Harriet Ann Gurr

Also known as: Harriet Ann Benge, Harriet Benge

1838 – 1871

Vital Information

Born
1838-04, Erith, Kent, England
Died
1871, Erith, Kent, England
Age at Death
~32-33
Residence
Erith, Kent (born; 1841 census; 1861 census)

Notes

Mother of Harriet Gurr (ID 127). Maiden name Benge. FamilySearch PID M9R4-JQD. Born April 1838 in Erith, Kent, England (GRO birth registration; christening also 1838, Erith). Died 1871 in Erith, Kent, England. Married Thomas Gurr (ID 128) on 13 July 1856 in Woolwich, Greenwich, London. Children: William Gurr (1857), Harriet Gurr (1859, ID 127), Elizabeth Edith Gurr (1861). Thomas died 1862, leaving Harriet Ann a widow with three children under age 5. She died 1871 in Erith; by the 1871 census the three children were orphans living with William Benge (their maternal grandfather, Harriet's father). PARENTS: William Benge (1791-1875, FamilySearch PID GZF5-383) and Elizabeth Ann (1801-Deceased, FamilySearch PID M9RD-FP5). Married 1817 in Erith, Kent. Harriet Ann was one of 15 children. Her brother/father William Benge (PID GZF5-383) took in her orphaned children after her death. 14 sources attached to FamilySearch profile M9R4-JQD including GRO birth registration, christening record, 1841 and 1861 census, and marriage registration index.

Sources

FamilySearch Family Tree M9R4-JQD — Harriet Ann Benge (1838-1871), 14 sources attached (source 130); FamilySearch Family Tree LRL4-FQQ — Thomas Gurr confirms wife Harriet Ann Benge M9R4-JQD (source 129); England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index 1837-2005 — Thomas Gurr and Harriet Ann Benge, 13 July 1856, Woolwich (source 133)

Research Leads

  • ☐ Find GRO death registration for Harriet Ann Gurr (née Benge) — died 1871 Erith, Kent; search Dartford registration district death index 1871.
  • ☐ Find Harriet Ann Benge in 1861 census — family in Erith, Kent with Thomas Gurr and children.
  • ☐ Confirm parents: William Benge (1791-1875, GZF5-383) and Elizabeth Ann (1801-, M9RD-FP5) — FamilySearch profile M9R4-JQD lists them as parents; 1871 census shows orphaned Gurr children in household of 'William Benge' confirming grandfather connection.
  • ☐ Research Benge family origins — William Benge had 15 children with Elizabeth Ann; Erith, Kent. Benge is a surname concentrated in Kent and Sussex.

Research Gaps

  • ☐ Father
  • ☐ Mother