Individual: Cleopas Harris

Parental family: Isaac Harris and Elizabeth Pointing
Marital or other families:

• Cleopas Harris and Sussana Miller
• Cleopas Harris and Anne Jones
• Cleopas Harris and Mary Ann Millman

Sex: Male

Birth:

• Date: 1828
• Place: Publow
• Source: Cleopas Harris Record of Service in the Rifle Brigade,
  Location: Harris file

Residence:

• Date: between 1840 and 1846
• Place: 15 court, Palmer Street, Aston, Birmingham Warwickshire

Census:

• Date: 6 June 1841
• Place: Lower Fazeley Heath, Birmingham
• Age: 12y
• Source: Census: 1841 Harris Lower Fazeley Heath, Birmingham HO 1071 1145/2

Occupation: soldier in the Rifle Brigade, mostly in Canada

• Date: between 3 January 1846 and 1853
• Source: Cleopas Harris Record of Service in the Rifle Brigade,
  Location: Harris file

Occupation: office clerk at Birmingham

• Date: 1854

Residence:

• Date: between 1854 and 1856
• Place: Charlotte St, Birmingham

Residence:

• Date: about 1856
• Place: 6 Mossley (or Moseley St), Birmingham

Occupation: photographer at Birmingham and Merthyr Tydfil

• Date: 1861

Residence:

• Date: between 1861 and 1865
• Place: 40 Snow Hill, Birmingham

Residence:

• Date: between 1865 and 1867
• Place: 52, Sherlock Street, Birmingham

Residence:

• Date: about 1867
• Place: Wesley House, High St., Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil

Residence:

• Date: about 1869
• Place: 19, New Castle St., Merthyr Tydfil

Residence:

• Date: about 1870
• Place: 98 Lower Thomas St., Merthyr Tydfil

Residence:

• Date: about 1871
• Place: 30 Upper Thomas St., Merthyr Tydfil, (1871 census)

Residence:

• Date: 1875
• Place: Frondeg Villa, Cefn Coed, Merthyr Tydfil, (Worralls 1875 Directory)

Occupation: Photographer

• Date: 1875
• Place: 88 High St., Merthyr Tydfil
• Source: Cleopas Harris Record of Service in the Rifle Brigade,
  Location: Harris file

Residence:

• Date: about 1878
• Place: 18 Glebeland St., Merthyr Tydfil, (1881 census
• Source: Census: 1881 Harris, Record Info: RG11/5312 folio 6 page 26/27
  • Page: Census: 1881 Harris, RG11/5312 folio 6 page 26/27, 18 Glebeland
    St., Merthyr Tydfil - Glamorganshire
• Source: Death Certificate: Harris, Isaac 1878

Residence:

• Date: 31 March 1901
• Place: Merthyr Tydfil
• Address: Wesley House, 13 Pontmorlais

Census:

• Date: 31 March 1901
• Place: Merthyr Tydfil
• Address: Wesley House 13 Pontmorlais
• Age: 72y
• Source: Census: 1901 Harris

Occupation: Photographer

• Date: 31 March 1901
• Place: Merthyr Tydfil
• Source: Census: 1901 Harris

Residence:

• Date: between 1909 and 1923
• Place: 137 Stoney Lane, Sparkhill, Birmingham
• Source: Death certificate: Harris, Cleopas 1923
  • Page: ixteenth August 1923 at 18 Denison Rd, Cleopas Harris, male,
    aged 92 years of 137 Stoney Lane Birmingham, Artist (Painter)
    of Cardio Cascular Degeneration & Cardiac Failure. Cerfied by
    B.J.Richards M.R.C.P. Informant. M.A.Harris, Widow of Deceased
    137 Stoney Lane Birmingham on the seventeenth of August 1923.

Death:

• Date: 16 August 1923
• Place: Birmingham
• Source: Death certificate: Harris, Cleopas 1923
  • Page: Death certificate: Cleopas Harris, 1923, Death in the
    sub-district of Eadington in the County of Birmingham, on
    the 16th August 1923 at 18 Union Rd., of Cleopas Harris aged 92
    years, of 137
    Stoney Lane, Birmingham, Artist (Painter) of (1) Cardis
    Vascular Degeneration
    by M.A.Harris, widow of the deceased of 137, Stoney Lane,
    Birmingham, on the
    17th August 1923.

Burial:

• Date: after 16 August 1923
• Place: Yardley Cemetery outside Birmingham. Section B, Grave 6237.

Object: Harris, Gang of Four

Object: Harris, Cleopas and unknown child

Object: Duke of Wellington's Funeral

Object: Harris, Cleopas & Kate

Reference: 97

Change:

• Date: 25 April 2009
  • Time: 12:36:42

Source: Cleopas Harris Record of Service in the Rifle Brigade,
Location: Harris file

Author: Cleopas Harris

Abbreviation: Record of my service in the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade

Text: Record of My Service in the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade

Enlisted at Liverpool Jany 3rd 1846
Age 17.6 months

Removed to Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Draft ordered. Removed to Portsmouth. Embarked on troop ship Athol for Halifax. Arrived at Halifax Nova Scotia after 30 days voyage - ordered to Montreal Canada. Embarked on 75 gun ship Belliste. Arrived at Quebec after 17 days up the St Laurence River. Head winds cause of delay. Embarked again on river boat, arrived at Montreal.

1847

Ordered to Toronto. Marched to Lachine. Embarked on river boats for Kingston. Transferred to others for Toronto arrived at Toronto marched to Barracks. Promoted to Chosen Man - afterwards Lance Corporal.

1850

Promoted corporal. Ordered to Kingston. Embarked on river boats arrived at that place occupied Barracks and ?York file.

1852

Ordered Home. Embarked again on river boats arrived at Montreal again. Transferred to other boats for Quebec for troop ship Sinoom 27 days voyage arrived again at Portsmouth ordered to Canterbury by rail -

1853

Arrived Canterbury. Again ordered to London for Duke of Wellington's Funeral. Battn led procession. Returned to Canterbury. Ordered to Chobham Camp. Reviewed by Queen Victoria.

Lodged £15 for discharge.

Ordered to Portsmouth. Marched in pouring rain to Railway. Arrived at Portsmouth, after about 15 days received discharge.

Principal occupation during Service: Drill Instructor.

Signed Cleopas Harris

No 2575

Object: Duke of Wellington's Funeral

Change:

• Date: 6 September 2004
  • Time: 19:32:42