Pritchard Family, Harrow Hill, Drybrook area (General)

by zgilding, Wednesday, December 27, 2006, 09:28 (6543 days ago) @ jo booth

Jo,

I don't know much about the Pritchard family. My father can't remember much and Leah (known as Vera) Pritchard who married into the Butler family passed away quite a few years ago now.

My father remembers his mother's family living at Harrow Hill. So, with the assistance of Slowhands have traced the family to the census records that you have read above.

I have not been able to trace my Grandmothers father or the father of any of the siblings, will have to send off for her birth / marriage certificate.

As to why some of the children appeared in a census with the name Heath I don't really know. From the census records I gather that Leah (my gg grandmother) was originally employed by Mr. Heath as his housekeeper. She must have lived in his house with her children as they are listed at the same address. In the next census records she is listed as "living as wife". This may have been why there was some confusion on the part of the person taking the census with reference to the surnames of the children. I don't know whether Leah and Mr. Heath ever did get married, or if they as a partnership had any children. Sounds like something out of a Catherine Cookson novel doesn't it . . . .

Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck with the rest of your research.

Kindest Regards,
Zoe