Harriet (Fairbourn) Johnson (1837)

Born 27 Jan 1837 in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of William Johnson — married 27 Feb 1862 in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Harriet (Fairbourn) Johnson was born in Yorkshire, England.

Harriet was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire 27 January 1837 & baptised Harriet Fairbourn, 19 February 1837, Tadcaster Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Yorkshire the daughter of William Fairbourn & Ann of Tadcaster. ^[1]

With siblings in 1851 living in Chapel Street, Tadcaster, Yorkshire with parents. ^[2]

William Johnson and Harriet Fairbourn were married by licence on 27th February 1862 at St Mary's, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. ^[3] William was a 29 year old bachelor, a farmer living at Toulston, Newton Kyme, the son of William John who was also a farmer. Harriet was 21, a spinster living in Tadcaster and the daughter of William Fairbourn who was a painter. They each signed their own name on the register and the witnesses to the marriage were Margaret Banks and William Fairbourn.^[4]

A farmer's wife in 1871 living in Clifford, Boston Spa, Yorkshire with husband William. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985  : Reel Number: Leeds, Richmond, Tadcaster, Wighill; LNC12
2. ↑ England Census, 1851: Class: HO107; Piece: 2352; Folio: 597; Page: 2; GSU roll: 87613
3. ↑ Register of Marriages: GRO Reference: 1862 M Quarter in Tadcaster Volume 09C Page 670
4. ↑ Yorkshire Marriages, Borthwick Institute for Archives, archive reference PR TAD/23 link to marriage register image on Findmypast.co.uk
5. ↑ England Census, 1871:Class: RG10; Piece: 4296; Folio: 24; Page: 9; GSU roll: 846974