Harriet (Stock) Perfect (1858 - 1940)

Born 20 Jan 1858 in Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Frank Perfect — married 18 Dec 1888 in Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Died 1940 at about age 81 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Harriet was born in Farnham Surrey on 20 January 1858. She is the daughter of George Stock and Ann Nichols. Harriet was christened in Farnham on 19 February 1858.

Harriet was 30 years old when she married Frank Perfect, a gardener. The wedding took place at St Thomas Church Bourne (Farnham) on 18 December 1888. Harriet and Frank had 2 children (as confirmed in the 1911 census), a daughter Fanny Alice born in 1892 and a son Arthur Henry born in 1895.

Soon after they married, Harriet and Frank relocated to Buckinghamshire - they lived in Penn in 1901 and 1911 and later on moved to Amersham. At the time of the 1939 England Register, the granddaughter of Harriet and Frank, Catherine, was residing with them.

Harriet died in Amersham in early 1940 at about age 82. Husband Frank died later the same year.

Sources

• "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26YV-89Y : 1 October 2014), Harriett Stock, 1858; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Farnham, Surrey, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7MX-7X2 : 3 February 2023), Harriett Stock, 1858.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MG-B3DQ : 3 March 2021), Harriett Stock in household of George Stock, Farnham, Surrey, 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, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNX-Q2J : 28 June 2022), Harriett Stock in entry for George Stock, 1871.

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D6S-5JJ : 13 December 2014), Harriet Stock, 1888; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1888, quarter 4, vol. 2A, p. 157, Farnham, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Ancestry.com. Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 - this record states: Harret Stock; Gender: Female; Marriage Age: 30; Record Type: Marriage; Birth Date: abt 1858; Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1888; Marriage Place: St Thomas-On-The-Bourne, Surrey  : Father: George Stock - Spouse: Frank Perfect.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9YR-FPX : 20 May 2019), Harriet Perfect in household of Frank Perfect, Penn, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Beaconsfield subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7V2-KMK : 22 July 2019), Harriett Perfect in household of Frank Perfect, Penn, Buckinghamshire, 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.

• Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register - this record states: Frank Perfect, b.d. 7 Feb 1865, married, retired gardener; residing with wife Harriet Perfect, b.d. 20 Jan 1858, incapacitated; Catherine Perfect, b.d. 6 Jul 1912, single, domestic (daily); plus 1 closed record - all living at Chapel Hill Cottage Penn Amersham Buckinghamshire.

• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVH1-W74G : 2 November 2021), Harriett Perfect, 1940.