Baptised: 17 Apr 1810, Totnes parish church, Devon 1

Died: Mar 1892, Lambeth 2

Census: 1861, 10 Grosvenor Street West, St Mary Newington, Lambeth, London 3

Census: 1871, Richmond Terrace, St Mary Newington, Surrey 4

Census: 1881, 46 Blackman St, Newington, Surrey 5

Married 1: John Hinchcliffe

Children:
  • William Harris, born 1836
  • Married 2: Sep 1859, Newington, John Hinchcliffe 6

    Father: Richard Harris

    Mother: Mary Smerdon

    Notes:

    can not find her in the 1891 census or death
    She was in millinery and hatmaking
    Jan Wood reports 18.8.11
    A mystery from the census: Both Charlotte Hinchcliffe nee Harris and Susanna Eddy Adams nee Harris
    had a nephew named Samuel R. Johnson who was born in Pimlico or Paddington, London in abt
    1855, and who was deaf and dumb from early childhood.  He seemed to  live with Charlotte Hinchcliffe
    and her husband as a little boy and the Adams family when he got older, and became
    a bookbinder.  As a middle aged man he lodged with his widowed cousin Mary Jane Carter nee
    Adams and her sons, but sadly in 1911 ended up as an inmate in Camberwell Union Workhouse.
    To be a nephew of both Harris women I assume he had to be a child of one of their sisters.
      The only two I can see as possibilities are Lydia and her older sister Elizabeth.

    Sources:

    1. Parish Register Totnes
    2. BMD Index
    3. Name:	HINCHCLIFFE,  Charlotte Smerdon
      Registration District: 	Lambeth, London
      Year of Registration: 	1892 	Jan-Feb-Mar
      Age at death: 	82
      Volume No: 	1D
      Page No: 	397
    4. 1861 British Census, 10 Grosvenor Street West, St Mary Newington, Lambeth, London
    5. Reg. District:	Newington	Sub District:	2 St Peter Walworth
      Parish:	St Mary Newington	Enum. District:	 18
      Ecclesiastical District:	St Peter Walworth	City/Municipal Borough:	Lambeth
      Address:	10 Grosvenor Street West, St Mary Newington, Lambeth
      County:	London, Surrey
      
      HINCHCLIFFE, John	Head	Married	 M	49	1812	Cashier To A Gas Company Newington Surrey
      HINCHCLIFFE, Charlotte	Wife	Married	 F	50	1811	 Totnes Devon
      HINCHCLIFFE, Marianne	Sister	Unmarried	 F	47	1814	 Newington Surrey
      JOHNSON, Samuel	Nephew		 M	6	1855	 Deaf &...	Pimlico Middlesex
      BATTS, Martha	Servant		 F	14	1847	House Servant Battersea Surrey
    6. 1871 British Census, Richmond Terrace, St Mary Newington, Surrey
    7. 1871 census transcription details for:  Richmond Terrace, St Mary Newington
      
      National Archive Reference:
      RG10/616/36/P 66
      
      Reg. District:	St Saviour Southwark	Sub District:	St Peter Walworth
      Parish:	St Mary Newington	Enum. District:	 10
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	Richmond Terrace, St Mary Newington
      County:	London, Surrey
      
      HINCHCLIFFE, John	Head		 M	59	1812	Clerk to Gas Company	Surrey
      HINCHCLIFFE, Charlotte A	Wife		 F	60	1811		Devon, Totnes
      HINCHCLIFFE, Mary A	Sister		 F	57	1814		Surrey
      BUGG, Harriet	Servant		 F	19	1852		Essex
    8. 1881 British Census, 46 Blackman St, Newington, Surrey
    9. Reg. District:	St Saviour Southwark	Sub District:	Trinity Newington
      Parish:	Newington	Enum. District:
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	46 Blackman St, Newington, London, Surrey
      
