Harriet Abbey [Bruce] (1876-1905)

Dates

Birth: January-March 1876 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Father: John Abbey (Abbay) 1845-1915
Mother: Sarah King 1850-1913

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: 11 October 1900 St Mary, Lambeth, London, UK
Husband: Gilbert Stuart Bruce 1863-1906

Death: July-September 1905 Wandsworth, London, UK

Children

Unknown

Notes

Birth of Harriet Abbey in FreeBMD in January-March 1876 in Knaresbro (9a 98).

In the 1881 census as Harriet Abbey aged 5, born in Knaresboro, Yorkshire, and living with her parents (John and Sarah), brother (James), (half-)brother (John), and sister (Mary A) in Windsor Lane, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.

In the 1891 census as Harriet Abbey aged 15, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and living with her parents (John and Sara), two brothers (James H and Tom R), (half-)brother (John), and two sisters (Margaret H and Mary A) in four rooms in Windsor Lane, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.

Marriage of Harriet Abbey and Gilbert Stuart Bruce in FreeBMD in October-December 1900 in Lambeth (1d 733).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for Harriet Abbey aged 24, father John Abbey, and Gilbert Stuart Bruce on 11 October 1900 at St Mary, Lambeth. "Page 91 [...] 1900 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of St Mary Lambeth in the County of London. [No.] 182 Oct 11 1900 Gilbert Stuart Bruce [aged] 38 [a] Bachelor [and] Merchant [of] 5 Park Mansions [father] George Crossthwaite Bruce Retired, [and] Harriet Abbey [aged] 24 [a] Spinster [of] Knaresborough, Yorkshire, [father] John Abbey Retired. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by Licence".

In the 1901 census as Harriet Bruce aged 25, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and living with her husband (Gilbert E Bruce) and a servant (Agnes Draper aged 20, single and born in Stowmarket, Suffolk) at 5 Park Mansions, Kennington, Lambeth, London.

Death of Harriet Bruce in FreeBMD in July-September 1905 aged 29 in Wandsworth (1d 279).

There are twenty five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Harriet Abbey.

Relationship

Harriet Abbey was the first cousin of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.

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