Harriet CLARKE family

[mum mum]

Hi
Before we al get carried away searching for every possible Harrieet Clarke you need one of those births certificates for her children, I would be inclined to get the last one as you inow some of the earlier certificates give very little info.
mum mum

[sparrett]

Death index entry is a bit odd.  Either a mistake or "ex nuptial birth"


HURREY Harriet
Father Unknown
Mother Harriet CLARKE
Age 93
Death Place Burwood
Year 1919
Reg. Number 16216

Sue

[Neil Todd]

Hi Lucy, As mum mum says a birth cert or a full Transcription of the older children will or should have details of Harriets past, certainly if she knew where she was born.

There are 17 possibles born in ENGLAND, only one stood out as not marrying and not included in 1851 census, this was the Harriet in Lincolnshire. She may also have been born in Scotland and I dont have access to those records. Clarke can be a scots name. There are no deaths recorded 1840-50 in England from my source of Harriet Clarke's.

Get the cert first and then we all have something to go on. A transcription is around $18 and can be ordered not sure how much a cert from vic but they can be done with a CC and instantaneous reply.

Neil
Red flag noted

[LHurrey]

I just downloaded Harriet's last child's birth certificate. Agnes HURREY was born 2 Dec 1868. Harriet is listed as Harriet HURREY formerly CLARKE, 40, Fishtoft, Lincolnshire.  

[LHurrey]

Everyone has been busy while I was off ordering!

Yes, I thought the Unknown father may suggest an unwed mother... it may fit with the workhouse.
The Lincolnshire birth listed on Agnes' BC fits with that too.

[Neil Todd]

Mmm Unfortunatly I cannot find a birth in England from sources and I also checked Overseas and Military births

Thats unusual too.

You say that in your original post that out of eleven children only 5 survived that came to Australia, or were some still in England?

Neil

[LHurrey]

Neil, yes, some were left behind with family, others disappear from the records.

John Steadman HURREY married three times:

First - Caroline LEEDEN, 1834, they had Thomas, John, Caroline And Fanny. Caroline senior dies in 1839. I trace Thomas living with his grandparents in 1851 and then travelling to Victoria in 1852. John disappears after birth. Caroline junior died in at the age of 1. Fanny stays in the UK, was living with grandparents in 1851 and with an aunt in 1861.

Second - Elizabeth GRINDELL, married 1839 (barely 6 months after Caroline's death). Had seven children, 2 died very young in the UK, the remaining 5 travel to Vic with their parents in 1850.

Elizabeth died 1851. He waited over a year this time to marry Harriet in 1852. Not sure if she was lumped with the 5 children. They would have been 3, 6, 9, 10 and 12.

Then third - Harriet, they had six children who all lived through childhood.

John Steadman HURREY was an auctioneer, Trove has numerous records of auctions he ran plus a few mentions of financial ups and down.

[LHurrey]

I forgot to say, the passenger list for the Duke of Portland which John sailed to Port Phillip (August 23rd 1850) lists a 'John HURRY, wife and 5 children'. It also lists a Miss H. Hurry. It has always puzzled me as to who this is. Now my totally irrational conspiracy theory is that this is Harriet CLARKE being brought out from Lincolnshire as a servant with the family.

[sparrett]

Approps your last post #16

No female H. HURREY married in Victoria or died in Victoria in the 50 years following the arival of the MISSS H HURREY you mention
Sue