      ADAMS, John	Head	Widower	 M	61	1820	Milliner Warwick Warwickshire
      HENCHCLIFFE, Charlotte J	Visitor	Widow	 F	70	1811	 Deaf And Dumb	Totnes Devon
      JOHNSON, Sam R	Neph	Single	 M	26	1855	Bookbinder London, London Middlesex
      PUGH, Caroline W	Niece	Married	 F	45	1836	Saleswoman London, London Middlesex
      HOCKINGS, Morris	Boarder	Single	 F	20	1861	Saleswoman London, London Middlesex
      CLAYDON, Mary A	Servant	Widow	 F	51	1830	Domt Servt Kingswood Buckinghamshire
      PIPER, Marjorie	Boarder	Single	 F	21	1860	Domestic London, London Middlesex
    10. BMD Marriage Index
    11. Harris	Charlotte Smerdon 	Marriages	Sep 1859	Newington 	1d	232
      Hinchcliffe	John 	Marriages	Sep 1859	Newington 	1d	232

    Married: 21 Aug 1774, Ashburton, Devon, Susanna Potter 1

    Children:
  • Richard Harris, bapt. 1779
  • Elizabeth Harris, bapt. 1782
  • Mary Harris, bapt. 1785
  • Source: 2

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - M050201
    2. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    3. sons birth

    Born: 16 Sep 1811, Totnes, Devon

    Baptised: 29 Dec 1812, Totnes parish church, Devon 1, 2

    Died: Mar 1897, Totnes, Devon 3

    Census: 1851, 93 Albany, Saint Pancras, Marylebone, Middlesex 4

    Occupation: Painter Glazier & Plumber, 1851

    Occupation: House Decorator Employing 3 Mens, 1861

    Census: 1861, 93 Albany Street, St Pancras, London 5

    Census: 1871, 127 Albany Street, St Pancras, London, Middlesex 6

    Census: 1881, 82 Albany Ho, High St, Totnes, Devon 7

    Occupation: Retired Builder Mayor Of Borough Totnes, 1881, Totnes, Devon

    Occupation: JP, 1891

    Census: 1891, Church Terrace Abany House, Bridgetown, Berry Pomeroy, Manor Bridgetown, Totnes 8

    Married: Mar 1844, Marylebone, London, Susanna Adams 9

    Father: Richard Harris

    Mother: Mary Smerdon

    Notes:

    See William Smerdon & Mary Ann Harris marriage
    He moved to London when young
    As a middle aged man, returned to Totnes, where he had a good business as a house decorator.
     He was Mayor of Totnes in 1881, and a JP.  I don't think he had any children.  He left a will
    which (if a copy was bought) would reveal who his beneficiaries were.

    Sources:

    1. IGI Totnes, Devon - C050201
    2. Parish Register Totnes
    3. BMD Index
    4. Name:	HARRIS,  Edward
      Registration District: 	Totnes, Devon
      Year of Registration: 	1897	Jan-Feb-Mar
      Age at death: 	85
      Volume No: 	5B
      Page No: 	139
    5. 1851 British Census, 93 Albany, Saint Pancras, Marylebone, Middlesex
    6. Reg. District:	Saint Pancras	Sub District:	Regents Park
      Parish:	Saint Pancras	Enum. District:	 12
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Marylebone
      Address:	93 Albany, Saint Pancras, Marylebone, Middlesex
      
      HARRIS, Edward	Head	Married	 M	39	1812	Painter Glazier & Plumber Totnes Devonshire
      HARRIS, Susan	Wife	Married	 F	36	1815	Corn Operator St Marylebone
      BUCKINGHAM, Eliza	Servant	Unmarried	 F	22	1829	Servant Bermondsey
    7. 1861 British Census, 93 Albany Street, St Pancras, London
    8. Reg. District:	Pancras	Sub District:	1 Regent's Park
      Parish:	St Pancras	Enum. District:	 12
      Ecclesiastical District:	Christchurch	City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	93 Albany Street, St Pancras, London
      
