Harrison

[tigerquoll]

Hi,

I would appreciate some help looking up info on Mildred Rose Harrison b 1780 Louth.  A local writer is interested in doing a story about her in our newspaper "The Mercury" as her life was very interesting.

Mildred was convicted at the Old Bailey for stealing aprons. She was transported to Australia on the "Glatton" 1803.  Her life in the Colonies began well but ended sadly.
She must have been reasonably attractive as she was quickly taken under the protection of Lt. Menzies with whom she had a son. When Menzies returned to England he left her with his friend Lt Johnson.When Johnson went back to England he left her and their daughter well provided for. My ancestor William Williams (convict) then married her.

Menzies son almost burnt to death, Johnson's daughter burnt to death, Mildred had a still birth, and her 6 yr old daughter with Williams drowned in a ferry accident.
Then Mildred was badly burnt when her clothes caught fire and she took 3 months to die. A sad ending for a pretty girl who stole some aprons. 

My problem is that while I have alot of knowledge about her life while in Australia, I have very little information about her ancestors or life in Louth.  Any info about the family or Louth at that time would be great.

Cheers Janine
Tasmania

[wozzle]

there is this on the IGI
name; mildred harrison
birth; 6th march 1781
place; louth lincoln
parents; francis/mary harrison
ext.rec.IGI
christening;
name; mildred harrison;
date; 6th march 1781
place; louth lincoln
parents. francis harrison/mary south
the christening is only a submitted entry.

[wozzle]

there is a sibling of mildred
name; samuel harrison
christened;
date; 7th april 1778
place; louth lincoln
parents. francis/mary harrison.
ext.rec.IGI.
this is the only sibling i can find.

[wozzle]

there is this submitted entry on the IGI
name; francis harison
born; 1746 in louth lincoln
married; 13th july 1777 to mary south
buried. 3rd sept 1831.

[GeoffE]

The IGI has a extracted entry - Batch C026281 - details as given above (except no surname for mother) ... then it has nothing for 1782-c1806, which could explain lack of siblings.

There is an extracted record for baptism of Francis HARRISON, 20 Nov 1749, son of Thomas and Mary.

[tigerquoll]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the prompt replies. Its great to have a family for Mildred. 
With the risk of sounding a bit slow could you explain the difference between an extracted record and a submitted one?

Mildred was tried at Middlesex 1801 and held at the Tot Hill Fields Prison, London. Would this mean that she committed the crime in London? In her conviction record it just says she stole the clothes from a James Blackwell's house. Was it usual for a girl from Louth to go to London for work?

Thanks again
Janine

[GeoffE]

An extracted record is a transcription from a church register and hopefully accurate.  That being said, an age at burial need not be accurate.  Francis HARRISON was buried "aged 85" leading to the assumed birth date of 1746.  Of course, a baptismal date does not necessarily mean that the baby was only a week or two old ... he may have been a year or two, or even older.

A submitted record covers the whole spectrum of reliability ... at one extreme it will be just as faithful a record as an extracted one.  At the other extreme it will be total fabrication on the hopeful assumption that the father of a child will have been born 26 years before the baptism of the first known child, in the place of that baptism.  LIkewise, a mother will be assumed to be 22 at the birth of her first child.  The couple will have married in that same place aged 25 and 21 respectively.

Somewhere between these extremes of reliability will be "back calculation" from census data - there's usually something approximately correct but nothing is guaranteed.

[trish20]

I have access to ancestry.co.uk and there is a person who had full family history regarding Rose Mildred Harrison (marrying William as you said)  Have you access to Ancestry?
It is Kiebels.  (I think that is how it is spelt)?  The place born is Lough in Lancashire??? though.  Email me if you wish me to pursue it for you. Ann

[tigerquoll]

Hi Ann,

Thanks for the reply. I dont have access to  Ancestry.com (sigh). So would be delighted if you could check out Mildred's family.

 Lough in Lancashire is a mis-spell on the records as apparently there is no such town. I did find somewhere written in her records Lough, Lincolnshire - which also doesnt exist - but eventually found Louth in Lincolnshire - which does exist! and there she was.

Regards Janine