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Looking for any info on members of the Bedfordshire Harrison family (William and Benjamin lived and owned the Duck Mill in Bedford c.1800 - 1850) and their ancestors. We can't find anything before 1800! Any clues appreciated!

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Name: Benjamin Harrison
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date:
Baptism/Christening Place:
Birth Date: 08 Dec 1790
Birthplace: BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE QUAKER QUARTERLY MEETING, , BEDFORD, ENGLAND
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Barnard Harrison
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C15178-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 828173
Reference Number:
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

What relationship was there between these men?

Brothers?

Father & son?

Some other combination?

Can you give a bit more info, please, Timothy?

When and where were William and Benjamin born? When did they marry? What, if any, census have you found them on?

Benjamin Harrison

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
birth: 08 Dec 1790 — BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE QUAKER QUARTERLY MEETING, , BEDFORD, ENGLAND
residence: Bedford, England
parents: Barnard Harrison, Elizabeth

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Benjamin Harrison
gender: Male
birth date: 08 Dec 1790
birthplace: BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE QUAKER QUARTERLY MEETING, , BEDFORD, ENGLAND
father's name: Barnard Harrison
mother's name: Elizabeth
indexing project (batch) number: C15178-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 828173

Benjamin Harrison

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
birth: 08 Dec 1790 — Haven End, Hertford, England
residence: Bedford, England
parents: Barnard Harrison, Elizabeth

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Benjamin Harrison
gender: Male
birth date: 08 Dec 1790
birthplace: Haven End, Hertford, England
father's name: Barnard Harrison
mother's name: Elizabeth
indexing project (batch) number: C02108-7
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 583988

Barnard Harrison

England Marriages, 1538–1973
parents: Francis Harrison, Alice
spouse: Elizabeth Nutting
marriage: 24 Jul 1783 — Bedford, Bedford, England

record title: England Marriages, 1538–1973
groom's name: Barnard Harrison
bride's name: Elizabeth Nutting
marriage date: 24 Jul 1783
marriage place: Bedford, Bedford, England
groom's father's name: Francis Harrison
groom's mother's name: Alice
bride's father's name: Henry Nutting
bride's mother's name: Sarah
indexing project (batch) number: I04875-6
system origin: England-EASy
source film number:

Barnard Harison

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
residence: Bedford, England

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Barnard Harison
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 25 Aug 1576
baptism/christening place: SAINT PAUL,BEDFORD,BEDFORD,ENGLAND
indexing project (batch) number: C06202-2
system origin: England-ODM
source film number:

name: Elizabeth HARRISON
gender: Female
birth: 1631

christening: 1631 Oct 30
Old Warden, Bedford, Eng
burial: 1681/1682 Feb 11
Old Warden, Bedford, Eng
AFN: G1SS-56

Parents
father: Thomas HARISON (AFN: G1SS-9V )
mother: Elizabeth FARR FARRE (AFN: G1SS-B2 )

Marriages (1)
spouse: Oliver JAMES (AFN: G1SS-41 )
marriage: 1657 Jun 24
Old Warden, Bedford, Eng
Hide children (4)

child 1: Robert JAMES (AFN: G1SS-7J )
gender: Male
birth: 1664


child 2: Edward JAMES (AFN: G1SS-8P )
gender: Male
birth: 1667


child 3: John JAMES (AFN: G1SS-6C )
gender: Male
birth: 1662

burial: 1663 Apr 29
Old Warden, Bedford, Eng

child 4: Oliver JAMES (AFN: 1GD0-PT )
gender: Male
birth: 1671 Abt
Of Northill, Beds., Eng.

Many thanks for all your replies. I am now able to post the following information which my dad managed to reseach. I am looking for information about a) William's ancestors and b) Frank's descendants - we have no info about either. Many thanks!