      HARRIS, Edward	Head	Married	 M	49	1812	House Decorator Employing 3 Mens Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Susan	Wife	Married	 F	47	1814	Chiropodist London
      ROBERTS, Ann	Servant	Unmarried	 F	18	1843	Home Servant Stenstone Oxford
    9. 1871 British Census, 127 Albany Street, St Pancras, London, Middlesex
    10. Reg. District:	Pancras	Sub District:	Regent's Park
      Parish:	St Pancras	Enum. District:	 12
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	127 Albany Street, St Pancras, London, Middlesex
      
      HARRIS, Edward	Head		 M	59	1812	House Decorator (2-3men)	Devon
      HARRIS, Susan	Wife		 F	57	1814		Middlesex
      BROWN, Emelie	Servant		 F	20	1851		Middlesex
    11. 1881 British Census, 82 Albany Ho, High St, Totnes, Devon
    12. RG11/2176/124 P13
      Registration District:Totnes
      Sub District:Totnes
      Civil Parish:Totnes
      Address: 82 Albany Ho, High St, Totnes, Devon
      HARRIS, Edward	Head	Married	M	69	1812	 Retired Builder Mayor Of Borough Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Susan	Wife	Married	F	67	1814	 Mary Le Bone Middlesex
      HOOPER, Louisa	Servant	Single	F	19	1862	 General Servant Totnes Devon
    13. 1891 British Census, Church Terrace Abany House, Bridgetown, Berry Pomeroy, Manor Bridgetown, Totnes
    14. Reg. District:	Totnes	Sub District:	Totnes
      Parish:	Berry Pomeroy	Enum. District:	 3
      Ecclesiastical District:	Berry Pomeroy	City/Municipal Borough:	Totnes
      Address:	Church Terrace Abany House, Bridgetown, Berry Pomeroy, Manor Bridgetown, Totnes
      County:	Devonshire
      
      HARRIS, Edward	Head	Married	 M	79	1812	Local J P Totnes Devonshire
      HARRIS, Susanna	Wife	Married	 F	77	1814	 Marylebone London
      GLANVILLE, Elizabeth	Servant	Single	 F	24	1867	General Servant Domestic Whitchurch Devonshire
    15. BMD Marriage Index
    16. Harris	Edward 	Marriages	Mar 1844	Marylebone 	1	136
      Adams	Susanna 	Marriages	Mar 1844	Marylebone 	1	136

    Baptised: 21 May 1782, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Father: Edward Harris

    Mother: Susanna Potter

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201

    Born: 21 Jul 1814, Totnes, Devon

    Baptised: 18 Feb 1817, Totnes parish church, Devon 1

    Father: Richard Harris

    Mother: Mary Smerdon

    Sources:

    1. Parish Register Totnes

    Born: Dec 1866, Totnes, Devon 1

    Census: 1881, 51 Fore St, Totnes, Devon 2

    Father: Thomas Smerdon Harris

    Mother: Mary Elizabeth Roberts

    Notes:

    Is there an A/H problem?
    not found in 1891 census
    if so possible BMD
    Harris	Ernest Henry 	Marriages	Jun 1895	Totnes 	5b	382
    Dyer	Elizabeth Hannah 	Marriages	Jun 1895	Totnes 	5b	382
    Stapleton	Rosina Stockman 	Marriages	Jun 1895	Totnes 	5b	382

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Harris	Ernest A 	Births	Dec 1866	Totnes 	5b	187
    3. 1881 British Census, 51 Fore St, Totnes, Devon
    4. RG11/2176/82 P10
      Registration District:Totnes
      Sub District:Totnes
      Civil Parish:Totnes
      Address: 51 Fore St, Totnes, Devon
      HARRIS, Thomas S	Head	Married	M	57	1824	 Painter Gilder & Decorator (Employing 2 Men & 1 Boy)
      Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Mary E		Wife	Married	F	51	1830	 London Middlesex
      HARRIS, Mary		Daug	Single	F	23	1858	 Milliner Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Charlotte	Daug	Single	F	22	1859	 Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Ernest A	Son	Single	M	14	1867	 Scholar Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Thomas S	Son	Single	M	10	1871	 Scholar Totnes Devon

