What happened to Harriet?

[meles]

It's horrible out today, so for those of you who would like something to do, would you like to have a look at a mystery that's been baffling me for ages?

Harriet Brock was born 15.3.1853 in Gt Yarmouth to George William and Elizabeth. The parents are in the '41 and '51 censuses, but I can't find any of the family in the '61 census. In the '71 census, George is a 56 year old widower in Westminster with an older daughter, Catherine, and a  25 year old (ahem) boarder, Mary Ann,  whom he was to marry two years later. Harriet is not there.

Can't find a death or a marrige for Harriet. No census record elsewhere.

Any ideas what happended to Harriet, Rootchatters?

meles

[PaulineJ]

As always in these requests, if we know who (when&Where) appears in the 1841/1851 we may have a better chance of spotting them later on.

Can you supply the transcript(s) from the census that you already have?

Pauline

[meles]

With pleasure!
1841: HO 107/793/2, Truman Place, Yarmouth.
George Brock, 25, tailor not b. Nfk
Elizabeth, 25, b. Nfk
George, 4, b. Nfk
Catherine, 2, b. Nfk

1851: King Street, Row 130, Yarmouth
George W, 35, Tailor Supt E U Staff, B. Colterschester
Elizabeth, 37, Dressmaker, b. Yarmouth
George, 13, b. Yarmouth
Catherine, 12, b. Yarmouth
Charles, 8m, b. Yarmouth

meles

[Necromancer]

son George didnt go far ... but no lead to the others ... 

1861 - RG9/1193; Folio: 113; Page: 16 - Gt Yarmouth

48, South Market Road
 
George Brock 25  Head Tailor Yarmouth
Mary A Brock 26  Wife Martham?
George Grimmer 3  stepson Rollesby
Thomas Grimmer 5  do do

[meles]

George is my great gandfather, so I know what happened to him!

Thanks for looking.

meles

[GeoffP]

Hi Meles,

Like Newfy the only person I could find was George Brock 1861. Are you sure that Harriet did not die. There is a death registered in Norwich of Harriet Brock June 1854 4b 81

                                 Regards
                                               Geoff

[meles]

Thanks, Geoff, for that idea.

I have trawled through FreeBMD and the actual death records from 1853, but can find nothing. She does not appear in the '71, '81, '91 or '01 censuses, so I'm a little doubtful if the 1954 death is hers. There is a little clan of (unrelated, as far as I know) Brocks in Norwich.

I'm inclined to think she got married or died before then, but can find nothing to support my guess.

Hmmm 

meles

[Necromancer]

well, they were well hidden in 1861 - all combinations of names and linking to spouse names / parents names just based on christian name and PoB/DoB search didnt tease them out !

I think just from FreeBMD that the Charles from 1851 (also) died young ....

[meles]

Thanks for that, Newfy. I'm pleased you're finding what I did (or didn't). I thought I was missing a trick. Now I'm just missing half the family!

I'm not sure what happened to Charles either!

If the death you found was Q1 1861, I have the death certificate, and it's the first child of son George: poor little thing died at two weeks old.

meles