Hi Glynnis
I have just seen your post re Harrison family of Bretherton. I come down from that line of Harrisons. My great grandfather was James Harrison b 1867. They were farmers on the moss. I have gone back about 5 generations at the moment - Daniel Harrison b1781.
Will catch up with you again later.
Sheila
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Hi Glynis. I'm just meddling around instead of going home for dinner ...
I thought at first that Emily Whittle was a good guess. This is her in 1891:
Name: Emily Whittle Age: 17 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Henry Gender: Female Where born: Croston, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Bretherton Ecclesiastical parish: St James Town: Ulnes Walton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England
And this is Emily Harrison in 1901:
Name: Emily Harrison Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Ralph Gender: Female Where born: Croston, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Preston Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch Town: Preston County/Island: Lancashire Country: England
Perfect match.
Except ... the Ralph Harrison who was her husband in 1901 --
Name: Ralph Harrison Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Emily Gender: Male Where born: Bretherton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Preston Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch Town: Preston County/Island: Lancashire Country: England
-- looks more like this one in 1881:
Name: Ralph Harrison Age: 7 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Relation: Son Father's Name: Thomas Mother's Name: Elizabeth *** Gender: Male Where born: Bretherton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Leyland County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Leyland Lane Nook Farm Registration district: Chorley Sub-registration district: Leyland ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household Members: Name Age Anne Harrison 21 Elizabeth Harrison 47 George Harrison 22 Henry Harrison 5 Hugh Harrison 12 John Harrison 13 Ralph Harrison 7 Samuel Harrison 2 Thomas Harrison 50 Thomas Harrison 9 William Harrison 15
than this one, whose parents' names match your info:
Name: Ralph A. Harrison Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 Relation: Son Father's Name: Thomas Mother's Name: Mary *** Gender: Male Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Leyland County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Towngate Registration district: Chorley Sub-registration district: Leyland ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household Members: Name Age Margaret E. Harrison 5 Mary Harrison 43 Mary A. Harrison 7 Ralph A. Harrison 10 Thomas Harrison 34 William T. Harrison Elizabeth Rimmer 16
In fact that's clearly your household. So it looks like the Ralph who married Emily Whittle was the other one. Big help me, eh?
I don't pay for US records at Ancestry, but I see this person in 1930 who might be of interest:
Thomas Harrison Los Angeles county, CA DOB abt 1880 place of birth: England
There's also a Thomas Harrison in King's county, California, born abt 1878 in England.
Anyhow, this is Thomas Sr.'s info from 1881:
Name: Thomas Harrison Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Gender: Male Where born: Bretherton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Leyland County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Leyland Lane Nook Farm Condition as to marriage: Married Occupation: Farmer Of 48 Acres Registration district: Chorley Sub-registration district: Leyland
If you go to google maps and search for
Nook Farm Cottage Moss Ln Little Hoole, Preston, Lancashire PR4, UK
that might be the farm in question -- ? My geography suffers from time and distance ... basically, complete ignorance other than what google maps tells me.
The head of this household in 1851:
Name: Thomas Harrison Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 Relation: Son Father's Name: Hing Gender: Male Where born: Bretherton, Lancashire, England Civil Parish: Bretherton Ecclesiastical parish: Bretherton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Chorley Sub-registration district: Chorley ED, institution, or vessel: 5b Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 44 Household Members: Name Age Catherine Harrison 47 Elizabeth Harrison 4 Mo Hing Harrison 36 Hugh Harrison 48 Hugh Harrison 12 James Harrison 27 Margaret Harrison 8 Mary Harrison 16 Ralph Harrison 15 Thomas Harrison 20 Jonathan Wikson 65 William Wikson 28
was a farmer, I think it says 32 acres. "Hing" is obviously Hugh, but I can't quite figure the household out -- the image only shows 7 Harrisons, from what I can tell.
Anyhow, that just might be Thomas Sr.'s family. Could be some names to check for descendants of!
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I have Thomas Harrison married to Mary Ellen nee Hesketh, in Chorley Reg Dist, on the 2 Jun 1869. Thomas' father was Ralph Harrison. Mother's name not known. Mary's parents were Thomas Hesketh & Mary nee Bowling. They were married in Leyland, on the 19 Jan 1829. The Harrison family lived at Bretherton, Lancs mostly. I have tried for many years to find someone else researching this family, perhaps descended from one of Thomas & Mary's son's, namely either Ralph Hesketh Harrison, b.1870 in Bolton, or William Thomas (Tom) Harrison, b.1880 in Leyland. I have a possible marriage for Ralph as Dec Qtr 1900, at Chorley, to Emily nee Whittle. I don't have anything further on either Ralph or Tom. There was also a sister, Mary Ann, known as Pollie Harrison, who may've married and moved to the USA, possibly to California, as my great grandma visited California in the 1930's. It's possible that it could've been to visit Tom Harrison and his family.
My line comes through the sister of Ralph & Tom, namely Margaret Ellen Harrison, who married Charles T.T. Haworth.
If this rings any bells with anyone out there, then please contact me!
Kindest regards, Glynis Halliday Western Australia [email protected]
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