    Born: Dec 1898, Totnes, Devon 1

    Died: Mar 1954, Winchester, Hampshire 1

    Census: 1901, 51 Fore Street, Totnes, Devonshire 2

    Census: 1911, 51 Fore Street, Totnes, Devonshire 3

    Father: Thomas Edward Harris

    Mother: Annie Louisa

    Notes:

    If this death is hers then she did not marry

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Harris	Gertrude Mary H 	Births	Dec 1898	Totnes 	5b	144

      Name:	HARRIS,  Gertrude M H
      Registration District: 	Winchester, Hampshire
      Year of Registration: 	1954	Jan-Feb-Mar
      Age at death: 	55
      Volume No: 	6B
      Page No: 	822
    3. 1901 British Census, 51 Fore Street, Totnes, Devonshire
    4. Reg. District:	Totnes	Sub District:	Totnes
      Parish:	Totnes	Enum. District:	 7
      Ecclesiastical District:	Totnes	City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	51 Fore Street, Totnes, Devonshire
      
      HARRIS, Thomas Edward	Head	Married	 M	30	1871	House Decorator Totnes Devonshire
      HARRIS, Annie Louisa	Wife	Married	 F	31	1870	 New South Wales
      HARRIS, Gertrude Mary	Daughter	Single	 F	2	1899	 Totnes Devonshire
      HARRIS, Charlotte Haydard	Daughter	Single	 F	1	1900	 Totnes Devonshire
      OSBORNE, Herbert	Boarder	Single	 M	28	1873	Assist School Master Harrold Bedfordshire
    5. 1911 British Census, 51 Fore Street, Totnes, Devonshire
    6. Reg. District:	Totnes	Sub District:	Totnes
      Parish:	Totnes	Enum. District:	 7
      Address:	Fore Street Totnes, Devonshire
      
      HARRIS, Thomas Edward	Head	Married	 M	40	1871	House Decorator	Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Anne Louisa	Wife	Married 13 years	 F	42	1869		Sydney N S W
      HARRIS, Gertrude Math Hazeland	Daughter	Single	 F	12	1899	School	Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Charlotte Hazeland	Daughter	Single	 F	11	1900	School	Totnes Devon
      HARRIS, Reginald Thomas Hazeland	Son	Single	 M	2	1909		Totnes Devon
      HAZELAND, John Manning	Visitor	Widower	 M	71	1840	None	Taunton Somerset

    Born: 1829, Totnes

    Census: 1841, Fore St, Totnes, Devon 1

    Father: Richard Harris

    Mother: Mary Smerdon

    Notes:

    reputed son, but no evidence

    Sources:

    1. 1841 British Census, Fore St, Totnes
    2. Piece: HO107/213
      Place: Coleridge -Devon Enumeration District: 1
      Civil Parish: Totnes Ecclesiastical Parish: Totnes
      Folio: 7 Page: 9
      Address: Fore Street
      
      Surname	 First name(s)	Sex Age	 Occupation	Where Born
      HARRIS	 Richard	 M  61	 Painter 	 Devon
      HARRIS	 Mary	 	 F  54	 	 	 Devon
      HARRIS	 Prudence Mary	 F  22	 	 	 Devon
      HARRIS	 Thomas Smearden M  20	 	 	 Devon
      HARRIS	 Henry	 	 M  12	 	 	 Devon
      HARRIS	 William	 M   5	 	 	 Devon
      BROWN	 Catherine	 F  68	 	 	 Outside Census County
      BROWN	 Susan	 	 F  28	 Milliner 	 Devon
      LIGHT	 Jane	 	 F  12	 	 	 Devon
       Page: 8/10
      NORMAN	 Maria	 	 F  12	 	 	 Devon
      LIGHT	 Walter	 	 M   6	 	 	 Devon

      The 5 year old grandson William HARRIS, who was the illegitimate son of their daughter Charlotte
      

