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Ethel Hill married Herbert William Harris 1903 Essex England, she died 1954 in England. I would like to know if there were any descendants. Ruth

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Edit doesn't look like there was any more children born . The surnames are common but the births that do come up aren't in the right areas of their residence

View England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ethel Maud Hill
Registration Year: 1878
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Rochford
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 309



Name: Ethel Maud Hill
Registration Year: 1903
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Rochford
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 597
Records on Page:
Name
Herbert William Harris
Ethel Maud Hill


View England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

Name: Ethel M Harris
Death Age: 77
Birth Date: abt 1877
Registration Date: Jun 1954
Registration district: Southend on Sea
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 640

There is one son still at home in 1939
Walter W Harris
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Walter W Harris
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1904
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 12
Residence Place: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Occupation: Boat Repaired (Blind)
Schedule Number: 200
Sub Schedule Number: 3
Enumeration District: DAGT
Registration district: 195-3/ED No 50 72
Inferred Father: Herbert W Harris
Inferred Mother: Ethel M Harris
Household Members:
Name
Herbert W Harris retired pensioner RN
Ethel M Harris domestic duties
Walter W Harris

No closed records

Only one child born to 1911


Name: Herbert Harris
Age in 1911: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire
Civil Parish: Harwick St Nicholas
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County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 20 Station Rd, Harwich
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: ships Corporal 1st Class
Registration district: Tendring
Registration District Number: 197
Sub-registration district: Harwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 352
Piece: 10251
Household Members:
Name Age
Herbert Harris 34
Ethel Harris 33
Walter Harris 7

Married 8 years 1child born

View UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939
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Name: Herbert William Harris
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1877
Birth Place: Clifton, Somerset
First Service Date: 17 Oct 1893
First Ship Served On: Impregnable
Last Service Date: 21 Jun 1913
Last Ship Served On: Ganges
Service Number: 176030

Walter was Walter William Harris:

HARRIS, WALTER WILLIAM HILLS
GRO Reference: 1904 M Quarter in ROCHFORD Volume 04A Page 738

This is his death (birth date matches that in the 1939 register posted by Shirley):

Name: Walter William Harris
Death Age: 82
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1904<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Registration Date: Mar 1986
Registration district: Southend On Sea
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 9
Page: 3576

Probate:

Name: Walter William Harris
Death Date: 1 Mar 1986
Death Place: Southend-on-Sea
Probate Date: 9 Apr 1986
Registry: Ipswich

Of Whittingham Hse Whittingham Ave Southend on Sea died 1st march 1986 . Probate Ipswich 9th April Estate not exceeding £40000.

EDIT: Whittington House is currently a care home for ages 50 plus, I don't know if it was when Walter lived there.