1903 at the Registry Office in Chipping Norton. ^{[2] [4] [3]}

In 1911 Eleanor Buckingham was living at 21 Spring Street in Chipping Norton with her husband George, their sons Christopher and Victor, and her husband's father and brother. Her age was given as 28, implying a birth date in 1882 or 1883. Her birthplace was given as Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It was stated that George and Eleanor had been married for 7 complete years and had had 2 children together. ^[3]

Migration • Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922 Name Eleanor Buckingham Sex Female Age 34 Event Type Immigration Event Date Oct 1916 Event Place Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Birth Year (Estimated) 1882 Birthplace England Ship Name Olympic

Research Notes

Her mother is probably the Ellen Harris, widow, daughter of Henry Stayte, who married at Chipping Norton parish church on 3 June 1905. One of the witnesses was called Eleanor Buckingham. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ General Register Office, birth registration index online (https://www.gro.gov.uk/); accessed 4 May 2021: HARRIS, ELEANOR; GRO Reference: 1882 Oct-Dec Quarter in CHIPPING NORTON registration district; Volume 03A Page 798; mother's maiden name: STAYT
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Both have marriages registered in Jul-Sep quarter of 1903 in Chipping Norton registration district with reference volume 3a, page 2135: General Register Office index of marriage registrations, accessed through FreeBMD 4 May 2021: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=8hpEU%2FWmATLEpJAsNyOQuQ&scan=1 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=YpC%2FE3QNIsiXFBiYIzi0Ug&scan=1
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} England and Wales 1911 census (Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire): The National Archives of the UK: reference RG 14/8252; schedule 63: Ancestry Record 1911England #51862907
4. ↑ "Marriages", in Oxfordshire Weekly News, 8 July 1903, page 4, column 6
5. ↑ Oxfordshire History Centre: Chipping Norton parish register, reference PAR64/1/R3/7: Ancestry Record OxfordshireParishMarriages #292441

• "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HLK-M7W : 23 February 2021), Eleanor Buckingham, Oct 1916; citing Immigration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, T-4755, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.