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Margaret Petty 1843 – 1905 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1843

Birth Location: Borobridge, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1905

Death Location: Scarborough Workhouse, Yorkshire, England

Father: Robert Petty

Mother: Elizabeth Gowland

Spouse(s): Moses Harrison, robert Benson

Children(s): Frederick Harrison, Gowland Harrison, Elizabeth Harrison, William Harrison, Louisa Harrison, Robert Harrison, James Harrison, Jane Harrison

In 1843, Margaret Petty entered the world in Borobridge, Yorkshire, England, born to Robert Petty and Elizabeth Gowland. In 1851, Margaret Petty resided in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England. Margaret Petty married Moses Harrison, robert Benson, and had children including Frederick Wiliam Robinson Harrison, Gowland Harrison, Elizabeth A Harrison, William Harrison, Louisa Harrison, Robert Petty Harrison, James Harrison, Jane Harrison. Margaret Petty passed away in 1905 in Scarborough Workhouse, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1843, Margaret Petty entered the world in Borobridge, Yorkshire, England, born to Robert Petty and Elizabeth Gowland.
  • In 1851, Margaret Petty resided in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England.
  • Margaret Petty married Moses Harrison, robert Benson, and had children including Frederick Wiliam Robinson Harrison, Gowland Harrison, Elizabeth A Harrison, William Harrison, Louisa Harrison, Robert Petty Harrison, James Harrison, Jane Harrison.
  • Margaret Petty passed away in 1905 in Scarborough Workhouse, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Petty
1802 – 1874
Birth Location: Aldbro, Yorkshire, England
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Elizabeth Gowland
1802 – 1848
Birth Location: Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
EG

Spouses(s)

Moses Harrison
1832 – 1880
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
MH
robert Benson
1822 –
Birth Location: Dishforth, Yorkshire, England
rB

Children(s)

Frederick Harrison
1861 –
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
FH
Gowland Harrison
1863 – 1938
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
GH
Elizabeth Harrison
1868 –
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
EH
William Harrison
1870 – 1922
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
WH
Louisa Harrison
1873 –
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
LH
Robert Harrison
1874 – 1935
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
RH
James Harrison
1878 – 1917
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
JH
Jane Harrison
1879 –
Birth Location: Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding, England
JH

Margaret Petty's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Petty
1843 – 1905
Birth Place: Borobridge, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Robert Petty
1802 – 1874
Aldbro, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Gowland
1802 – 1848
Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Robert Petty
1773 – 1852
Marrick, Yorkshire, England
JANE SCOTT
1776 – 1818
Christopher Gowland
1780 – 1832
Unknown
Hannah Sarr
1780 – 1848
Unknown
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Petty
1743 – 1780
Tamar Hardcastle
1745 –
James Scott
1739 – 1782
Ann Scott
1743 – 1782
Thomas Gowland
1752 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Petty
1705 – 1779
Ann Watson
1704 – 1790
William Hardcastle
1698 –
Elizabeth Joy
1720 –
JAMES SCOTT
1711 –
ELLENE CALVERT
1718 – 1803

