Joseph Harrison mother's name

[EuniceM]

      Hi brigidmac

    Thank you very much for reading my post.
     Your opinion is very plausible, i think.
     
      I believe this Joseph Harrison had no siblings.
       Like you say the others in the 1851 census were more likely his uncles.
 
         It looks like it will not be easy to continue the search of my Joseph Harrison's ancestry.
          Also it is a very common name in this part of Cumberland.
           (Cockermouth and Keswick)
         




         

[brigidmac]

2 ways that sometimes lead to birth father's name
1 is if a single mother took him to court to pay maintenance . Look for bastardy court records or affiliation orders

Or DNA test which might throw up links to people descended from an ancestor with a common surname which is not on your tree

[EuniceM]

             
                    Hi brigidmac

                      Thank you again.

                         Very interesting,

[EuniceM]

   Happy New Year 2023 to the RootsChat member who is reading this post.

   I am a bit surprised that no descendant of the great family of my Joseph Harrison 
    and my Sarah Tindal married in Brigham Church , Cockermouth on the 28th of March 1863

     As I am getting close to the mark (read 50 000 times) that no descendant have come up yet 
      with an extensive search on the origin and genealogy of our Joseph Harrison.
     

           But I am still hoping as I have time on my side...maybe in 2023 

                                EuniceM