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from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« on: Saturday 11 July 20 11:20 BST (UK) »
hi,
    I know Amy Harrison was born in England about 1869/70.
    She was married in Burgersdorp 6th April 1888 to Thomas Reid.
    Her parents were James and Jane and they were by now settled in South Africa.
    I am trying to find them on passenger lists to get more information about the family.

  thanks for any help............bigjon
Bennett, Tennant, Richards, Price.....Staffordshire
Reid, Brown, Harrison, Saunders, Coetzer........South Africa and Scotland.

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 11 July 20 13:46 BST (UK) »
There are no (or very few) passenger lists from the UK prior to 1890.
The Board of Trade at the time didn't think it necessary to keep them! ::)
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 11 July 20 19:33 BST (UK) »

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 11 July 20 19:50 BST (UK) »
How do you know that her parents were James & Jane?

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 12 July 20 10:38 BST (UK) »
yes that is her death.
Ihave her parents from her marriage that Maggsie found for me on Family search

                         bigjon
Bennett, Tennant, Richards, Price.....Staffordshire
Reid, Brown, Harrison, Saunders, Coetzer........South Africa and Scotland.

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 12 July 20 16:09 BST (UK) »
Quote from: bigjon on Sunday 12 July 20 10:38 BST (UK)
yes that is her death.
Ihave her parents from her marriage that Maggsie found for me on Family search

                         bigjon

See https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=834151.0

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 12 July 20 16:13 BST (UK) »
That Amy Harrison that Maggsie found was still single & living in Marylebone in 1891

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q7QZ-XT2

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 12 July 20 16:43 BST (UK) »
Trying to decypher her father's consent signature on her marriage cert. His 1st initial looks like an F to me.
Anybody else help?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893N-49QP-8?i=12&cc=1935348&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ23Q-L6FM

Silly me. Just says Father's consent.

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Re: from UK to South Africa 1881-1888
« Reply #8 on: Monday 13 July 20 04:45 BST (UK) »

Here are the notice of marriage details (click forward from this image)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BB-1959?i=1178&cat=198123
 - Amy was resident 12 months
 - Notice was given on the 5th and marriage license signed on the 6th.
 - Amy is listed as the step-daughter of George Sturgess
 - George gave permission for the marriage.

One of the witnesses at the marriage looks to be "George Sturgiss". Comparing his signature, particularly the Gs and the T, at Amy's marriage to this 1876 marriage between a George Sturgiss and a Maria Elizabeth Harrison.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-W9Y9-W?cc=2821281&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3ACT26-2RZM

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8RH-3N3Z
 - this may be Maria Elizabeth, dies as Elizabeth Harrison Sturgess, born 1847 England. Towards the bottom it states she had three children total.  She died in 1923, married.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHQS-8X3Z
 - George died in 1927, a widower (same address).

Maria Elizabeth is mentioned as a spinster at marriage, which means possibly that Amy was her illegitimate daughter.
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