    Born: 11 Feb 1821, Totnes, Devon

    Baptised: 1 May 1823, Totnes parish church, Devon 1

    Died: Dec 1885, West Ham 2

    Census: 1851, 31 Brompton Row, Kensington, Hamlet Brompton, Middlesex 3

    Occupation: millinery, 1851, Brompton, London

    Census: 1871, Albany Street, St Pancras, Middlesex 4

    Census: 1881, 73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex 5

    Married: Joseph Hamilton

    Children:
  • Helen Hamilton, born 1847
  • Charles Hamilton, born 1849
  • Lydia Mary Hamilton, born 1861
  • Father: Richard Harris

    Mother: Mary Smerdon

    Notes:

    Assume Mary Anne's sister from the 1881 census
    She is recorded as a widow, so must have marriage a Smerdon - but probably a census error
    There is a possibility in 1841 census as well - in June 1841 when the census was taken, there
    was a 20 year old milliner named Lydia HARRIS living in Tottenham Court Road, St. Pancras with
    a number of other young women and men at a children’s bed-linen warehouse run by Theodosia
    M. GETRICK
    She was a widow in the 1871 census
    18.8.11 Jan Wood notes
    Lydia Smerdon Hamilton had 3 children and I have found the parish register marriage entries of
    all three scanned into Ancestry (part of the London Parish Records database).
    Her first child Helen was born in Liverpool; the other two were born in Brompton (Kensington).
    
     In 1871 she was recorded as a widow named Lydia S. Hamilton

    Sources:

    1. Parish Register Totnes
    2. BMD Index
    3. Hamilton	Lydia Smerdon 	Deaths	Dec 1885	W. Ham 	4a	115	64
    4. 1851 British Census, 31 Brompton Row, Kensington, Hamlet Brompton, Middlesex
    5. Reg. District:	Kensington	Sub District:	Brompton
      Parish:	Kensington	Enum. District:	 1A
      Ecclesiastical District:	Holy Trinity Brompton	City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	31 Brompton Row, Kensington, Hamlet Brompton, Middlesex
      
      HAMILTON, Lydia	Head	Married	 F	27	1824	Milliner Totnes Devonshire
      HAMILTON, Helen	Daughter		 F	3	1848	 Liverpool
      HAMILTON, Charles	Son		 M	2	1849	 London Middlesex
      WILLIAMS, Ann	Assistant	Unmarried	 F	19	1832	Assistant Witney Oxfordshire
      BRADFORD, Elizabeth	Servant	Unmarried	 F	17	1834	Servant Shoreditch Middlesex
    6. 1871 British Census, Albany Street, St Pancras, Middlesex
    7. Reg. District:	Pancras	Sub District:	Regent's Park
      Parish:	St Pancras	Enum. District:	 12
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	Albany Street, St Pancras, Middlesex
      
      HAMILTON, Lydia S	Head		 F	49	1822	Milliner Dressmaker	Devon Totnes1871
      HAMILTON, Charles	son		 M	22	1849	Clerk to Corn Merchant	Middlesex Kensington
      HAMILTON, Lydia M	Daug		 F	10	1861		Middlesex Kensington
    8. 1881 British Census, 73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex
    9. 73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex
      RG11/276/51/p40
      
      Registration District:Islington
      Sub District:Islington
      
      Civil Parish:Islington
      
      SINERDON, William	Head	Married	M	74	1807	        No Occupation	Ashburton Devon
      SINERDON, Mary A	Wife	Married	F	74	1807	        No Occupation	Ashburton Devon
      SINERDON, Mary A	Daug	Single	F	29	1852	        No Occupation	London Middlesex
      SINERDON, Lydia H	Visitor	Widow	F	60	1821	        No Occupation	Tanes Devon
      SINERDON, Kate B	Servant	Single	F	21	1860	        Dom Serv	London Middlesex

    Baptised: 18 Mar 1785, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Father: Edward Harris

    Mother: Susanna Potter

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201