5. Elizabeth Harris (nee Hunt)

Elizabeth Hunt
1815 26 November Baptised .  Harrow St Mary.  Father Joseph Hunt, Mother Mary Hunt.

1835 11 March married John Harris, Paddington Church, Paddington, London
1851 Census information (see blog 6)
1836-60 Children (see blog 2)
1859 5 December SS Agincourt departed London for Melbourne (see blog 3)

1893 Death, aged 77 21 Agnis St East Melbourne Death Certificate 2650
Chronic rheumatism, cardiac failure 4 weeks. Informant John Harris of 21 Agnis St
Born Harrow England, 32 years in Victoria
Married England date unknown John Harris
Father Joseph Hunt Labourer, Mother Mary Price.
Children
Elizabeth 58
William dec'd
Mary dec'd
George dec'd
John 48
Matilda 46
Sarah 44
Tabitha 41
Pamela 39
James 36
Joseph 32



Photograph of Elizabeth Harris and two of her daughters and a grandchild


Bereavement Card for Elizabeth Harris

4. Elizabeth Streitberg (nee Harris) Nurse

Elizabeth Harris’ (bc1815) granddaughter said that the family story was that Elizabeth had been trained as a nurse by Florence Nightingale.  As a result of her nursing training Elizabeth was often called upon to supply aid in Gippsland West’s forestry and farming camps and communities.

“In the Crimea on 29 November 1855, the Nightingale Fund was established for the training of nurses during a public meeting to recognise Nightingale for her work in the war. There was an outpouring of generous donations. Sidney Herbert served as honorary secretary of the fund and the Duke of Cambridge was chairman. Nightingale was considered a pioneer in the concept of medical tourism as well, based on her 1856 letters describing spas in the Ottoman Empire. She detailed the health conditions, physical descriptions, dietary information, and other vital details of patients whom she directed there. The treatment there was significantly less expensive than in Switzerland.

Nightingale had £45,000 at her disposal from the Nightingale Fund to set up the Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas' Hospital on 9 July 1860. The first trained Nightingale nurses began work on 16 May 1865 at the Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary. “

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale)

Immigration information has Elizabeth Harris in Melbourne by early 1860 (aged 23).  Elizabeth Harris' nursing training would seemingly have occurred in Melbourne in the Nightingale approach, rather than under Nightingale.

Elizabeth Streitberg (nee Harris). 

3. SS Agincourt 1860 Passenger List

Agincourt departed London 5/12/1859
Destination Melbourne
Harris' intermediate steerage
31passengers (23 adults, 8 children)

Arrived Melbourne March 1860
HARRIS ELIZABETH 45
HARRIS ELIZABETH 23
HARRIS MARY 19
HARRIS GEORGE 17
HARRIS JOHN 15
HARRIS MATILDA 10
HARRIS SARAH 9
HARRIS TABITHA 7
HARRIS PAMELA 5
HARRIS JAMES 3

Newspaper clipping via TROVE
Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), Wednesday 14 March 1860, page 2

Where is John Harris born 1814?

Index to Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852-1923 - See more at: http://prov.vic.gov.au/

Wikipedia has an entry on the Agincourt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agincourt_(1844_ship)

Not the 1859 journey, but a description that gives some idea of the trip to Australia for immigrants.
http://www.angelfire.com/al/aslc/agincourt.htm

2. Emigrant Generation

John Harris

b 3 May 1814 Harrow on the Hill

married 11 Mar 1835 Elizabeth Hunt Paddington Church, Paddington, London
died 1873 16 June (age 59) Paralysis two months 42 La Trobe street West Melbourne Death certificate 4963
Labourer
Father James Harris Letter Carrier, Mother Tabitha Essen

Children:

Elizabeth  b 3 Jan 1836, Baytree Cottage Sudbury

William    b 23 Mar 1838, Trostan near Dorchester, d 4 Aug 1870 East India.

Mary        b 10 Feb 1840, Great North St Lisson Grove Paddington

George     b 15 April 1842, Rose Cottage, Kensal Newton Paddington, d 11 Oct 1879 Maryborough Victoria

John         b 19 Apr 1844, Somerset Place, Kensal, Town Parish of St Lukes Chelsea

Matilda     b 13 Mar 1846, Bortbold

Sarah        b 12 Mar 1848, Hatfield Terrace Latimer Rd, Shepherds Bush

Tabitha     b 28 Nov 1850, Hatfield Terrace Latimer Rd, Shepherds Bush

Pamela     b 8 Feb 1853, Hatfield Terrace Latimer Rd, Shepherds Bush, d 29 Sep 1934 Collingwood Victoria

James       b 8 Sep 1855, Hatfield Terrace Latimer Rd, Shepherds Bush

Joseph      b 23 Dec 1860 Hatfield Terrace Latimer Rd, Shepherds Bush, d Geelong Victoria

Look at:

http://wiki.sepe.org.uk/index.php?title=Place:Kensington_Registration_District,_1871_Census_Street_Index_J-L

Notes

1. Sudbury is within Harrow
2. Dorchester is in Dorset
3. the Streitberg Farm in Darnum was named Sudbury.

Latimer Road (northern end, looking towards North Pole Road) circa 1900 (NK Community Archive)
Before the Motorway was built, Latimer Road ran all the way from North Pole Road south towards Shepherd’s Bush. It was a familiar walking route for those in North Kensington, ending at Norland Market which ran to the junction of Norland Road and Holland Park Avenue.
http://northkensingtonhistories.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/latimer-road-laundries-and-shops/

THOMPSON—HARRIS - On the 12th April, at the residence of the bride's mother, 142 Latrobe-street west, by the Rev. Mr. Taylor, J. P. Thompson, eldest son of F. Thompson, Victorian Railways, to Pamela, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Harris.

Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers Mon 17 May 1875 Page 78 Family Notices

1. 19th Century and before

There are a number of relevant Harris family blogs and pages that can be referred to:

• Ancestry.com has a page relating to Tabitha Essen and James Harris (Marriage Entry of James Harris and Tabitha Essen Harrow St Mary Middlesex. 10 Oct 1809)
• http://mepnab.netau.net/h/harris.html
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/l/Graeme-Bruce-Goller/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0140.html

haze1773 has the following information
Richard Harris m Sarah
child James Harris b1760 (Harrow on the Hill) d 1797

John Nicholas b1678 m Mary James (b1678)
Children of John and Mary
Daniel b1701 (Harrow), Samual b1705 (Harrow) James Nicholas b 1709 (St Mary
Harrow) m Mary Roading b1710

Children of James Nichols and Mary Roading
Henry Nicholas b1732 d 1732, Anne Nicholas b 1736, Mary Nicholas b 1733 d
1768 m Richard Steptoe b1732 d 1801 (all the Nicholas' are born Harrow)

Children of Mary and Richard Steptoe
Mary b1757 (Harrow on the Hill) d 1827 m James Harris, William b1758 d
1759, Elizabeth b 1760, d 1760, Catherine b 1761

Steve Clarke has extensive research that includes the family of Mary Steptoe.
http://www.steve-clarke.com/main/familychart.php?personID=I13825&tree=main

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A couple of pages from the Parish Baptism Register - St Mary the Virgin Northolt 1701-1812 (split over three images).  Of interest are:
1757 March 28 Mary daughter of Richard and Mary Steptoe
1758 October 8 Daniel son of Richard and Mary Steptoe
1759 January 22 Elizabeth daughter of Richard and Mary Steptoe
1761 April 12 Catherine daughter of Richard and Mary Steptoe

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haze1773 has the following information cont/
Children of Mary Steptoe and James Harris
James b1783 d 1853 m Tabitha Essen b1792, Sarah b 1785, William b1785 d
1786, John b 1789, Mary b1791, d 1807, Thomas b1795

Children of James and Tabitha
Mary b1810, James b1812, d 1862, John b1814, 1873, Thomas b1816, William
b1818, George b1820, Matilda b1822, Pamela b1824, Alfred b 1827, Cornala
b1827, Tabitha b1829 d1901, Emma b1831, d1832 (all Harrow on the Hill)

The following information is based on research supplied by Lena Allen.

James Harris married Mary ?

Child of James Harris and Mary

James Harris b1783 Harrow on the Hill, d 6 Jul 1853

John Essen married Sarah

Child of John Essen and Sarah

Tabitha Essen b13 Jun 1791, Sherbourne Dorset, d?

James Harris married Tabitha Essen

Children all born Harrow on the Hill Middlesex

Mary        b 29 Aug 1810

James       b 15 Sep 1812

John         b 3 May 1814 (d. 6 June 1873, West Melbourne Victoria.)

Thomas    b 22 Jan 1816

William    b 24 Mar 1818

George     b 20 Apr 1820

Matilda     b 7 May 1822

Pamela     b 13 May 1824

Alfred      b 24 May 1827

Tabitha     b 16 May 1829

Emma       b 15 May 1831, d 26 Jul 1832

Arthur      b 2 Aug 1833

Emma       b 13 Jan 1836, d 5 Aug 1838

Graeme Goller's information is in brackets

View near Harrow on the Hill, spire of St Mary's Church visible in the distance. Francis Jukes, 1798Wikipedia "Harrow on the Hill formed an ancient parish and later civil parish in the Gore hundred of Middlesex.^[4] In 1831 it had a population of 3,861 and occupied an area of 9,870 acres (39.9 km²). "