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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Worcestershire => Topic started by: harr2jas on Monday 17 October 11 07:04 BST (UK)
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Could someone please assist me in searching for local newspaper articles on my Great Great Grandfather's Niece;
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Eleanor Jane HARRISON born 1872 Cookley and died 04th October 1930 in China after being beheaded by bandits.
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I would love to read some/any local newspaper articles on the incident to find out more about my Family connection in Cookley and see if more details about the incident and my Family line can be obtained.
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As this was an international incident I have read articles from other sources and papers but nothing from the Kidderminster/Cookley area.
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Much appreciated Jason Harrison NSW Australia
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Hi Again
I said that I wold look in my own library to find out about the Nail Works for you but think that the best that I can do (to be fair to you) is to put you in touch with the local historian who has published several books on Cookley. I was going to rist infringing copywright & send the info as an attachment to an e mail address (when I had obtained your address) but there is honestly to much info for me to do this so I recomend that you purchase the folowing books (both softback) "Cookley the first Thousand Years" see pages 6 & 21
"Cookley in Times Past" see pages 21,22,33,34,35,36
There is a small pictuer of Joseph Harison on page 33 of the latter book as well as a wedding picture of Alfred harrison's daughter marrion on page 23. Thre is a lot in these books about Eleanor Harrison the missionary who went from Cookley to China - which it sounds as though you would like to get your hands on.
The author of these books is very helpful & you may well be able to get a lot more info from her than was in the books - as she was kind enough to send me the original photo of my late father who was one of the Cookley round the wall runners in his youth
The Author is Betty Caswell B.A, Windy Ridge Cottage, 30 Bridge Street, Cookley, nr Kidderminster, Worces DY10 3SB
Good luck with this
All the very best Phil
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Cheers Phil, thanks for your time, Jason
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Her papers, diary and some photographs have survived. You could write to the archive and see if they can send you copies:
http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/44/1177.htm
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
Scope and content/abstract: This collection comprises the manuscript journal letters of Eleanor Harrison relating to her service as a CMS missionary with the Fukien Mission in China in three volumes, 1896-1913, together with printed circular letters, 1916-1922 and an account of finding her remains, with photograph of the search party, in 1937.
Some letters from her on this website - might be worth contacting the owner:
http://eleanorharrison.homestead.com/
A longer than usual account in the Glasgow Herald:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mntQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GTQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5868,581679&hl=en
You may have all this already, but perhaps it might be of interest to anyone else looking for her.
PM
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Many thanks, great reading.
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Could someone please assist me in searching for local newspaper articles on my Great Great Grandfather's Niece;
.
Eleanor Jane HARRISON born 1872 Cookley and died 04th October 1930 in China after being beheaded by bandits.
.
I would love to read some/any local newspaper articles on the incident to find out more about my Family connection in Cookley and see if more details about the incident and my Family line can be obtained.
.
As this was an international incident I have read articles from other sources and papers but nothing from the Kidderminster/Cookley area.
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Much appreciated Jason Harrison NSW Australia
Hello Jason,
I have Cookley Church magazine article if you haven't already have it, on the above person.
Yvonne.
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Hi, No I have not seen this, you could send to the following if you like (*)
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May have information on relatives back in uk if you are still interested.
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Yes please, very interested in any relatives, regards Jason
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Hi Jason did you have a relative by the name of Lilian Harrison who emigrated to Australia in 1910 ,i believe she was asister to Eleneor Harrison also there was a sister called Marion, christine Worcestershire England.
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Hi again sorry i spelt Eleanor wrong thats how it should be not very good at this sort of thing new to it. christine.
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Hi, Not sure about Lillie, could be a sister born later, But there was a Marion, any further info?
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Hi Justin,yes i believe Lilian was the youngest of 5 girls Eleanor Jane being the oldest then Helen,Marrian,Margeart,and Lilian,Lilian gave birth to a little girl in august 1910 who she had adopted to a family in cookley,that little girl was my mother she was given the name of Dora Harrison,Lilian then left this country to start a new life in Melbourne Australia,my mother died 30 years ago,i have part of the adoption paper and a letter from Lilian to her little girls adopted parents in cookley 1933 asking for any info on her, i have been trying to find out for the past few years what relatives there are in Australia. Christine.
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Hi
You could also try www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
It is a pay per view service - ongoing transcription of regional newspapers. I searched the phrase "Eleanor Harrison"+cookley
a few items listed!
grlune
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I have a letter written by Eleanor in it's original envelope from China, it is addressed to my Aunt and was a couple of years before she was murdered, Eleanor was my Aunt's sunday school teacher and they became good friends.
