Wow Lara, that's great. Indeed it does help. Thank you so much. I had looked quite hard for him several years ago but I've recently been revisiting my Sussex people and obviously hadn't trawled widely enough for him. I shall now look into all the avenues you've shown. Many thanks again for your kindness in looking into this. Margaret ________________________________ From: Lara Holman <[email protected]> To: Margaret Smith <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012, 8:52 Subject: Re: [SFHG] HARVEY Harry James Hi Margaret, I found a marriage for Harry on Family Search - transcribed below. You probably ignored the entry in the GRO Index because it's so way out of his original area. But, as you can see, there is a reason for that: 1895 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St George Hulme in the County of Manchester No 451 May 27th 1895 Harry James HARVEY, 21, bachelor, Private 6th Dragoons, Hulme Barracks, [son of] James HARVEY, millwright Mabel Laura LOCKYER, 24, spinster, 11 King Street, [dau of] James LOCKYER, seaman Married in the Church of St George according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, Geo. C. Ranston M.A., Curate [Both parties sign] In the presence of us, John Smith, Martha Moss There is a service record (WO97/3003/1) available for him on FindMyPast which seems to show that he bought himself out of the 6th Dragoons early in 1896. He gives his birthplace as Selmeston - which I notice is where his baptism took place. By the 1901 Census Harry and Mabel are living in Scotland at 28 Lochend Road West, Edinburgh. Harry is listed as Henry J and is now a railway porter. Mabel says that she was born in Japan (and that agrees with an entry for a Mabel Lockyer in 1891 in Manchester working as a servant and saying that she was born in Yokahama, Japan). They have a son, Frank J Harvey, aged 4, born Edinburgh. Harry is still in Edinburgh in 1911 - this time listed (at least on Scotlands People anyway) as Harry J. Hope all this helps! Regards Lara On 21/06/2012 20:25, Margaret Smith wrote: > Harry James HARVEY born 1874 in Alciston, Sussex, son of James and Harriet HARVEY (nee WELLER). He's with his parents in the 1881 census in the Barley Mow Inn in Alciston, and then he's a Plumber's Labourer in Eastbourne in the 1891 census. Then he disappears, I can't find him in later censuses nor a marriage or death registration, nor an immigration. Can anyone help? > Thanks, Margaret Smith > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
No problem Margaret. Looks like this could lead down some interesting paths! Lara On 22/06/2012 10:57, Margaret Smith wrote: > Wow Lara, that's great. Indeed it does help. Thank you so much. I > had looked quite hard for him several years ago but I've recently been > revisiting my Sussex people and obviously hadn't trawled widely enough > for him. I shall now look into all the avenues you've shown. Many > thanks again for your kindness in looking into this. Margaret > > *From:* Lara Holman <[email protected]> > *To:* Margaret Smith <[email protected]> > *Cc:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, 22 June 2012, 8:52 > *Subject:* Re: [SFHG] HARVEY Harry James > > Hi Margaret, > I found a marriage for Harry on Family Search - transcribed below. You > probably ignored the entry in the GRO Index because it's so way out of > his original area. But, as you can see, there is a reason for that: > > 1895 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St > George Hulme in the County of Manchester > No 451 > May 27th 1895 > Harry James HARVEY, 21, bachelor, Private 6th Dragoons, Hulme > Barracks, [son of] James HARVEY, millwright > Mabel Laura LOCKYER, 24, spinster, 11 King Street, [dau of] James > LOCKYER, seaman > Married in the Church of St George according to the Rites and > Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, Geo. C. > Ranston M.A., Curate > [Both parties sign] > In the presence of us, John Smith, Martha Moss > > There is a service record (WO97/3003/1) available for him on > FindMyPast which seems to show that he bought himself out of the 6th > Dragoons early in 1896. > He gives his birthplace as Selmeston - which I notice is where his > baptism took place. > > By the 1901 Census Harry and Mabel are living in Scotland at 28 > Lochend Road West, Edinburgh. Harry is listed as Henry J and is now a > railway porter. Mabel says that she was born in Japan (and that agrees > with an entry for a Mabel Lockyer in 1891 in Manchester working as a > servant and saying that she was born in Yokahama, Japan). > They have a son, Frank J Harvey, aged 4, born Edinburgh. > > Harry is still in Edinburgh in 1911 - this time listed (at least on > Scotlands People anyway) as Harry J. > > Hope all this helps! > Regards > Lara > > On 21/06/2012 20:25, Margaret Smith wrote: > > Harry James HARVEY born 1874 in Alciston, Sussex, son of James and > Harriet HARVEY (nee WELLER). He's with his parents in the 1881 > census in the Barley Mow Inn in Alciston, and then he's a Plumber's > Labourer in Eastbourne in the 1891 census. Then he disappears, I > can't find him in later censuses nor a marriage or death registration, > nor an immigration. Can anyone help? > > Thanks, Margaret Smith > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > > > > > >