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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Nottinghamshire => England => Nottinghamshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: hobnob123 on Friday 28 October 05 14:44 BST (UK)
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Hi
I am trying to locate a Harriet Green born Nottingham 1843. I believe she had 5 brothers and one sister . Please could someone try and locate her please in the 1841 and 1851 census please.
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Hi
Do you know who her parents were? also names of siblings ?
Sunflower
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Hi
Do you know who her parents were? also names of siblings ?
Sunflower
Hello
Unfortunately not, i tend to know later facts IE the boys all joined the Coldstream or Grenadier guards and for some reason that they were all over 6 ft tall and that Harriet married George Dent which i have managed to investigate.I only know that the Greens were a "Nottingham family". Painfully little isn't it !
I know the names that Harriet and George called their kids although i tend to think Amy might have been George's mother's name because a possible search for him revealed a mother of this name. Below are their kids from the 81c just in case the first names tie in..
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
George DENT Head M Male 41 Clapham, Middlesex, England Mariner
Harriet DENT Wife M Female 38 Nottingham, England
G. C. DENT Son Male 14 <1867> Liverpool, Lancashire, England Scholar
Amy M. DENT Daur Female 11 <1870> Liverpool, Lancashire, England Scholar
Herbert DENT Son Male 6 <1875> Liverpool, Lancashire, England Scholar
Ellen L. DENT Daur Female 2 <1879> Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Alfred DENT Son Male 2 m <1881> Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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Hi
I think you need to get a copy of Harriet & George's marriage certificate to confirm the father's name.
The only Harriet I can find is this one, but the records are not complete
Harriet Green baptised 19.02.1843 Radford to John & Mary Green- Framesmith
siblings -
Robert 18.06.1826
Alfred 12.10.1828
Emma 03.07.1831
John Freeman 12.10.1834
Jane 18.09.1836
All baptised at Radford
Where did you get the information from that she had 5 brothers and 1 sister?
Sunflower
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Hi
I think you need to get a copy of Harriet & George's marriage certificate to confirm the father's name.
The only Harriet I can find is this one, but the records are not complete
Harriet Green baptized 19.02.1843 Radford to John & Mary Green- Framesmith
siblings -
Robert 18.06.1826
Alfred 12.10.1828
Emma 03.07.1831
John Freeman 12.10.1834
Jane 18.09.1836
All baptized at Radford
Where did you get the information from that she had 5 brothers and 1 sister?
Sunflower
Hi Sunflower
What i have written down is "word of mouth" told to me by my Dad from the grand daughter of George and Harriet .This was written down at least 15 years ago when one could be more confident in what was being said. However the old lady (Thora 95 and still alive) is is an intelligent person and unlikely to embellish.. however the same can not be said for her mother Ellen Louise Dent(not alive!!).
Stories do change as i have recently discovered ; George Dent(m Harriet Green) a mariner was meant to have been shipwrecked on the Empress of India ,or so i was told ,(again by word of mouth )surviving a shipwreck with only his night shirt on and clutching a ring . I now believe that Ellen Louise Dent ,Thora's mother( who was well known by my dad, her grandson, for elaborating )might have changed the details -because i have found details of a George Dent in 1881 (ships in port 1881)on the SS city of Brussels which sank at 6.45am in the Mersey estuary in 1883 after colliding with another ship. I think Ellen who was quite well off through her husband was slightly ashamed of her families humble origons and changed the boats name because she didn't like the fact that George was not on a grander vessel and only a steward.
With regard to your suggestion of getting a wedding certificate for Harriet and George i have not manage to find a record of the marriage on freebmd. Have you any ideas how the certificate could be found?
By the way i have been told that Harriet went to America, age 18, to see her sister who had married an American in Philadelphia and it was on board ship that Harriet met George Dent, the steward whom she married . They came back and lived in Liverpool , we know that from from Ellen Louise Dent on the above census and subsequent family history.
Hobnob123
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Hi again
You could try these sites
www.BMDindex.co.uk
www.1837online.com
It's also worth visiting your local Family History Society library or Records Office. Most of these keep this information on micorfiche which is free to search.
Good luck
Sunflower