Samuel Medley Harvey (1803 - 1850)

Born 30 May 1803 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Died 1850 at about age 46 in Sutton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

This profile is part of the St Helens, Lancashire One Place Study.

Samuel Medley Harvey was born on 30 May 1803 in Liverpool. His birth was recorded in the records of Lime Street Chapel. He was the son of William and Margaret Harvey.

Samuel married Esther (Brickhill) Scott in 1837, in a registrar-attended ceremony in Prescot district.

By June 6th 1841, they were living in Sandfield Crescent, Eccleston. Samuel was a book keeper. They had no children. Also in their household was George Scott, an engineer aged 30-34. Like Esther (who was 25-29) he had been born outside Lancashire.

Samuel died in a tragic accident early in 1850, aged 47. "On Saturday night week Mr. Samuel Harvey, clerk at the Sutton engine sheds, was accidentally killed by an engine at the St Helens station. The wheel passed over his neck and almost severed the head from the body."^[1]

Research Notes

Esther's first marriage may have been to Francis Scott on 2 Jan 1832 at Manchester Cathedral.^[2] I couldn't find a burial record for Francis between 1832 and 1837 however, or any children's christenings.

Couldn't see what happened to Esther after Samuel's death

Sources

• Baptism "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5J5-ZXK : 18 September 2020), Samuel Medley Harvey, 1803.

• Marriage registration http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/printaka.php?date=1837&county=lancashire&reference=PT%3AR%2F1%2F17&file=H&pos=29203&area=PT&prefix=PT&lang= and "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DH3-VGY : 13 December 2014), Samuel Medley Harvey, 1837; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1837, quarter 4, vol. 20, p. 573, Prescot, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Death registration listed on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp (Samuel Harvey, first quarter 1850, Prescot district, age 47)

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2G-RTW : 22 May 2019), Samuel Harvey, Prescot, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Piece 516-07 folio 40 page 30.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald 9 Feb 1850, p. 8. Accessed on https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3598550/3598558/47/
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJRF-M31 : 13 March 2020), Esther Brickell in entry for Francis Scott, 1832.