Margaret Petty's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Petty (Abt 1843 – 1905) m. Moses Harrison (26 Nov 1832 – 27 Aug 1880) m. robert Benson (1822 – )
  1. 1. Frederick (Wiliam Robinson) Harrison (1861 – ) m. Mary (Jane) Swaine (abt 1866 – 1950)
    1. 1. John (Frederick William) Harrison (2 May 1893 – Sep 1950) m. Maida (Alice) Harrison (16 Nov 1893 – Oct-Nov-Dec 1950)
      1. 1. Joan (Mary) Harrison (30 Dec 1919 – Mar 1982) m. Alfred (John) Southall (14 Dec 1919 – Dec 1971)
        1. 1. Brian (Alfred William) southall (28 Apr 1948 – 3 Nov 2000)
      2. 2. Maida (Winifred) Harrison (30 Jun 1922 – 24 Nov 2013)
      3. 3. Ida (P) Harrison (26/01/1924 – Oct 2018)
      4. 4. FREDERICK (JOHN) harrison (AUG 1925 – Jul 1998) m. elizabeth (rose) diment m. Shirley (D) Eames
        1. 1. deborah (c) harrison (Sep 1961 – )
      5. 5. Nellie (Doreen) Harrison (26 Oct 1927 – 4 May 2010)
      6. 6. evelyn (kathleen jean) harrison (2 july 1931 – 5 mar 2005)
    2. 2. Harold Harrison (abt 1896 – )
      1. 1. Elaine Harrison (28 Jan 1926 – 10 Sep 2019)
        1. 1. Donald Pape (6 Apr 1959 – )
  2. 2. Gowland Harrison (Apr 1863 – 10 Feb 1938) m. Ada Atkin (Abt 1866 – Mar 1940) m. Jane Nichols (1877 – Dec 1960)
    1. 1. Gowland (Harrison) Nicholls (7 Feb 1898 – Jun 1973) m. Marjorie Redshaw (12 May 1901 – Sep 1963)
    2. 2. Robert Harrison (29 January 1912 – Sep 1959)
    3. 3. John (Nicholls) Harrison (10 Oct 1913 – Dec 1993) m. Dorothy Thomas (11 May 1914 – ) m. Dinah (Winifred S (Peg)) Glenn (12 Mar 1923 – 2007) m. Elsie (Mary) Toseland (11 Feb 1918 – Dec 1996)
      1. 1. Maureen Harrison (30 Jun 1933 – 10 Dec 1933)
      2. 2. Patricia (A) Harrison (3 Jul 1935 – ) m. John (J) Mulligan
        1. 1. Lorraine Mulligan (1958 – )
        2. 2. Greg Mulligan (1959 – )
        3. 3. Lee (Scott) Mulligan (Apr 1976 – )
      3. 3. Carole (A) Dennison (Mar 1945 – ) m. Maurice (Henry) Bloomfield (6 Jun 1939 – 20 May 2014)
      4. 4. Susan (Nicholls) Harrison (1949 – ) m. Alan (A) Manning (1949 – )
        1. 1. Dean (Frederick) Manning (Jul 1967 – ) m. Carol (A) Clark
        2. 2. Daniel (leigh) Manning (1970 – ) m. Sarah (L) Rubery
        3. 3. Louise (Jayne) Manning (1973 – )
      5. 5. Shirley (J) Toseland (1942 – ) m. David (E) Grainger
        1. 1. Jaqueline (D) Grainger (1962 – )
        2. 2. Samantha (Jane?) Grainger
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Ann) Toseland (1942 – ) m. Joshua Burlington (Jan 1942 – )
        1. 1. Andrew Burlington (1963 – )
        2. 2. Alan Burlington (1965 – )
        3. 3. David Burlington (1968 – )
    4. 4. Frank (F) Harrison (26 Feb 1916 – 16 Nov 1945) m. Sadie Vant (10 Jan 1917 – Mar 1971) m. marilyn
      1. 1. Brian Harrison (Sep 1942 – )
      2. 2. nadine (1944 – )
    5. 5. Rose Harrison (4 Apr 1918 – 16 Apr 2019) m. Henry Bettle m. Stanley Green (12 Feb 1904 – 14 Jul 1983)
      1. 1. Christopher (Gowland) Green (13 Sep 1951 – ) m. Colette Hezelgrave (24 Aug 1952 – Jun 2006) m. Deborah (K) Wharton (03 jan 1965 – )
        1. 1. Vanessa Green (Dec 1972 – ) m. Stephen (E) Sears (Jan 1967 – )
        2. 2. Nicholas Green (Sep 1977 – Nov 2004)
        3. 3. Natasha Green (16 Aug 1990 – ) m. John Knowles
        4. 4. Hannah (Jane) Green (23 Jun 1994 – ) m. Michael Calvert
      2. 2. Lynton (Green) Tremayne (25 Dec 1953 – ) m. Colin Ford
    6. 6. Ronald Harrison (13 Sep 1922 – Jun 1983) m. Alice Moorin (1923 – 7 Sep 2014) m. Constance (Rhoda) Dobson (27 Nov 1919 – Mar 2006)
      1. 1. Barbara (Jean) Harrison (3 Oct 1945 – ) m. Cornwell
        1. 1. Lucille Cornwell (1991 – )
      2. 2. roger Harrison (1952 – )
  3. 3. Elizabeth (A) Harrison (January 1868 – )
  4. 4. William Harrison (1870 – Sep 1922) m. a (n) other (1868 – 1896) m. Ellen Harrison (abt 1870 – )
    1. 1. Wm Harrison (abt 1893 – )
  5. 5. Louisa Harrison (1873 – ) m. Robert (Henry) Thomas (abt 1870 – )
    1. 1. Llewellyn Thomas (22 Feb 1905 – )
    2. 2. Reggie Thomas (abt 1906 – )
    3. 3. Gwladys (Bertha) Thomas (October 1909 – )
  6. 6. Robert (Petty) Harrison (Jan 1874 – 1935) m. Amy (Isabella) Harrison (July 1875 – )
    1. 1. Francis (Stanley) Harrison (1900 – 26 May 1991) m. Louisa Stevenson (22 Feb 1902 – )
    2. 2. Robert (Lawrence) Harrison (abt 1903 – Apr 1997) m. Jessie Pickles
    3. 3. Percy (Gowland) Harrison (21 Dec 1906 – Dec 1974) m. Beatrice (M) Pickles
    4. 4. Arthur (Leslie) Harrison (April 1913 – ) m. Doris (Mercia) Walther
    5. 5. Phyllis (H) Harrison (1919 – )
  7. 7. James Harrison (1878 – 17 Nov 1917)
  8. 8. Jane Harrison (October 1879 – )

