James Harvey1 
#2272, (s 1785 - bt 1841 - 1851)
Children of James Harvey and Sarah (Sally) Hay |
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| Research Note | In the Stromness parish register the surname was spelled several ways, including Harvey and Hervie. James Harvey's name appears as the given names of descendants for many generations. |
| Birth | James Harvey was born say 1785. (this is a guess based on his marriage date). |
| Marriage | He married Sarah (Sally) Hay on 27 Dec 1810 in Stromness, Orkney. James was noted to be a sailor in Stromness.1 |
| Occupation | James Harvey was a sailor in Cairston, as noted in the parish register entry for daughter Elizabeth's baptism on 7 Sep 1811.1 |
| Research Note | There is another James Harvey in Stromness. He was a carpenter, with a wife named Christian, married in 1809. This James had been to Hudson's Bay. |
| Migration | James and Sarah and family moved from Scotland to England sometime between the birth of Sally in 1813 in Stromness and that of William between 1822 and 1826 in Northumberland County. |
| Research Note | Arguably the correct family in Tynemouth; there is no refuting evidence so far other than James was a sailor in Stromness, then a grocer in Tynemouth. Their daughter Elizabeth married in Tynemouth in 1839 with witness Sarah Harvey which could be her sister or her mother. |
| 1841 Census | James and Sarah Harvey appeared on the 1841 Census of Tynemouth, Northumberland, at Tyne Street. James was 50, a grocer, and born in Scotland. Sarah was 45 and born in Scotland. With them were [son] William Harvey (15, born in the county of Northumberland) and [dtr] Sarah (25, Scotland) & Margery (9 months) Moat. Note that the 1841 census records ages rounded down to the nearest 5 years, does not record relationships, and only indicates whether or not the person was born in the county.2 |
| Death | James died between 1841 and 1851, probably in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England. |
| Research Note | There are entries in the death record index for 'James Harvey' in 1845 & 1847 in Tynemouth. Sarah was a widow in the 1851 census. |
| Last Edited | 16 Dec 2014 |
Citations
- Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Stromness, Orkney, 1695-1854 (Family History Library, 990514 & 990515).
- 1841 Census for England & Wales, HO107/825/3 folio 5. Image viewed at Ancestry or Findmypast.
- Copy marriage certificate of John Fidlar and Elizabeth Harvey, married 12 August 1839 in the Registration District of Tynemouth.