Jane was born about 1834 in Balkholme, Yorkshire, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Leak and Harriet Bond; the family lived in Bellasize, Yorkshire, in 1851.[1]
Jane married Abraham Harrison in Howden, Yorkshire, in 1856.[2][3] The family lived in Eastrington in 1861, when Abraham was an agricultural labourer.[4]
Jane died in 1878 at the age of 44[5] and was buried in Eastrington.[6]
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG1J-1W1 : 12 September 2019), Jane Leak in household of Thomas Leak, Bellasize, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), England; citing Bellasize, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (East Riding), England, p. 9, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Howden. 26 Nov 1856. Abraham Harrison (21; bachelor; labourer; of Balkholme; father Abraham Harrison, labourer) married Jane Leak (19; spinster; of Balkholme; father Thomas Leak, labourer). Neither signed. Witnesses John Pease, William Foster. findmypast.co.uk. Yorkshire Marriages Transcription. Accessed 9 Nov 2020
↑ GRO index. Marriages Dec 1856. Harrison Abraham. Howden 9d 207. FreeBMD
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7T3-3MP : 7 August 2020), Abraham Harrison, Eastrington, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ GRO index. Deaths Jun 1878. Harrison Jane. 44. Howden 9d 63. FreeBMD
↑ Burials in the parish of Eastrington. Jane Harrison of Sandholme Landing. 19 May 1878. 44 years. Yorkshire Burials Transcription. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 9 Nov 2020
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