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« on: Monday 12 January 15 23:43 GMT (UK) »
I have read the will of my great great grandfather James Harbison of Drumramnur Co. Londonderry, who died 11th July 1889. He had the following children. Thomas, Martha, Nancy, Jane, James, Mary, Matthew, eliza and Catherine (my Great Grandmother).
I also have the will of a James Harbison who died in 1900 in Bishop street Londonderry and I wonder if this was the son of James Senior. He himself died in 1900- not that long after James senior, which makes me wonder if I have made a mistake. He was listed as a Draper. There is also a Mary Harbison who lived at 12 Bishop street.
She is listed as a spinster and a draper on the 1901 census, and I wondered if this was James Junior's sister. There is no record of her on the 1911 census.
James senior's daughter ,My great Grandmother Catherine married and went to live in Drung Donegal, and her daughter Martha (my Grandmother) resided at number 12 Bishop Street as a dressmaker for a while until she married my Grandfather, also in the drapery business and went to live at number 11 Bishop street.
But Mary does not list Martha as a relative on the 1901 census (niece) at number 12- only as a boarder.
So again maybe this puts me on the wrong track somewhat.
But it does seem that the connection between numbers 11 and 12 Bishop street is very co-incidental.
Is there any way I can find out if James Harbison Junior of Bishop street was in fact James senior's son?
If so, then the link between numbers 11 and 12 Bishop street do fit together very well.