Missing person Vera Harrison

[Ladyhawk]

Wow LH,   what a wealth of  information, you have done well

Hopefully the m/c will confirm if correct or it could be 'back to the drawing board'

for info..... there were Clitheroe birth entries for Allen & Frank with mmn Cook

Free index 1939 Register Nelson M.B., Lancashire

Mary Harrison 1880
Fred 1914 (died 1997 dob 14 12 1914)
L Hodgson (Harrison) 1922 (female not found death entry to confirm dob)
Allen 1923 (died 1989 dob 15 11 1923)
Frank 1926 (died 1993 dob 26 6 1926)

[Ladyhawk]

This looks to rule out the Frederick Harrison father Nicholas (see reply 88),
Frederick married Mary Carr and had died before 1911

1901 census Main Street, Bentham, Settle, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding)
Frederick   Harrison   Head   1873   Stone Mason Tosside, Yorkshire
Mary   Harrison   Wife   1875      Clapham, Yorkshire
John   Harrison   Son   1899      Bentham, Yorkshire
Annie   Harrison   Daughter   1901      Bentham, Yorkshire
William   Carr   Boarder   1881   Carpenters Apprentice   Bentham, Yorkshire

Mary HARRISON  widow living with her parents William & Jane CARR
1911c  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWNX-S2W

HARRISON, JOHN   mmn CARR
1899  M Quarter in SETTLE  Volume 09A  Page 7   

HARRISON, ANNIE   mmn CARR
1900  J Quarter in SETTLE  Volume 09A  Page 8   

HARRISON, GLADYS  MARY   mmn CARR
1902  D Quarter in SETTLE  Volume 09A  Page 7   

HARRISON, EVA   mmn CARR
1904  D Quarter in SKIPTON  Volume 09A  Page 29

HARRISON, WILLIAM  EDMUND   CARR
1906  M Quarter in SKIPTON  Volume 09A  Page 31   

John Harrison age 36 single
died 02 Nov 1935 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birth    27 Dec 1898, England
father   Frederick Harrison
Mother's Name:   Mary CARR
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2N-C26 - image is not downloading

and found the marriage Frederick Harrison to Mary Carr confirming his father is Nicholas

Married on 26 Oct 1898 Thornton in Lonsdale
Frederick Harrison age 26, single,occ mason, Tosside
father Nicholas Harrison mason
Mary CARR age 24 father William Carr, farmer
Witnesses by Nicholas HARRISON & Elizabeth Carr

So this Frederick can be ruled out as the father of Nicholas HARRISON born 1919
as he married Mary CARR and died before 1911 - just a coincidence with the names of Frederick Harrison & Mary nee Cook's many children and both Frederick's having same occupation

[Towdlass]

Yes, louisa maud you did see that but as I mentioned before - there is a story behind this which I do not feel has any bearing on where Vera went to after 1947. I have sorted all that out on my tree and that is really not where my problem lies.
Ladyhawk I got excatly the same facts as you did but until the certificate arrives we won't know which facts are the right ones. I checked with the site this afternoon and it does say that certificates are taking longer than usual because of staff shortages during the present situation. So I expect it will arrive eventually. I promise to let you know as soon as it arrives. Thanks for all your work on this though.

[Ladyhawk]

This might be a better fit for the Frederick Harrison born c 1880 Gisburn Forest Yorkshire occ stone mason married to Mary with children Mary Ann , Margaret Ellen, Eva & Thomas on 1911 census

1881 census Lower Brayshaw Cottage, Gisburn Forest (York Wr), Clitheroe, Yorkshire & Lancashire
Thomas   Harrison   Head   1858   Stone Mason   Yorkshire, England
Mary Jane   Harrison   Wife   1860      Long Preston, Yorkshire, England
Fred   Harrison   Son   1880      Gisburne Forest Yorkshire
Elizabeth   Harrison   Daughter   1881      Yorkshire

1891 Brayshaw, Craco Hill, Gisburn Forest, Clitheroe, Yorkshire & Lancashire
Thomas   Harrison   Head   1858   Farmer   Yorkshired
Mary Jane   Harrison   Wife   1860      Long Preston, Yorkshire
Fred   Harrison   Son   1880      Gisburn Forest Yorkshire
Elizabeth   Harrison   Daughter   1881      Yorkshire
Walter   Harrison   Son   1883      Yorkshire
Lilly   Harrison   Daughter   1885      Yorkshire
Margaret   Harrison   Daughter   1887      Yorkshire
Tom   Harrison   Son   1889      Yorkshire
Mary Jane   Harrison   Daughter   1891      Yorkshire

Towdlass - was posting whilst red writing - so will wait until you post again with info. from m/c 

[louisa maud]

Yes Towdlass, it is a game of patience now specially due to current problems, gone are tbe days of receiving certs within a few days, I am sure it will be worth waiting for

Happy Hunting

Louisa Maud

[Towdlass]

It still hasn't arrived. When is the cut of point between waiting patiently for it's arrival and getting in touch and complaining. Last year it was possible to download certificates. It would have made sense to bring that in again during the last few months.

[Towdlass]

The marriage certificate between Vera Owen and Nicholas Harrison has arrived - at last. It's been over 6 weeks but then these are trying times we live in. Anyway, It doesn't help a lot. It shows Nicholas as living at 187, Cartmell Road, Sheffield. This is quite close to where my dad and his family, including Vera, lived in 1939. When I look it up o the 19939 he is only lodging there. It shows his occupation as Railway Fireman. His father was Frederick Harrison and he was a bricklayer. Vera is shown as a spinster. Btw I was wrong originally her dob was 27th August 1918. On the 1939 Register she is shown as Vera Foster/Harrison/Owen. Owen being her maiden name and Harrison her married name. I have tried to look for a marriage between a Vera Owen or a Vera Harrison to someone named Foster from 1947 onwards but without any luck.
I had hoped to find Nicholas' family home so that I could trace his family with some degree of certainty but think I'll just have to wing it and hope that I stay on track. At £11 per certificate and a 6 week wait to get it I would prefer not to have to buy too many for now.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
  

[Ladyhawk]

Glad the m/c has arrived thank you for the update 

Re: Nicholas Harrison as previously posted the only birth that seems to tie in with his dob of birth
from 1987 death record & 1939 register is Dec qtr. 1919 Clitheroe mmn COOK

Witness names, family members?
I'm sure if they were relevant you would have posted their names but thought I'd ask

Not referred back over the long thread but I don't think we found a Frederick Harrison occ bricklayer on the censuses  Of course his father could have changed his occupation

[Towdlass]

Thank you LH for your help. I haven't read back thru everything either, I have to admit  . I know that I should have and I think that that will be my task first thing tomorrow morning. If I remember I do think that Nicholas Harrison's mmn was Cook. The witness names were a family name and  pne other which I do not recognise - J. Chambers.

I have to say though that I am still bewildered by the name Foster which shows against Vera's name on the 1939 register ie - Vera Foster/Harrison/Owen which would tend to suggest that she married a Foster after her divorce in 1947 but there are so many Foster marriages and it could be anywhere in Britain. I did find a Vera Foster who died in Bridlington in 1978 but it's a long shot.