Person:Harriet Bastock (2)

Harriet Elizabeth Bastock was baptised on 14th October 1840 at the parish church of St Mary in Warwick. She was the daughter of a laundress named Harriet Matilda Caroline Bastock, formerly Reynolds, and John Bastock, a mason and bricklayer. The family lived on Saltisford, the main road out of Warwick to the north-west. The 1841 census finds Harriet living on Saltisford with her parents.

In 1847, Harriet's father died, aged just 36. Three years later Harriet's mother remarried, with a bricklayer named John Prestidge becoming Harriet's stepfather. The 1851 census finds Harriet living with her mother, stepfather, three younger siblings and a baby half-sister. Some time between 1851 and 1861 the family left Warwick and moved ten miles north to Coventry, where the 1861 census finds the family living at Harnall Lane. By this time Harriet was working as a servant. She has yet to be researched after 1861.

1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Harriet Elizabeth BASTOCK, December Quarter 1840, Warwick Registration District, Vol. 16, page 485

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Mary, Warwick, 1538-1928. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Warwick in the County of Warwick in the Year 1840
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   532	1840 October 14	Harriet Elizabeth daughter of	John & Harriet	Bastock	Saltisford	Bricklayer	J. Boudier

3. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1153; Book 3; Folio 47; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Commercial Bldgs, Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   John Bastock, male, 25 [1811-16], Mason Jrnymn, b. Warwickshire
   Harriet Bastock, female, 30 [1806-11], b. Warwickshire
   Harriet Bastock, female, 8m [1840], b. Warwickshire

4. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2073; Folio 307; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Saltisford, Commercial Buildings, Warwick (St Mary), Warwickshire
   John Prestidge, head, married, male, 36 [1814/5], Bricklayers Labourer, b. Morton Pinkey, Northamptonshire
   Harriet Prestidge, wife, married, female, 39 [1811/12], b. Warwick St Mary
   Harriet Bastock, daughter in law, female, 10 [1840/1], b. Warwick St Mary
   George Bastock, son in law, male, 8 [1842/3], b. Warwick St Mary
   Rebecca Bastock, daughter in law, female, 5 [1835/6], b. Warwick St Mary
   Eliza Prestidge, daughter, 2m [1850/1], b. Warwick St Mary

5. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2209; Folio 87; Page 1, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Harnall Lane, Coventry (Holy Trinity), Warwickshire
   John Prestidge, head, married, male, 34 [1826/7], Brickmaker, b. Morton Pinkney, Warwickshire
   Harriett Prestidge, wife, married, female, 40 [1820/1], Laundress, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Harriett Prestidge, daughter, unmarried, female, 20 [1840/1], Servant, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   George Prestidge, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1842/3], Brickmaker, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Eliza Prestidge, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Burstock, nephew, unmarried, male, 17 [1843/4], Brickmaker, b. Warwick, Warwickshire