Benefactor. Sister to Thomas and Daniel. Unmarried in 1886.
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Harriet Barrett was born on 15 December 1816 in Walworth, Surrey (now Greater London), the seventh of the nine children of Paul Barrett (1781-1846) and Elizabeth Barrett (b.circa 1778). It was not until 2 July 1837 that she was baptised at St Mary's Church, Newington Butts, Surrey (now Greater London), where the baptismal register confirms her date of birth, that her family lived in Trafalgar Road, Newington and that he father was described as a gentleman.
Her eight siblings were: Thomas Barrett (1805-1875); Daniel Barrett (1806-1880); William Major Barrett (1810-1860); Eleanor Barrett (1813-1877); Mary Elizabeth Barrett (1815-1877); James Barrett (1815-1877); John Barrett (1818-1902) and Paulina Barrett (1821-1888).
In the 1841 census she was shown as living in Church Street North, Bethnal Green, Middlesex (now Greater London), with her parents and two of her brothers: Thomas Barrett, a grocer and John Barrett, a grocer's assistant. Her father was shown as of independent means.
When the 1851 census was undertaken she was shown as aged 34 years and a housekeeper living at 24 Three Colt Street, Limehouse, Middlesex (now Greater London), the home of her brother, Daniel Barrett, a grocer and tea dealer, together with five male tea dealer's assistants and a female house servant.
At the time of the 1861 census she was shown as aged 44 years, a proprietor of houses and fund holder, residing at 7 St John's Villas, Holloway Road, Islington, Middlesex (now Greater London), the residence of her brother Daniel Barrett, a retired grocer who was also a proprietor of houses and fund holder, together with a female general servant.
She was still living in the home of her brother, Daniel Barrett, at 7 St John's Villas, Holloway Road, Islington, according to the 1871 census that shows her as aged 54 years, receiving an income from houses and investment. Her brother was listed as a retired grocer who also employed a female general servant.
She was shown in the 1891 census as aged 76 years, living on her own means at 13 St John's Villas, Upper Holloway, London, together with a female general servant.
Her death, aged 80 years, was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1897 in the Islington Registration District, London. Probate records confirm that her address was 13 St John's Villas, Upper Holloway and that she died on 19 July 1897. Probate was granted on 9 October 1897 jointly to her nephew, Edwin Benjamin Loach (1842-1902) a tea dealer and to Harriett Barrett, a spinster. Her effects totalled £26,924-2s-3d.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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