Margaret was born in 1858[1] in Yokefleet, Yorkshire, England, where she lived with her parents, Henry Spence and Ann Sanderson.[2]
At the time of the 1871 census Margaret was with her elder sister, Mary Ann Sanderson, in Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire.[3] In 1881 she lived with her parents in Blacktoft, Yorkshire,[4] where Margaret married Abraham Harrison later that year.[5][6]
The family lived in Sandholme, where Abraham was a labourer.[7][8][9] He died in 1925 at the age of "70".[10]
Sources
↑ GRO birth index. SPENCE, MARGARET. Mother SANDERSON. GRO Reference: 1858 D Quarter in HOWDEN Volume 09D Page 78. GRO.gov.uk
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7T3-99M : 3 March 2021), Margaret Spence in household of Harry Spence, Yokefleet, 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.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-SVNY : 11 December 2017), Magerite Spence in household of Henry Spence, Blacktoft, Yorkshire,Yorkshire East Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 4, Piece/Folio 4738/49, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,326.
↑ Blacktoft. 30 Nov 1881. Abraham Harrison (28; bachelor; labourer; of Yokefleet Lodge, parish of Laxton; father John Harrison, flax [dresser?]) married Margaret Spence (23; spinster; of Blacktoft; father Henry Spence, ?). Both signed. Witnesses George Spence, Mary Houlton. findmypast.co.uk. Yorkshire Marriages Transcription. Accessed 5 Mar 2021
↑ GRO index. Marriages Dec 1881. HARRISON Abraham. Howden 9d 171. FreeBMD
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:75MZ-XT2 : 23 February 2021), Abraham Harrison, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS9J-1CK : 21 May 2019), Abraham Harrison, Gilberdike Mill, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Wallingfen subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7RB-2F1 : 18 July 2019), Abraham Harrison, Gilberdike Mill, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ GRO index. Deaths Dec 1925. Harrison Abraham. 70. Howden 9d 106. FreeBMD
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