FAMILY HISTORY: KNOTT
THE FAMILY OF JOSEPH ALBERT & HARRIET REBECCA BURGESS
CENSUS INFORMATION:
| In the 1861 Census, Harriet Rebecca Knott is not listed with her parents and I believe the following Census entry is Harriet working as a servant in Finsbury, about 3 miles from her parent's home: |
| 1861 CENSUS OF ST LUKE'S, FINSBURY, LONDON, ENGLAND: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| William Watson | Head | Widower | M | 45 | (?) Dealer | Ealing, Middlesex |
| Mary Ann Watson | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 19 | - | St Luke's |
| Lucy Watson | Daughter | - | F | 17 | - | St Luke's |
| Emma Eliza Watson | Daughter | - | F | 10 | Scholar | St Luke's |
| Fanny Maria Watson | Daughter | - | F | 7 | Scholar | St Luke's |
| Thomas Parsons Watson | Son | - | M | 6 | - | St Luke's |
| George Frederick Watson | Son | - | M | 3 | - | St Luke's |
| Edward Kent | Shopman | - | M | 69 | Shopman | Marylebone |
| Harriet Knott | Servant | Unmarried | F | 17 | - | St Luke's |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 74 City Road, St Luke's, Finsbury. (RG9-208, folio 155, page 14) |
| 2: | The handwriting in this entry was very difficult to read. I could not make out William's full occupation and I could not be sure of some of the children's names - especially Thomas' middle name. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk. |
| Between the dates of the 1861 and 1871 Census, Harriet Rebecca Knott married Joseph Albert Burgess, had four children - and lost her husband and two of their children. On the night of the 1871 Census she was a widow living with her two young daughters: |
| 1871 CENSUS OF ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT ALDGATE, TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON, ENGLAND: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Harriet R Burgess | Head | Widow | F | 31 | Charwoman | London, Middlesex |
| Mary A Burgess | Daughter | - | F | 3 | Scholar | London, Middlesex |
| Harriet R Burgess | Daughter | - | F | 10 mos | - | London, Middlesex |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 22 Peter's Court, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets. (RG10-524, folio 64, page 10) |
| 2: | Harriet's daughter Harriet Rachel Burgess died later that year. |
| 3: | The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk. |
| A little less than a year after the date of the 1871 Census, Harriet married Samuel Widgery Buckner. Further Census information is included under their family pages. |
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