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I am looking for Thomas Harness b. 1840, Great Limber in Lincolnshire. Can anybody please help?

this is the nearest in Lincolnshire

Births Dec 1843 (>99%)
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HARNESS Thomas Spilsby 14 548

this is the 1871 census details

Name: Thomas Harness
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Limber, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Thornton Le Moor
Town: Thornton Le Moor
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image
Registration district: Caistor
Sub registration district: Market Rasen
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 25
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Harness 31
Eliza Harness 22
John W Harness 2
Thomas Harness 2 months
Anniss Clement 23

and 1901

Name: Thomas Harness
Age: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Limber, Lincolnshire, England

Civil Parish: Calcethorpe
Ecclesiastical parish: Calcethorpe St Faith
Town: Calcethorpe
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Louth
Sub registration district: Binbrook
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 14
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Harness 61
Eliza Harness 52
Arthur Harness 15
Harry Harness 13
George Harness 11
Ellen E Harness 9

and 1881

Name: Thomas Harness
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Great Limber, Lincoln, England

Civil Parish: Nettleton
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England

Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Ag Lab

Registration district: Caistor
Sub registration district: Caistor
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Harness 41
Eliza Harness 32
John W. Harness 12
Fred Harness 6
Lilly Harness 5
William Harness 2
Annie E. Harness 1

or this

THOMAS HARNESS Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 31 DEC 1837 Croft, Lincoln, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: WILLIAM HARNESS Family
Mother: FRANCES


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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.


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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C027721 1780 - 1857 0421979

1891 is mistranscribed on ancestry

Name: Thomas Harnies
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Limber, Lincolnshire, England

Civil Parish: Raithby
Ecclesiastical parish: Raithby
Town: Raithby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Louth
Sub registration district: Louth
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Harnies 51
Eliza Harnies 42
Georgeana Harnies 24
Lilly Harnies 15
Fred Harnies 17
William Harnies 13
Annie Harnies 11
Kate Harnies 9
Tom Harnies 7
Arthur Harnies 5
Harry Harnies 3
George Harnies 16

tree on ancestry

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1684356810&tid=3808238&ssrc=

Looking at the info victoria gave you this is him on the 1851 census


Name: Thomas Harness
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Frances
Gender: Male
Where born: Croft, Lincolnshire, England

Civil Parish: Burgh Le Marsh
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Spilsby
Sub registration district: Burgh
ED, institution, or vessel: 7a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 4
Household Members: Name Age
Frances Harness 44
William Harness 16
Thomas Harness 13
Fanny Harness 10
Mary Harness 8
Harriet Harness 6
Jessy Harness 3

and this is 1841

Name: Thomas Harness
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Gender: Male
Where born: Lincolnshire, England

Civil Parish: Burgh in The Marsh
Hundred: Candleshoe (Marsh Division)
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Spilsby
Sub registration district: Burgh
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Harness 35
Frances Harness 30
George Harness 12
Maria Harness 10
Vial Harness 8
William Harness 6
Thomas Harness 3
Fanny Harness 11 Mo

???? Great (Magna) Limber is in Caistor reg'n district

1851 England Census
Name: Thomas Harness
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: South Kelsey
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

View Image
Registration district: Caistor
Sub registration district: Caistor
ED, institution, or vessel: 13a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
William Harness 40 - ag lab
Elizabeth Harness 35
John Harness 15
Thomas Harness 12
Sarah Harness 10
William Harness 8
Fanny Harness 4
Mary Harness 3
Richard Harness 15 Mo

Possible marriage

Thomas Harness 1868 Caistor Lincolnshire
Eliza Wackett 1868 Caistor Lincolnshire



Name: Thomas Harness
Year of Registration: 1868
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Caistor
County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 1031 (click to see others on page)

if South Kelsey is correct then this could be him in 1861

Name: Thomas Harness
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: S Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England

Civil Parish: South Killingholme
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View Image

Registration district: Glanford Brigg
Sub registration district: Barton
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 21
Household Members: Name Age
John Humphrey 34
Anne Humphrey 34
Elizabeth Humphrey 31
Susanna Robinson 16
George Hames 24
Henry Hanewell 18
Thomas Harness 21



and this would be the correct family in 1841


Name: Thomas Harnes
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Gender: Male
Where born: Lincolnshire, England

Civil Parish: South Kelsey
Hundred: Walshcroft (North Division)
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Caistor
Sub registration district: Caistor
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Harnes 30
Elizabeth Harnes 25
John Harnes 5
Catharine Harnes 3
Thomas Harnes 2
Sarah Harnes 5 Mo


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The only way to be totally sure is to send for either a birth certificate or the marriage cert to at least find out his father's name.

Another possible birth record with slightly different spelling


Name: Thomas Harneis
Year of Registration: 1839
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Caistor
County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 14
Page: 287 (click to see others on page)

From the IGI (LDS Family Search site)

Baptism - Great Limber batch C028701

1 May 1839 Thomas HARNISS son of William & Elizabeth