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« on: Sunday 12 January 14 00:34 GMT (UK) »
I realize this is an older thread, but I'm just going to throw this out there:
I am trying to discover the parents of Daniel Harris who settled in the Redlynch/Downton area in Wiltshire. According to census material, he was born about 1813-1816. I suspect he could be the son of Daniel Harris and Mary Newman who were married 28 Sep 1810, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
The following was published in the The Salisbury And Winchester Journal and General Advertiser of Wilts, Hants, Dorset, and Somerset:
"WHEREAS the Partnership carried on by JAMES HARRIS and DANIEL HARRIS, under the Firm of Messrs. James and Daniel Harris, of the city of New Sarum, in the county of Wilts, Curriers, was this day DISSOLVED. by mutual consent :-Notice is therefore given, that the said business will in future be carried on by the said James Harris, at New Sarum aforesaid; and that all debts due to the said concern, are to be paid to and settled with the said James Harris, on or before the 20th day of October instant.- As witness our hand, this 2d day of October,1812.
JAMES HARRIS.
DANIEL HARRIS.
Witness, THOMAS WILMOT"
Daniel and Mary (Newman) HARRIS had the following children:
Ann: born 11 Oct 1811, chr: 6 Nov 1811, St. Edmunds, Salisbury, Wilts.
Benjamin Franklin: born 20 Nov 1813, chr: 25 Dec 1813, St. Thomas, Salisbury, Wilts.
Joseph Marsh: born 30 Jun 1815, chr: 7 Jul 1815, St. Thomas, Salisbury, Wilts.
Then the family disappears from Wiltshire.
Not sure if this is the same guy, but find it interesting that the aforementioned Daniel was a currier, and it was previously mentioned that William Newman Harris was also a currier. It is also interesting that William's middle name is Newman, and Mary's maiden name is Newman. It makes me wonder: Did they marry in Salisbury, dissolve the business, and move to Ringwood?
To add to my curiosity is that *my* Daniel Harris married Ann MUSSELL 21 May 1836 at St. Laurence, Downton, Wiltshire. All their children were christened there, and there's quite a bit of info out there regarding this family, but this is the first time Daniel is mentioned in Downton/Redlynch. If I remember right, he ran the Redlynch postal service. He is even missing from the 1841 census in Wiltshire (his wife, Ann, and their children are found Church Tything, Downton and they have a police constable there along with a nurse/nanny ), BUT I DO find a Daniel Harris (c.1816) in St. Mary's Parish, Southampton, no idea why, job training???
Every census after that he is supposedly born c1813, but I think he's fudging on his age a little bit to be closer to his wife's age (Ann was chr. 25 Jan 1813). His burial record states that he was 86 when he died 8 Mar 1899 confirming an age closer to the 1816 time-frame. And he would fit nicely after Joseph Marsh and before William Newman.
It just seems like, this HAS to be the right family, but I feel like I'm grasping at straws out of desperation. Also I need to mention that the woman in picture 29, her eyes look like my grandma's. Really. The resemblance is uncanny.
Anyone out there able to link *my* Daniel HARRIS to this Daniel HARRIS and Mary NEWMAN, and confirm any of my speculations?