See also

Harriet Overett (1857?- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant3

  • Birth:

  • 1857 (app)

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England2 3

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Nov 1857 (age 0)

  • St. John's Church, St. John's Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter of William Overett (labourer) and his wife Belinda

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 3-4)

  • Cottage, Bredfield Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • daughter aged 3, attending school and living with parents and four siblings. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 13)

  • Sun Lane, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a general servant and living with her parents William and Belinda, sisters Elizabeth and Sarah, and brothers William and Henry. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Criminal:

  • 23 Dec 1872 (age 14-15)

  • Woodbridge Magistrates, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • Harriet under 16 was charged with stealing a dress worth 10s from her sister Elizabeth in 18th December. Harriet pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six weeks hard labour

Sources

1.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

2.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1170 folio:106 page:10.

3.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1759 folio:192 page:26 schedule:185. Cit. Date: 16 June 2026.

4.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Woodbridge St. John fiche:1 of 11. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

5.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich Journal Saturday 28 December 1872 page:7.