Maj. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major

Maj. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major
Birthdate:	July 28, 1871
Birthplace:	Plymouth, Devonshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death:	January 26, 1961 (89) Bicester, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial:	Merton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Immediate Family:	Son of Henry Daniel Major and Mary Ursula Major Husband of Mary Eliza Major Father of Mary Ursula Alves Major; Henry McMillan Alves Major and Plt.-Off. Michael Wakeman Major Brother of Robert Rich Major; Arthur Cecil Major and Dorothy Major
Occupation:	Anglican clergyman \| theologian
Find A Grave ID:	225211717
Immigration to New Zealand:	Lady Jocelyn, 17 August 1878

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Last Updated:	October 31, 2021

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Immediate Family

Mary Eliza Major

wife
Mary Ursula Alves Major

daughter
Henry McMillan Alves Major

son
Rachel Hassall on 2 Oct 2018.

Plt.-Off. Michael Wakeman Major

son
Mary Ursula Major

mother
Henry Daniel Major

father
Robert Rich Major

brother
Arthur Cecil Major

brother
Susan McGill-Tobin.

Dorothy Major

sister

About Maj. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major

Henry Dewsbury Alves Major was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, on 28 July 1871, the son of Mary Ursula Alves and her husband, Henry Daniel Major, a clerk in the Admiralty. The family emigrated to George Vesey Stewart's settlement at Katikati, New Zealand, in 1878. Henry, or Hal as he was known, was educated at home and was deeply influenced in his religious beliefs by the Tractarian views of his mother and the local vicar, William Katterns. Source: Clive R. Pearson. 'Major, Henry Dewsbury Alves', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/3m38/major-henry-dewsbury-alves (accessed 1 November 2021).

Henry Dewsbury Alves "Hal" Major, FSA (28 July 1871 – 26 January 1961) was a New Zealand Anglican clergyman and theologian. He was Principal of Ripon Hall, Oxford from 1919 to 1948: first, when it was Ripon Clergy College in Ripon, Yorkshire (1919), and then as Ripon Hall in Oxford (1919 to 1948). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Major.

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Maj. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major's Timeline

1871	July 28, 1871	Birth of Maj. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major Plymouth, Devonshire, England (United Kingdom)
1901	1901	Birth of Mary Ursula Alves Major
1903	1903	Birth of Henry McMillan Alves Major
1912	December 21, 1912	Birth of Plt.-Off. Michael Wakeman Major Fulham, Hammersmith and Fulham, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1961	January 26, 1961 Age 89	Death of Maj. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major Bicester, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)
	January 26, 1961 Age 89	Burial of Maj. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major St Swithuns Churchyard, Merton, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom)

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