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Hey all,
I'm trying to find records for my great great grandmother Harriett Harding.
I think she was born in Shoreditch around 1860, she married my great great grandfather in 1877 in Limehouse, London.
They had nine children and lived around the Limehouse and Bromley area according to the 1881/91, 1901 and 1911 census records, I'm not sure when she died.
I'd like to find out who her parents were but although there are several birth records for a Harriett Harding for around that year I've no idea which is the correct one. Her father's name would be a massive help but although it appears on the marriage record I cannot for the life of me make out the writing! I don't know if someone else on here could have a look, I found the record on Ancestory but the writing is really hard to make out
If I could only figure out her father's name I might have something to go on!
Any help and advice is welcomed

Can you post what you have on marriage details.

Marriage took place at St John, Limehouse Fields, Tower Hamlet on 7 October 1877. (says 79 on the transcript but looks like a 77 on the record to me)
Between;
Matthew Fitzgerald age 19 ?Labourer? residence 31 Holly ??? Father Henry Fitzgerald.
Harriett Harding age 18 residence 31 Holly?? Father ??? Harding
Looking at it again I think it could be Daniel Harding but what do others think?

Is the image of the marriage cert on Ancestry, if so for some reason I can't find it,

Pic Another pic over page by same vicar for Daniel

Thank you rockyfowler that's the one... could it be a Daniel?
I did find a baptism record from 1862 for Harriett Harding and father was Nathaniel?? Am I clutching at straws here??

The writing is terrible and can only guess at it which does n`t really help ? it needs a lot more research on the background sorry, a slow job but better to be right
PS I posted Daniel on another marriage by the same vicar looks diff? On Harriet`s it may even say deceased or start with a W:o

Jimmy it is on Ancestry in this collection- London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
Tower Hamlets St John, Limehouse Fields 1875-1902

Found it now Rocky, image looks like father occupation could be Coachman,

Found this baptism,
Image available,

Harry Harding.
Record Type: Baptism.
Baptism Date: 8 Apr 1860.
Baptism Place: Saint John the Baptist, Eltham, Greenwich.
Father: Nathaniel Harding. Coachman.
Mother: Rosalie Miles Harding.

1861. Eltham, Kent.
Nathaniel Harding 39. Coachman. Bunbury, Cheshire.
Rosalie M Harding 28. Westminster, Middlesex.
Elizabeth Harding 13. Bunbury, Cheshire.
Rosalie A Harding 4.
Emma M Harding 2.
Harry Harding 1. age crossed out in dau column and put in son column.

Other children born Eltham, Kent.

1871 census as Harry as son,

Death,
HARDING, NATHANIEL age 47.
GRO Reference: 1868 S Quarter in LEWISHAM UNION Volume 01D Page 536.

I see they have a daughter Rose.

1881.
Matthew Fitzgerald 22.
Harriet Fitzgerald 22. Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Louisa H. Fitzgerald 3.
Rose M. Fitzgerald 2.
Matthew Fitzgerald 11 months.

Yes Rose Fitzgerald was my great nan.
So could possibly be a Nathaniel? I think it looks more like a Daniel possibly but I can't find any birth or baptism records for a Harriett Harding with a Daniel as a father

'It looks her father died when she was young, perhaps she wasn't sure of his name.

rockyfowler wrote:The writing is terrible and can only guess at it which does n`t really help ? it needs a lot more research on the background sorry, a slow job but better to be right
PS I posted Daniel on another marriage by the same vicar looks diff? On Harriet`s it may even say deceased or start with a W:o

actually yes now you've said that it does look very different from the other Daniel written, so maybe not a Daniel?