Margaret Petty's Timeline

10 Records

1843
Abt 1843
Birth of Margaret Petty in Borobridge, Yorkshire, England
Borobridge, Yorkshire, England
1851
1851
Age 8
Margaret Petty resided here in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
1860
July 1860
Age 17
Margaret Petty was married in Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
1871
1871
Age 28
Margaret Petty resided here in Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Ripon, Yorkshire, England
1881
1881
Age 38
Margaret Petty resided here in Ripon, Yorkshire, England
Ripon, Yorkshire, England
1884
October 1884
Age 41
Margaret Petty was married in Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
1891
1891
Age 48
Margaret Petty resided here in Ripon, West Yorkshire, England
Ripon, West Yorkshire, England
1892
1892
Age 49
Margaret Petty resided here in Ripon, West Yorkshire, England
Ripon, West Yorkshire, England
1901
1901
Age 58
Margaret Petty resided here in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
1905
1905
Age 62
Death of Margaret Petty in Scarborough Workhouse, Yorkshire, England
Scarborough Workhouse, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1843
    Event Place: Borobridge, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1891 England Census, Class: RG12; Piece: 3510; Folio: 102; Page: 11; GSU roll: 6098620
    [2] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4317; Folio: 61; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1342030
    [3] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 4275; Folio: 59; Page: 27; GSU roll: 846968
    [4] 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 4533; Folio: 138; Page: 2
    [5] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2282; Folio: 16; Page: 24; GSU roll: 87468
    [6] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4317; Folio: 61; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1342030
    [7] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 4275; Folio: 59; Page: 27; GSU roll: 846968
    [8] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2282; Folio: 16; Page: 24; GSU roll: 87468

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: July 1860
    Event Place: Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
    Record Source: England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: October 1884
    Event Place: Ripon, Yorkshire West Riding
    Record Source: England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2282; Folio: 16; Page: 24; GSU roll: 87468
    [2] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2282; Folio: 16; Page: 24; GSU roll: 87468

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 4275; Folio: 59; Page: 27; GSU roll: 846968
    [2] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 4275; Folio: 59; Page: 27; GSU roll: 846968

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Ripon, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4317; Folio: 61; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1342030
    [2] 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 4317; Folio: 61; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1342030

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Ripon, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962
    [2] 1891 England Census, Class: RG12; Piece: 3510; Folio: 102; Page: 11; GSU roll: 6098620
    [3] West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1892
    Event Place: Ripon, West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962
    [2] West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 4533; Folio: 138; Page: 2

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1905
    Event Place: Scarborough Workhouse, Yorkshire, England
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