This was left in my Aunt's possessions, I also have some copies of photographs of Eleanor but sadly not the originals.
I along with my Aunt was born in Cookley.
Regards
Dave
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Hi Dave,
Thanks for the information, the pieces you have sound amazing. Is there any chance you could scan them and share them with me (including the old envelope) it would be a great momento of her time in China. I am aware that a university has many letters written by her to the church but I have not been able to see these. I have sent you a PM with my email, regards Jason
PS: I have not seen a photo of her before.
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Could someone please assist me in searching for local newspaper articles on my Great Great Grandfather's Niece;
.
Eleanor Jane HARRISON born 1872 Cookley and died 04th October 1930 in China after being beheaded by bandits.
.
I would love to read some/any local newspaper articles on the incident to find out more about my Family connection in Cookley and see if more details about the incident and my Family line can be obtained.
.
As this was an international incident I have read articles from other sources and papers but nothing from the Kidderminster/Cookley area.
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Much appreciated Jason Harrison NSW Australia
Hi Jason,
Are you still interested in Eleanor Harrison?
I am a g-g-grandson of Charles Harrison who was a great uncle to Eleanor. I have in my possession a dozen or so letters written by Eleanor from China and Cookley to her uncle until Charles's death in Ilfracombe in 1907. These letters are usually signed 'your affectionate niece Nellie'. I have never transcribed these letters but I could scan them and forward them to you if you liked. I also have other letters that could be of interest to you including letters from Joseph Harrison written on his Wire company's notepaper. Some of the handwriting is dreadful but could be worth trying to decipher!
If you let me know your line of descent I can see what might be most relevant to you and of most interest. I also have family tree showing my descent from the Harrison family which might contain something of interest.
Kind regards,
John Jemmett
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Dear John,
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my message. I am very interested in corresponding with you about our family history. I will try and send you a personal message via roots chat with my email address now, regards Jason
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Hi Jason,
I was just browsing (can't help with your query) and noticed that you are attempting to send Personal Messages - a new member needs to have made two or three posts before the PM system is enabled.
That would also have been an issue back in 2014 when you tried to send a message to Dave. He wouldn't have received it.
If email addresses are the same and the member has set up to receive email notifications, they should receive emails telling them of replies to any threads they have posted in.
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Thanks Ruskie
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Daveywills and John Jemmett
Please see the information below. However I am going to spell/speak out my email address in hope that you will email me so we can share information. I also hope that this method will not attract spam mail to me, so I will say my email address like I was giving it to you over the telephone;
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New members only need to make 2 posts Harr2jas :)
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Hi harr2jas
John Jemmett only joined Rootschat yesterday and may not have realised yet that he has received an email notification that you have replied to his post.
Daveywills should also receive email notifications that we have posted and hopefully come back soon unless he is no longer using the email address registered on his membership here.
If you have tried to send both a personal message and received an error message, it means someone else has tried to send a message before now and then all you can do is hope they come back soon. Sorry.
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Thanks Dawnsh, Hope they do, I have experienced great success with Roots Chat, and now I hit another jackpot making contact with distant relatives that have information, photos, documents etc and it could be lost to me, fingers crossed
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Hi. I have only just found this item. Eleanor , know as Nellie, was my great, great Aunt. A member of my family has done a large amount of research into our family tree which includes her. My father also has a letter from her, congratulating my grand parents on his birth. If you are needing any specific info, I am sure I can find something for you
regards, John Griffin Worcestershire, UK
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Thanks very much, I appreciate you taking the time to write on my post. Do you have any photos of the Harrison family, regards Jason
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Hi again. I have now got some documents about Nellie Harrison. My link is through her sister Marien, who married my great grand father, James Griffin.
I have copies of the following:* Letter posted from China, May 7 1930 to my grandfather in Canada, congratulating him on the birth of my father. * The Lords Prayer in Chinese, written by Moses (Bishop?) who I Understand she raised, * a photocopy of Alfred and Jane Harrison, * Eleanor with my great uncle Noel as a youngster, and various family trees. Also a copy of a memorial service in 1991. Although I was always told she was beheaded by Chinese bandits or Communist troops, there is a thought now that she was shot, along with her companion, Miss Nettleton, although I can't find where this came from. Their bodies were found 6 years later. I have a letter describing how a search was organised, their bodies found and returned to Foochow. If any of these are of interest, I will try to scan them, but some copies are not very clear
regards John Griffin