Albert Douglas Harris (1877 - 1923)

Born 12 Dec 1877 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella Jane (Preston) Pemberton — married 16 Oct 1915 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia

Died 23 Oct 1923 at age 45 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Albert Douglas Harris was born on 12 Dec 1877^[1] in Dairy Arm, New South Wales, Australia as the second child of Thomas Harris and Ellen Douglass. When he was 37, he married Isabella Jane Preston, daughter of John Preston and Harriet Bailey, on 16 Oct 1915^[2] in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 29 Oct 1923^[3] in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Newspaper Excerpts

31 Oct 1923 “WOLLOMBI Albert Douglas Harris, aged 41 years, of Wattagan Creek, near Wollombi, died in a private hospital on Monday night from, it is alleged, effects of poison. Deceased had been in ill-health for some time. He was married, but leaves no family”^[4]

Inquest

DEATH FROM POISONING ^[5]

Burial

Albert Douglas Harris was buried^[6] in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia (Wollombi General Cemetery).

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: HARRIS ALBERT D 24572/1878 THOMAS ELLEN WOLLOMBI
2. ↑ Marriage: 17364/1915 HARRIS ALBERT D PRESTON ISABELLA J WOLLOMBI
3. ↑ Death: HARRIS ALBERT D 20322/1923 THOMAS ELLEN CESSNOCK
4. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139608069?searchTerm=Harris%20WOLLOMBI&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales
5. ↑ DEATH FROM POISONING The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW), Fri 9 Nov 1923, Page 10,
6. ↑ Burial: Australian Cemetery Index Inscription, for Albert Douglas Harris b. 12 Dec 1877 d. 29 Oct 1923