The only suggestion that I can make is that the last source you should rely on is the death certificate regards joe austen 9934 in oz > Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 18:08:09 -0400 > To: SFHG@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SFHG] Harriet Morris > From: sfhg@rootsweb.com > > > I am trying to get correct information for my great-grandmother Harriet Morris Shaw, born in Henfield, Ashburnham, Sussex on 30 Jul 1841. She died in Detroit, Michigan, USA on 13 Nov 1916. I have her father listed as Thomas Morris from a 1861 census and a brother Edward Morris. However, her death certificate shows her parents as George Morris and May Ann Fordick. she had a sister we called Aunt Mite, whose name was Mary Ann Morris born in 1840. How can I determine the correct information or should I assume that the death certificate is correct? Any parish records I could check? as I would also like to find her grandparents and so forth. > > I have the passenger list when the family immigrated to Canada in 1883. The list includes Harriet, her husband Henry C Shaw and several children including my grandfather Harold Shaw. There are other people listed but I cannot read the writing. Does anyone know if that information might have been transcribed and thus more legible? > > Any suggestions are much appreciated > > Dinah Penn Shaw > Antigua, Guatemala > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

From: austengenealogy@outlook.com To: dinahpi@aol.com CC: sfhg-l@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SFHG] Harriet Morris Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 17:16:25 +1030 The only suggestion that I can make is that the last source you should rely on is the death certificate regards joe austen 9934 in oz > Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 18:08:09 -0400 > To: SFHG@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SFHG] Harriet Morris > From: sfhg@rootsweb.com > > > I am trying to get correct information for my great-grandmother Harriet Morris Shaw, born in Henfield, Ashburnham, Sussex on 30 Jul 1841. She died in Detroit, Michigan, USA on 13 Nov 1916. I have her father listed as Thomas Morris from a 1861 census and a brother Edward Morris. However, her death certificate shows her parents as George Morris and May Ann Fordick. she had a sister we called Aunt Mite, whose name was Mary Ann Morris born in 1840. How can I determine the correct information or should I assume that the death certificate is correct? Any parish records I could check? as I would also like to find her grandparents and so forth. > > I have the passenger list when the family immigrated to Canada in 1883. The list includes Harriet, her husband Henry C Shaw and several children including my grandfather Harold Shaw. There are other people listed but I cannot read the writing. Does anyone know if that information might have been transcribed and thus more legible? > > Any suggestions are much appreciated > > Dinah Penn Shaw > Antigua, Guatemala > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message