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Now with a name like that you would think this would be an easy one. I am helping somebody else with this but it has got me!

Name: Archimedes John Harriss
Birth: Sep 1845 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Marriage: Dec 1865 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Death: ?

Well, it is known to be March 4th 1883. That's a definate, but it is not shown in any of the index searches. He didn't die abroad.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Gold star to who can find it first.

he there in 1881

1881 Spring Lane Bury St Edmunds St James, Suffolk

Archimedes J. HARRIS 36 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Nursery & Seedsman Emp 1 Labourer
Naomi HARRIS 35 Bury St Eds, Suffolk,
Amelia J. HARRIS 10 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Scholar
Alice N. HARRIS 8 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Scholar
Ernest W. HARRIS 6 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Scholar
Florence M. HARRIS 5 Bury St Eds, Suffolk,
Arthur E. HARRIS 3 Bury St Eds, Suffolk,

is the j definatly john


Deaths Sep 1890
Harris Joseph 44 Bury St. E. 4a 382

c 1846

or

Deaths Dec 1924
Harris Jonathan 79 Bury St.E. 4a 884


c 1845

the only other way is to search the gro indexes for 1883 for harris if you know that for sure

Sarah_Carney wrote:Now with a name like that you would think this would be an easy one. I am helping somebody else with this but it has got me!

Name: Archimedes John Harriss
Birth: Sep 1845 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Marriage: Dec 1865 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Death: ?

Well, it is known to be March 4th 1883. That's a definate, but it is not shown in any of the index searches. He didn't die abroad.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Gold star to who can find it first.

How can you be so sureof the date of death ? if you have the death certificate -it could be just the one that got away from the original indexes --if you do not then that opens up a whole new can of worms !!!

peterd wrote:he there in 1881

1881 Spring Lane Bury St Edmunds St James, Suffolk

Archimedes J. HARRIS 36 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Nursery & Seedsman Emp 1 Labourer
Naomi HARRIS 35 Bury St Eds, Suffolk,
Amelia J. HARRIS 10 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Scholar
Alice N. HARRIS 8 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Scholar
Ernest W. HARRIS 6 Bury St Eds, Suffolk, Scholar
Florence M. HARRIS 5 Bury St Eds, Suffolk,
Arthur E. HARRIS 3 Bury St Eds, Suffolk,

have you check out the trade directories ? see link section

I just looked through 1883 death indexes and couldnt see him. tried just first name as Arc* and Surname as Har* too
As Harriss
1891 Census shows,
6 Crown(?) Court, Bury St Edmunds
Naomi Harriss, head, Widow, Laundress,
Alice N, daur, 18,
William E, son, 16, Farm Labourer,
Florence M, daur, 13, Nurse Girl
Arthur E, son, 12, Erand Boy
All born Bury St Edmunds

Thanks for all your help.

It seems to be a bit of a Mystery.

The family want to get the death certificate to see why he died, but can't find an index.

They are sure of the death date from a family bible, and other internet searches.

I think this one is a lost cause!

Sarah_Carney wrote:Thanks for all your help.

It seems to be a bit of a Mystery.

The family want to get the death certificate to see why he died, but can't find an index.

They are sure of the death date from a family bible, and other internet searches.

I think this one is a lost cause!

I am wary of suggesting this -- but what Internet searches are they referring to - if it is that he cannot be found after the "death date" given in the family bible - is it possible that there was a big falling out/ he left the family home and disappeared and that it was a case of "He is no son/husband/father of mine!"

Is this still a Brickwall, or have you solved it?

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