William Harrison was born in Luton Beds in 1802 and would grow up to become an important member of society in Bedford, the county town. He became a farmer and Miller in the early 1840s, becoming the owner of the Duck mill which was situated fronting the river Ouse opposite the Swan hotel and next to the bridge where there had been a mill in existence for hundreds of years. He lived in a house backing onto the mill in Potter Street (now (Cardington Road) and besides running the mill employing 4 or 5 men, he became a member of Bedford town council in 1847. He would later became an alderman before retiring in 1862. He lived until 1877 when he died in Bedford having been recorded in the 1871 census as living with a 34 old wife Sophia as against the 1861 census which showed him living with his wife Sarah who was his contemporary and each census in that he had a general servant in residence to so he was evidently prosperous to some degree.

His son Benjamin Harrison was born around 1831 and helped his father run the mill until he and it took it over when his father William retired. William vacated the house and moved elsewhere in Bedford so that Benjamin could be on the spot with his family Benjamin. My great grandfather was reputed to be a robust personality was also a member of Bedford town council and of the Harper Trust, being a liberal politician was a founder member of the Bedford musical society. There was a report in the Beds times where he had taken a bargee to court for stealing some hay from his meadow and he was reported to be a bold and outspoken advocate of local rights and privileges. He also married twice, his first wife Eliza having produced a son Frank in 1864 but she must have died as in 1876 he married Agnes Elizabeth Allen who was 20 years his junior however they had three children and Dora Albert Benjamin ( my grandfather) and Allen. Ttragically however Benjamin had a seizure at the age of 52 from which he never recovered and left his young wife widowed in 1883 with three young children aged under five including a baby only a few weeks old. Two months after his death the Duck mill and Newnham mill which he also owned and his meadows by the river was sold by his executors for £6750 to Bedford town council and the mill demolished to make way for a new weir in 1891.

To pick out what you actually want to know from the above...............

Any descendants of Frank Harrison born 1864........born WHERE please?,

Parents of William Harrison born in Luton c1802
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Have you found Frank on the 1881 census? FREE on www.familysearch.org

Have you looked on freebmd for a possible marriage for him?

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Same site for his death......................................................

Have you looked for William's baptism?

www.familysearch.org

OR

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

When did William marry Sarah?

Have you tried to find that out?

You didn't mention that Benjamin was born in Buckingham..........or that Frank had a second forename - what was it?. Those details are vital...........

1871

Name: Benjamin Harrison
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1832
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Eliza Ann Harrison
Gender: Male
Where born: Buckinghamshire, England
Civil Parish: St Mary
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Bedford
Sub-registration district: Bedford and Kempston
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 157
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamin Harrison 39
Eliza Ann Harrison 44
Frank S Harrison 6 b. Beds
Sophia Lovell 21

Frank in 1891

Name: Frank S Harrison
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sophia E Harrison
Gender: Male
Where born: Bedfordshire, England

Civil Parish: St Luke
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England


Registration district: Holborn
Sub-registration district: Whitecross Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Frank S Harrison 26
Sophia E Harrison 28
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AND in 1901

Name: Frank S Harrison
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sophia E Harrison
Gender: Male
Where born: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Tottenham
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Registration district: Edmonton
Sub-registration district: Tottenham
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 197
Household Members: Name Age
Frank S Harrison 36
Sophia E Harrison 38
Frank O P Harrison 2

You've got a bit to work on now..........happy hunting

Many thanks all, some good tips and info there - very much appreciated.

Flick - many thanks! Frank Standen Harrison I believe.

Keenest of all to go back a generation or two from William, yes.

Otherwise sorry for vagueness - I am not a seasoned genealogist and am only going on what I have! Will ask my dad for more info :-)

Try looking for William's baptism as advised.

And, I know it's fascinating to you, but posting all the minutiae of their lives isn't necessary. To be brutally honest, I find it very off-putting, but that's possibly only me!

To help you, we need you to give the facts as you know them, and the details of what you wish us to try to find

1871

Name: Sophia E Harrison
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William Harrison
Gender: Female
Where born: Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: St Peter
Town: Bedford
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Bedford
Sub-registration district: Bedford and Kempston
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 20
Household Members: Name Age
William Harrison 68
Sophia E Harrison 34
Elizabeth Faulkner 32
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Buy this cert - for William's father's details.............

Marriages Dec 1869 (>99%)
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Harrison William Bedford 3b 722
SIMPSON Sophia Elizabeth Bedford 3b 722