Karen,
Since you were so kind in the past to lookup my Catherine Harrison in the National Burial Index, I thought I would reply as to my progress and perhaps my reply might help some other researcher.
I sent for the death registration for Catherine Harrison from GRO and found that she was indeed my GGGgrandmother. Allow me to give details:
Catherine Harrison age 47 died 16 March 1856 of tuberculosis. She was listed as the wife of Henry Harrison, a journeyman pearl ornament maker. Apparently her illness lasted about 6-8 months. Her address was listed as 39 John Street Birmingham. Her husband , Henry Harrison, placed his mark as being present at the time of death.
Interestingly Henry Harrison's occupation fluctuated between a pearl button maker to a beer distributor. In the 1841 census he is listed as a pearl button maker; in the 1851 census he is listed as a beer retailer and in the certificate for his second marriage to Emma Hands he is listed as a pearl button maker.
My gg grandmother's first marriage certificate lists her father Henry Harrison as a pearl button maker and then after the death of her first husband, Aaron Perks, she remarried and listed her father as deceased and formerly a beer retailer.
Inshort many thanks for your help and perhaps this little bit of information might help a distant cousin of whom I at present do not know.
Many thanks,
Bob Croman
