My link with Francis Harris (Abt 1819-1892) who arrived in the ‘Marquis of Hastings) in 1841 is that my widowed grandmother, Margaret (Markham) Murray (1877-1957) married his son George (Sonny) Harris (1863-1941) in Darbys Falls in 1913.
The background to the early Harris days at Bennett Springs, written by George and Emilie (Henderson) HARRIS, my aunt and uncle, is attached here. the first few generations are listed below.. Errors and omissions gratefully accepted.
1 Francis HARRIS b: Abt. 1819 in Devonshire, ENG, Arr. Australia: 04 Feb 1841 in emigrant per ‘Marquis of Hastings’, d: 22 May 1892 in BENNETT Springs, NSW + Eleanor (Ellen) DOWER b: 14 Jul 1830, m: 18 Feb 1846 in Goulburn NSW, d: 08 Feb 1880 in BENNETT Springs NSW
…2 Mary Agnes HARRIS b: 22 Oct 1846, d: 28 Sep 1928 in Cowra NSW + Francis LANE b: 28 Aug 1845, m: 15 Feb 1869 in Reg. Carcoar, d: 12 Oct 1932 in Cowra NSW
……3 Margaret Sarah LANE b: 02 Nov 1869, d: 06 Feb 1937 in Cowra NSW + Arthur BRAMMALL b: 1865, d: 14 May 1942
……3 William John Francis LANE b: 22 May 1871, d: 30 Jul 1958 + Florence Gertrude Herringe TICEHURST b: 1889, m: 1923 in Cowra NSW, d: 24 Oct 1929
……3 Emma Sophia LANE b: 07 Jun 1873 + Alfred T E AUSTIN b: 1864, d: 1927 in Redfern NSW
……3 Charles Richard LANE b: 13 Jun 1875, d: 25 Jul 1950 + Adelaide May BEWLEY b: 1883, m: 1913, d: 06 May 1945
……3 Ellen Maria LANE b: 1877 in Battery Flat nr Cocomingla NSW, d: 20 May 1898 in Cocomingla NSW
……3 Henry Herbert LANE b: 16 Aug 1879, d: 27 Mar 1957 in Cowra NSW + Rose Ann SMITH b: 18 Jun 1879, d: 18 Oct 1952
……3 Ernest Arthur LANE b: 20 Dec 1881, d: 10 Dec 1884 in Battery Flat, Hovell’s Creek, NSW
……3 Louisa Alice Mary LANE b: 19 Apr 1885 + Joseph MACKIE
……3 Walter Edwin LANE b: 22 Jan 1888, d: 10 Apr 1936 in Cowra NSW + Maudeline Elizabeth HUCKLE m: Nov 1917
……3 Arthur Stephen LANE b: 30 Aug 1890, d: 1965 in Reg. Penrith, NSW + Mary Sarah HAMMOND b: 1893 in Carcoar, NSW, m: Aug 1914 in Cowra NSW, d: 1929 in Reg. Cowra NSW
…2 Francis HARRIS b: 1849, d: 16 Jan 1896 in Cowra NSW …2 Sarah Jane HARRIS b: 1851, d: 12 May 1928 in Reg. Cowra + William LANE b: 21 Nov 1842, m: 10 Apr 1883 in Cowra, NSW, d: 18 Sep 1931 in Reg. Cowra
……3 Mabel LANE b: 1884
……3 Albert Francis LANE b: Sep 1885 in Darbys Falls, NSW, d: 23 May 1918 in KIA WWI France
……3 Alfred William James LANE b: 1888, d: 02 Apr 1917 in KIA WWI France ……3 Elsie E M LANE b: 1892
…2 Margaret HARRIS b: 1852, d: 18 Apr 1933 in Cowra NSW + John PARKER b: 1850, d: 1931
…2 John (Dynamite) HARRIS b: 1855 in Bennetts Springs NSW, d: 14 May 1929 in Cowra NSW
…2 Henry HARRIS b: Abt. 1857, d: 08 Jul 1927
…2 Ellen HARRIS b: 1859 + Thomas KEYS
……3 John KEYS b: 10 Nov 1899 in ‘Rosehill’, d: 12 May 1899
…2 Eliza HARRIS b: Abt. 1861 in Reg Binalong, d: 1950 + Francis NEWHAM b: Abt. 1872, d: 25 Apr 1955 in Cowra NSW
……3 Richard Herbert NEWHAM b: 1895, d: 1895
……3 Albert L NEWHAM b: 1897
…2 George William (Sonny) HARRIS b: 1863 in Bennetts Springs NSW, d: 1941 in Cowra NSW + Margaret MARKHAM b: 01 Jun 1877 in Cowra NSW, m: 1913 in Darbys Falls NSW, d: 05 Jun 1957 in Fairfield NSW
……3 George William HARRIS b: 1915 in Cowra NSW, d: 1990 in Canberra ACT + Helen Emilie HENDERSON b: 01 Dec 1918 in Cowra NSW, m: 20 Dec 1941 in Cowra NSW, d: 14 Jul 1997 in Canberra ACT
…2 Annetta HARRIS b: 16 Jul 1866 in Bennetts Springs, NSW, d: 21 Aug 1922 in Stockinbingal, NSW + John Ray NEVILLE b: 05 May 1862 in Hovell’s Creek, NSW, m: 30 Jun 1891 in ‘Cocomingla’, Bennetts Springs, NSW, d: 13 Feb 1936 in ‘Milvale’, Stockinbingal, NSW
……3 Mary C NEVILLE b: 1892
……3 Robert Edmund NEVILLE b: 1893
……3 John Francis NEVILLE b: 1895
……3 Matthew Herbert NEVILLE b: 1897
……3 Cecelia M NEVILLE b: 1898
……3 Charles Leslie NEVILLE b: 1901
……3 Grace E NEVILLE b: 1903
…2 James Thomas HARRIS b: 1869 in Reg Binalong, d: 03 Sep 1936 + Margaret STINSON m: 24 Aug 1899 in Hovell’s Creek, NSW
…2 Charles Richard Phillip HARRIS b: 1871, d: 05 May 1929