Person:Harriet Abbott (5)

Harriet Abbott was born on 19th December 1872 at Tottenham in Middlesex, daughter of Emma Abbott, formerly Tozer, and her husband John Abbott, a carpenter. The 1881 census finds Harriet living with her parents and siblings at 3 Byron Terrace on Woodville Grove in Tottenham. By 1891 Harriet was working as a domestic servant to a licensed victualler's family at 41 Mercer Road in Islington in London.

On 9th September 1900, aged 27, Harriet married Walter Childs at St John's Church in the Upper Holloway area of Islington. The 1901 census finds Harriet and Walter living in one room at 19 Albion Street in Islington, with Walter working as a builder's labourer.

Harriet and Walter went on to have three daughters between 1901 and 1909, all born in Islington. The 1911 census finds the family living in two rooms at 25 Cornwallis Road in Islington, with Walter described as a general labourer.

Walter died in 1932, aged 56.

In 1934, just under two years after Walter's death, Harriet remarried. Her second husband was Alfred James Savage, whose first wife had been Harriet's younger sister, Edith, who had also died in 1932. Harriet and Alfred married in Islington and then went to live at Enfield in Middlesex. At the outbreak of the Second World War Alfred and Harriet were living with her daughter Alice's family at 60 Pembroke Avenue in Enfield. (Co-incidentally, Alice Childs had married a man called Ernest Childs.)

Harriet died in 1948, aged 75. She died in the Edmonton district, which covered Enfield. She was buried at Highgate Cemetery in London on 27th February 1948. Alfred survived her by about fourteen years.

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

   b. Harriett ABBOTT, March Quarter 1873, Edmonton Registration District, Volume 3a, page 208, mother's maiden name Tozer

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Islington, Middlesex: Parish Registers of St Barnabas' Church (London Metropolitan Archives, London).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Barnabas, Islington in the County of Middlesex in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy five
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   272	1875 Jan[uar]y 31 Born 19 Dec/72	Harriet	John & Emma	Abbott	23 Ashburton Grove	Joiner	John Webster

   Baptised same day as sisters Celia and Flora.

3. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1385; Folio 26; Page 46, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 3 Byron Terrace, Woodville Grove, Tottenham, Middlesex
   John Abbott, head, married, male, 36 [1844/5], Carpenter, b. Buckfastleigh, Devon
   Emma Abbott, wife, married, female, 36 [1844/5], b. Exeter, Devon
   Emma J. Abbott, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1867/8], b. Kilburn, Middlesex
   Celia Abbott, daughter, female, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Tottenham, Middlesex
   Harriett Abbott, daughter, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Tottenham, Middlesex
   Flora Abbott, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Holloway, Middlesex
   Edith Abbott, daughter, female, 4 [1876/7], b. Holloway, Middlesex
   Alice Abbott, daughter, female, 5mo [1880], b. Tottenham, Middlesex

4. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 143; Folio 5; Page 3, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 41 Mercers Road, Islington, London
   Edward Snow, head, married, male, 41 [1849/50], Licensed Victualler, b. Knowstone, Devonshidre
   Amy Snow, wife, married, female, 31 [1859/60], b. St Pancras, London
   Edward Snow, son, single, male, 13 [1877/8], Scholar, b. Holloway, London
   Florence L. Snow, daughter, single, female, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. Holloway, London
   Amy E. Snow, daughter, female, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Holloway, London
   Percy A. Snow, son, 3mo [1890/1], b. Holloway, London
   Henry E. Cresswell, nephew, single, male, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. Barnsbury, London
   Ann E. Raymond, servant, single, female, 24 [1866/7], Domestic Serv[ant], employed, b. South Cheriton, Somerset
   Harriett Abbott, servant, single, female, 18 [1872/3], Domestic Serv[ant], employed, b. Holloway, London

5. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 185; Folio 27; Page 3, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 19 Albion Street, Islington, London
   1 room occupied
   Walter Childs, head, married, male, 25 [1875/6], Builder's Labourer, worker, b. Islington, London
   Harriet Childs, wife, married, female, 26 [1874/5], b. Tottenham, Middlesex

6. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 813; Schedule 302, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 25 Cornwallis Road, Holloway, Islington, London
   2 rooms occupied
   Walter Childs, head, male, 35 [1875/6], married 11 years, 3 children born to marriage, 3 children still alive, Labourer General, b. Islington, London
   Harriet Childs, wife, female, 34 [1876/7], b. Islington, London
   Ethel Childs, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], school, b. Islington, London
   Alice Childs, daughter, female, 8 [1902/3], school, b. Islington, London
   Doris Childs, daughter, female, 2 [1908/9], b. Islington, London

7. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Enfield Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 60 Pembroke Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex
   Childs, Ernest / male / 2 Mar 1907 / married / Filer Bench Hand Munitions
   Childs, Alice / female / 8 Apr 1903 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   Reed, Kenneth H.W. / male / 18 Aug 1925 / single / Electric Fire Assembler
   [one record closed]
   Savage, Alfred J. / male / 13 Aug 1875 / married / Pianoforte Fitter up
   Savage, Harriet / female / 19 Dec 1873 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Harriet SAVAGE, March Quarter 1948, Edmonton Registration District, Volume 5e, page 369, aged 75 [1872/3]

9. ↑ Highgate Cemtery Registers (London Borough of Camden).

   Date: 1948 / Feb[ruary] 27 [presumed to be burial rather than death]
   Surname: Savage
   Christian Name: Harriett
   Age: 75 [1872/3]
   Con. or Uncon: Cons[ecrated]
   Number: 49299
   Square: 15
   Com. or Private: P.G.