Person:Harriet Thorpe (5)

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Harriet Thorpe
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Name Harriet Thorpe
Gender Female
Christening[1] 16 Dec 1828 Chichester, Sussex, EnglandSt Peter the Great
Census[2] 6 Jun 1841 Chichester, Sussex, EnglandSmiths Buildings, Southgate
Marriage 1849 Sussex, Englandto George Horton
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Chichester, Sussex, EnglandTheatre Lane
Census[4] 7 Apr 1861 Chichester, Sussex, EnglandSt Pancras Street
Census[5] 2 Apr 1871 Chichester, Sussex, EnglandSt Pancras Street
Census[6] 3 Apr 1881 Chichester, Sussex, England76 St Pancras Street
Death[7] 1887 Chichester, Sussex, England

Harriet Thorpe was baptised on 16th December 1828 at Chichester in Sussex, daughter of a cordwainer named William Thrope and his wife Catherine. The 1841 census finds Harriet living with her parents at Southgate in Chichester.

In 1849, aged about 21, Harriet married an agricultural labourer named George Horton, who was from the village of Merston, just outside Chichester. They settled in Chichester after their marriage, having at least four children together. The 1851 census finds them living on Theatre Lane, after which they moved to St Pancras Street, where they appear in the 1861 census.

George died in 1870, aged 47. After his death Harriet appears in the 1871 census still living on St Pancras Street with three children, the youngest of whom must have been born about the time George died.

Harriet was still at St Pancras Street in 1881. She died in 1887, aged 58, having survived George by nearly 17 years.

References
  1. Sussex Family History Group. Sussex Baptismal Index.

    ch. 16 Dec 1828, St Peter the Great, Chichester, Sussex: Harriet daughter of William & Catherine Thorp, cordwainer of The Basin

  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 1119; Book 11; Folio 60; Page 14, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Smiths Buildings, Southgate, Chichester (Subdeanery), Sussex
    William Tharpe, male, 40 [1796-1801], Shoe m. J., born in county
    Catherine Tharpe, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
    Emma Tharpe, female, 15 [1821-6], born in county
    Harriett Tharpe, female, 11 [1829/30], born in county
    James Tharpe, male, 9 [1831/2], 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 1653; Folio 379; Page 17, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Theatre Lane, Chichester (All Saints), Sussex
    George Horton, head, married, male, 28 [1822/3], Agricultural Labourer, b. Merston, Sussex
    Harriet Horton, wife, married, female, 21 [1829/30], b. Chichester, Sussex
    Catherine Horton, daughter, female, 2m [1851], b. Chichester, 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 624; Folio 64; Page 36, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: St Pancras Street, Chichester (St Pancras), Sussex
    George Horton, head, married, male, 38 [1822/3], Labourer Agricultural, b. Merston, Sussex
    Harriet Horton, wife, married, female, 30 [1830/1], Wife Labourer Agricultural, b. Chichester, Sussex
    Katherine Horton, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], b. Chichester, Sussex
    Albert Horton, son, male, 6 [1854/5], b. Chichester, 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 1118; Folio 93; Page 26, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: South Side, St Pancras Street, Chichester (St Pancras), Sussex
    Harriet Horton, head, widow, female, 40 [1830/1], Charwoman, b. Chichester, Sussex
    Albert Horton, son, male, 15 [1855/6], Ag Lab, b. Chichester, Sussex
    William Horton, son, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Chichester, Sussex
    Charles J. Horton, son, male, 9mo [1870], b. Chichester, 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.)
    Class RG11; Piece 1129; Folio 94; Page 30, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: 76 St Pancras St, Chichester (St Pancras), Sussex
    Harriett Horton, head, widow, female, 51 [1829/30], Laundress, b. Chichester, Sussex
    William Horton, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1864/5], Errand Boy, b. Chichester, Sussex
    Charles Horton, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Chichester, Sussex

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

    d. Harriett HORTON, March Quarter 1887, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 262, aged 57 [1829/30]