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Hi Greyghost,

Wiliam Harold's father was William Henry Suchet Champion, a music teacher and composer of popular music. The Suchet was affectation which he added and his children also used. William Harold was born Q1 1865 in Kensington, London. His mother was Jane Burnett Williams. On his marriage certificate he is described as an estate agent (as was Harriette), but in Australia he was a tobacco merchant and tea merchant. In 1897 he married Emilie Gallagher (nee Emily Watts) who ran a bar in Ipswich, Queensland.

Have you any idea of William Champions age at any given point and his occupation and Fathers name and occupation - maybe from the marriage certificate?

If it is of any help, she and Harold were living at 50 Maxted Road, Camberwell, London when Leonard Edgar was born, but a different address is given on their marriage certificate one month later - 79 Bartholomew Road.

Hi Catherine,
Thanks for getting on to this so quickly. Yes, this is my great grandmother, Harriette. Her mother was Mary Rebecca Leaver.

is this her in 1881 just for ref. ?

Name: Harriet F. Darling
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: Archibald J. Darling
Gender: Female
Where born: St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Pancras
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 46 Warren St
Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Pancras
Sub registration district: Tottenham Court
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 187
Folio: 53
Page Number: 38
Household Members:
Name Age
Archibald J. Darling 59
Clementine Darling 25
Harriet F. Darling 16
Edith L. Darling 14
Helen S. Darling 11
Elizabeth Adams 43


and her baptism:-

Name: Harriet Frances Darling
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 9 Jul 1865
Baptism Place: Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Father: Archibald Darling
Mother: Mary Rebecca
FHL Film Number: 87956