Brinley George Harries (1897 - 1963)

Born 3 Apr 1897 in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

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Died 16 Jan 1963 at age 65 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Brinley George Harries was born in 1897. He is the son of Benjamin Harries and Margaret (Jones) Harries.

In the England and Wales Census of 1901 he was age 4, living in Ystrad-dyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales with his father Benjamin (age 47), a Carpenter, mother Margaret (age 45), brother William H. (age 23), brother John B. (age 20), sister Rose M. (age 17), brother Ernest H. (age 10), and brother Clifford S. (age 4).

In the England and Wales Census of 1911 he is age 14, an Errand Boy, living in Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales, with his father Benjamin (age 57), a Colliery Carpenter Above Ground, mother Margaret (age 56), brother John (age 29), sister Gertrude (age 22), and boarders Alfred White and Walter Hearn.

He was a WW1 veteran and was serving in the Cheshire Regiment in 1916.

In 1920 he married Margaret Ann James in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.

He passed away in 1963 in Australia.

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Sources

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSMG-B1W : 21 May 2019), Brindley G Harris in household of Benjamin Harris, Ystrad-dyfodwg, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ystradyfodwg subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. | Accessed 18 July 2022

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWXM-W75 : 27 June 2019), Brinley Harries in household of Benjamin Harries, Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. | Accessed 18 July 2022

• "United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q2CP-M34X : 16 March 2018), Entry for Brinley Harris, 1916; citing , Glamorganshire, Wales, Cheshire Regiment, regiment #54954, publication WO 363, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,405,468. | Accessed 18 July 2022

• Marriage source via FreeBMD: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=KC3KYiFj1GqHbAWvSpy9QA&scan=1 | Accessed 18 July 2022

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q21Y-R2FX : 5 August 2020), Entry for Brinlay George Harries, ; Burial, Cheltenham, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia, Cheltenham Cemetery; citing record ID 154690802, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. | Accessed 18 July 2022