Person:Harriet Grant (3)

Harriet Grant was baptised on 10th February 1828 at Sidlesham in Sussex, daughter of Mary Ann Grant, formerly Chaffer, and her husband Charles Grant, a labourer and later fisherman. Harriet appears in the 1841 census living with her parents and siblings at the hamlet of Mill in Sidlesham parish.

Harriet was married on 15th May 1847, aged 19, to a fisherman named William Binstead, who was originally from the neighbouring parish of Pagham. They married and settled in Sidlesham, living at Mill, very close to Harriet's parents. They had a daughter named Harriet in 1848 and a son named Alfred in 1851. The 1851 census finds them living at Mill in Sidlesham.

In 1855 they had a son named William baptised at Sidlesham, but he died as a young boy when he was only two years old in 1857. There was then quite a gap before the couple had any more children; their next child, Edward James, was baptised in 1864, a full nine years after William's baptism. He was then followed by Walter in 1867.

Harriet's father Charles died in 1870, and her mother Mary Ann died in 1879.

The 1871 census finds William working as a hawker of fish rather than a fisherman - perhaps as he got older he chose not to go to sea any more. In 1891 he was described as a postman, whilst in 1901 he was both "fish hawker and postal letter carrier". In each census from 1851 to 1901 he and Harriet were living at Mill in Sidlesham (the 1871 census does not give the address, but it is clear from the sequence of neighbours that they are in the same house as in 1861).

Harriet died in 1910, aged 82. William outlived her by six years and died in 1916, aged 90 years old.

1. ↑ Sidlesham (St Mary) baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 543
   When baptised: 10 Feb 1828
   Name: Harriet
   Parents: Charles & Mary
   Surname: Grant
   Abode: Mill
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: G.J. Hudson

2. ↑ 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 1103; Book 5; Folio 7; Page 6, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
   Charles Grant, male, 45 [1791-6], Fisherman, born in county
   Mary Grant, female, 45 [1791-6], born in county
   William Grant, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   Joseph Grant, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   Harriett Grant, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Stephen Grant, male, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Alfred Grant, male, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Mark Grant, male, 7 [1833/4], born in county
   Edmund Grant, male, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Thomas Grant, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county

3. ↑ 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 1652; Folio 88; Page 18, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Binsted, head, married, male, 26 [1824/5], Fisherman, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Harriet Binsted, wife, married, female, 23 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Harriet Binsted, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Alfred Binsted, son, male, 13m [1850], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Stephen Grant, brother in law, unmarried, male, 21 [1829/30], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Alfred Grant, brother in law, unmarried, male, 18 [1832/3], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

4. ↑ 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 617; Folio 70; Page 13, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Mill Village, Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Binstead, head, married, male, 33 [1827/8], Fisherman, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Harriet Binstead, wife, married, female, 32 [1828/9], Fisherman's wife, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Harriet Binstead, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1847/8], Fisherman's daughter, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Alfred Binstead, son, unmarried, male, 10 [1850/1], Fisherman's son, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1111; Folio 70; Page 16, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Binstead, head, married, male, 47 [1823/4], Hawker of fish, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Alfred Binstead, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Edwin James Binstead, son, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Walter Binstead, son, male, 4 [1866/7], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

6. ↑ 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.)
   RG11; Piece 1122; Folio 69; Page 11, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Village of Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Binstead, head, married, male, 54 [1826/7], Fish hawker, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 52 [1828/9], Wife, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Edward J. Binstead, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1864/5], Letter carrier, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Walter Binstead, son, male, 14 [1866/7], Cowboy, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

7. ↑ 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 840; Folio 59; Page 2, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Mill Road, Sidlesham, Sussex
   Four rooms occupied
   William Binstead, head, married, male, 65 [1825/6], Postman, employed, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 63 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Edward J. Binstead, son, single, male, 26 [1864/5], Baker, employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Walter Binstead, son, single, male, 24 [1866/7], Fisherman, neither employer nor employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

8. ↑ 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 967; Folio 118; Page 10, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Near Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
   Three rooms occupied
   William Binstead, head, married, male, 74 [1826/7], Fish Hawker & Postal letter carrier, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 73 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

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

   d. Harriett BINSTEAD, June Quarter 1910, Westhampnett Registration District, Vol. 2b, page 230, aged 83 [1826/7]