This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARRISON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/jhh.2ACIB/5329.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Carolyn Not an exact tie-up, but there may be a junction point in here: Descendants of John Harrison First Generation 1. John Harrison was born in 1808 in Branston. Leicestershire. Noted events in his life were: • He worked as an Upholsturer/ Cabinet Maker. • He was Baptist,. John married Lydia Straw on 12 Sep 1833 in St Alhmund, Derby. Lydia was born in 1808 and died in 1887 at age 79. Children from this marriage were: 2 F i. Sarah Harrison was born from 1834 to 1835. 3 M ii. Thomas Henry Harrison was born in 1836. Noted events in his life were: • He was baptised on 13 May 1836 in Brook Street Baptist Church Derby.Thomas married Sarah Goadby. 4 F iii. Louisa Harrison was born in 1838. 5 F iv. Emma Harrison was born in 1838. 6 M v. Herbert *William* Harrison was born on 12 Mar 1839 in Brookside, Derby and died on 26 Oct 1877 at age 38. Noted events in his life were: • He worked as an Accountant. Herbert married Gertrude Emma Klosz, daughter of Fredrick Anthony Klosz and Ann Burck, on 18 May 1864 in Carver Hill Chapel Kenington Middlesex. 7 F vi. Eliza Harrison was born in 1843 in Derby, Derbyshire, England and died in 1921 at age 78. Eliza married William J Steele, son of T Steele and Mary. William was born in 1830 in Derby, Derbyshire, England and died in 1920 at age 90.