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Hi Christine
Will:
http://genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1157290&jump=6235658#6235658

I found this
"POMEROY Arthur Shubrook of Reading, agent for the Great Western Railway Co. died 25 Dec 1892. Proved Oxford 28 Jan to Cecilia Anna Pomeroy, widow. Estate £505"
With this inheritance, I don't see their 9 year old daughter Ethel ending up in an Orphanage ?
Martin

Some of the wills were older and there are hints of possible connections to a titled family. Certainly the titled pomeroys have links to the same geographical area.

But you have not reached that stage yet.

Just read and bear them in mind.

This is Fanny from Helen's earlier post of 1841
!841 does not give relationships so Fanny might be Charlotte and Jane's sister or one of their daughters. Ann's husband would be their uncle
or brother. unfortunately I do not have access to 1851 census

1861 Address: High Street, Stalbridge
HARRIS, Ann Head Married F 60 1801 Pastry Cook & Confectioner
Stalbridge
Dorset VIEW
HARRIS, William Nephew Unmarried M 21 1840 Grainer
Paddington
Middlesex VIEW
HARRIS, Fanny Niece Unmarried F 21 1840
Paddington
Middlesex VIEW
HARRIS, Agnes Niece Unmarried F 16 1845
Paddington
Middlesex

Dorset is one of the few I do have

1851 Address: High Street, Stalbridge
HARRIS, Samuel Head Married M 75 1776 Retired Farmer
Stalbridge
Dorset VIEW
HARRIS, Sarah Wife Married F 77 1774
Lydlinch
Dorset VIEW
HARRIS, Ann Daughter Unmarried F 51 1800 Confectioner
Stalbridge
Dorset VIEW
HARRIS, Fanny Grand Daughter F 11 1840 Scholar
London

children of Samuel and Sarah

1. Charlotte - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 13 JAN 1811 Stalbridge, Dorset, England

2. Charlotte - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 20 JUN 1813 Stalbridge, Dorset, England

3. Jane - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 02 DEC 1804 Stalbridge, Dorset, England

4. Lucy - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 19 JAN 1800 Stalbridge, Dorset, England

5. Sarah - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 13 JAN 1811 Stalbridge, Dorset, England

6. Mark Light Harris - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 21 MAR 1797 Stalbridge, Dorset, England

7. Henry Harris - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 05 APR 1812 Stalbridge, Dorset, England

I think you must get some certificates now

There is no mention of John or Mary Harris.
Either we do not have the right Charlotte or her parents are not John and Mary. Is mary the sistere of Charlotte or her aunt?

Parish Records Collection - baptism
Day: 20

Month: Jun

Year: 1813

Forenames: Charlotte

Surname: HARRIS

Parents names: daughter of Samuel & Sarah

Place: Stalbridge

Description:

County: Dorset

Country: England

Born or Notes: Farmer



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Record source: Dorset Baptisms

Data provider: Dorset Family History Society


Still keep coming back to Samuel

Hi Christine
Thanks for your efforts. This earlier post by Helen seems to be the closest to being the right family, if they had any children.

"There is this marriage in Stalbridge- (Only John Harris I could find), perhaps this couple had children. Need to do a bit more digging!!

26 Sep,1812, Licence ,John HARRIS, Stalbridge/ Mary HARRIS, Stalbridge. Witnesses: Edith Harris John Green

"There could be a number of reasons for a couple to obtain a licence: they might wish to marry quickly (and avoid the three weeks' delay by the calling of banns); they might wish to marry in a parish away from their home parish; or, because a licence required payment, they might choose to obtain one as a status symbol."

Unfortunately, the only clue I have about Charlotte's parents is her father's name "John Harris" and "Holne" on her Marriage Cert.
We might have to treat this as "unsolved".
Thanks again
Martin

The Pomeroy name has many links in Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Corwall. In particular to Berry Pomeroy Castle, near Totnes.
Ralph de la Pommeraie was William the Conqueror's Chief of Staff and was granted 58 Manors in the South West for his role in the Conquest. So the early Pomeroy's married some of the Saxon nobility and there were a number or noble families in the area. As a result, Ralph, William, Richard and Henry are common Pomeroy names. I can't however, claim any links to nobility.
Martin