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Gilbert Bewick                                     1837-1866              (1st Husband)
Gilbert was born about 1839, the son of Thomas Bewick and Margaret Turnbull, at Houghton le Spring, County Durham.

Ellen Crossgrove                                1844-1913
Ellen was born on 29 October 1844, the daughter of John Crossgrove and Sarah Atkinson, in Thornley, Durham County. Gilbert died in 1866. She was a 24 year old widow when she married 29 year old Leonard Harrison in 1868.
They had the following children:
  Margaret Born abt 1865   Thornley, County Durham Married John Robert Temple


Birth of Parents
Gilbert Bewick b: abt 1839               Houghton le Spring, County Durham
son of Thomas Bewick and Margaret Turnbull

Ellen Crossgrove b: 29 Oct 1844                          Thornley, County Durham           1844 4Q Easington XXIV 106
of John Crossgrove, Pitman, and Sarah Crossgrove, formerly Atkinson
Easington District, County Durham

1861 Census   8 Apr 1861 Wingate, County Durham
Trimdon Foundry
James Andrew
Elizabeth (Wife)
Ellen Crossgrove
Age 22
Age 18
Age 16
Laborer

Visitor
??
Durham
Durham
 
Thornley
Thornley
abt 1838
abt 1842
29 Oct 1844

Marriage
1861
Gilbert Bewick
Ellen Crossgrove
County Durham   1861 4Q Houghton 10a 504

Children
William Robinson b: abt 1862 Thornley, County Durham                1862 1Q Easington 10a 345
son of Ellen Crossgrove and a Mr. Robinson
Margaret Bewick b: abt 1865 Thornley, County Durham                1865 2Q Easington 10a 406
daughter of Gilbert Bewick, and Ellen Crossgrove

Death
Gilbert Bewick Died 1866, Age 29,                          1866 2Q Easington 10a 220



Leonard Harrison                                 1838-                 (2nd Husband)
Leonard was born 5 November 1838, the son of Ralph Harrison and Jane Leonard, in Shincliffe Grange, in the Township of Shincliffe, which is just south east of the city of Durham. He was a joiner, a master well sinker, and later became a coal miner. He was 29 years old when he married Ellen Bewick on 3  August  1868,  in  St. Hilda's Parish Church,   Hartlepool. At the time of their marriage, Ellen and Leonard both resided on Railway Terrace, Hartlepool. They resided on Gowland Terrace, in the Village of Wheatley Hill on 6 April 1891. They resided at Third Row, Horden Colliery, in December 1903.

They had the following children:
   Jane  Born 5 Jun 1869   Wheatley Hill, Wingate, Durham County Married William Graham
Ralph Born about 1871   Middlesbrough, Yorkshire County Married Margaret Ramsey
Sarah Born about 1873   South Skelton, Yorkshire County
Dora Born about 1878   Browney Colliery, Durham County
Leonard Born about 1882   Durham County

Birth of Husband
Leonard Harrison b: 5 Nov 1838   c: 8 Nov 1838 Shincliffe Grange, Shincliffe Township    1838 4Q Durham 24 61
of Ralph Harrison, Pitman, and Jane Harrison, formerly Leonard
Durham District, St. Nicholas, County Durham

Marriage
3 Aug 1868
Leonard Harrison
(29)
Ellen Bewick
(24)
The Parish Church, St. Hilda's, Hartlepool Parish, County Durham  1868 3Q Hartlepool 10a 139
Joiner, Railway Terrace, Hartlepool, Father: Ralph Harrison, Joiner
(Widow) Railway Terrace, Hartlepool, Father: John Crossgrove, Pitman, by Banns
Wit: George Hepple & John Crossgrove

Children
Jane Harrison b: 5 June 1869 Wheatley Hill, Wingate, County Durham            1869 2Q Easington 10a 412
of Leonard Harrison, Master Sinker, and Ellen Harrison, formerly Bewick
Easington District, County Durham

1871 Census RG10-4892 3 April 1871 Middlesborough, County Durham
 
David Harrison (Head)(M)
Ellen (Wife)
William Robinson (Son)
Margaret Robinson (Dau)
Jane Harrison (Dau)
John Crossgrove (Visitor)(M)
Sarah Crossgrove (Visitor)(M)
Plus 1 Servant
Age 33
Age 26
Age 8
Age 5
Age 2
Age 55
Age 49
Master Sinker

Scholar



Miner
Quarrington Hill
Thornley
Thornley
Thornley
Wheatley Hill
Wheatley Hill
Thornley
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
5 Nov 1838
29 Oct 1844
abt 1862
abt 1865
5 Jun 1869
abt 1815
abt 1821

Ralph Harrison b: abt 1871           Middlesbrough, Yorkshire County            1871 2Q Stockton 10a 97
of Leonard Harrison, and Ellen Harrison, formerly Bewick
Sarah Harrison b: abt 1873           South Skelton, Yorkshire County               1873 2Q Guisbro 9d 456
of Leonard Harrison, and Ellen Harrison, formerly Bewick
Dorothy Harrison b: abt 1878           Browney Colliery, County Durham            1878 1Q Durham 10a 389
of Leonard Harrison, and Ellen Harrison, formerly Bewick

1881 Census RG11-4953 4 Apr 1881 Brandon & Byshottles
Front Row No 27
Leonard Harrison
Ellen (Wife)
Margaret
Jane
Ralph
Sarah
Dorothy
Age 44
Age 36
Age 15
Age 11
Age 10
Age 8
Age 3
Coal Miner
 
Gen'l Servant
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Yorkshire
Durham
Shincliffe
Thornley
Thornley
Wheatley Hill
Middlesbrough
South Skelton
Browney Colliery
5 Nov 1838
29 Oct 1844
abt 1865
5 Jun 1869
abt 1871
abt 1873
abt 1878

Leonard Harrison b: abt 1882           County Durham            1882 2Q Durham 10a 427
of Leonard Harrison, and Ellen Harrison, formerly Bewick

1891 Census RG12-4110 6 Apr 1891 Wheatley Hill
Gowland Terrace
Leonard Harrison
Ellen (Wife)
Ralph
Sarah
Dora
Leonard
Margaret E. (Gdau.)*
Age 52
Age 46
Age 20
Age 18
Age 13
Age 9
Age 3
Coal Miner
 
Coal Miner
 
Scholar
Scholar
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
  5 Nov 1838
29 Oct 1844
abt 1871
abt 1873
abt 1878
abt 1882
19 Oct 1887
        * Margaret E. is Jane's daughter.

1901 Census RG13-4685 1 Apr 1901 Shotton, County Durham
Horden Colliery, No. 4, First Row
Leonard Harrison (u)
Ellen (Mother) (M)
Dora (Sister) (u)
Margaret E. (Sister)
George Graham (Boarder) (Wdr)
John Lamston (Boarder)
Edward Graham (Boarder)
Age 19
Age 56
Age 24
Age 13
Age 60
Age 25
Age 18
Sinking for coal
 
Dressmaker

Colliery Engineman
Mason Laborer
Colliery Fireman
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Durham
Kelloe Winning
Thornley
Browney
Kelloe Winning
Thornley
Murton
Thornley
abt 1882
29 Oct 1844
abt 1878
19 Oct 1887
10 Nov 1840
abt 1875
16 Jan 1885
        * Margaret E. is Jane's daughter.

Death
Leonard Harrison No Data

1911 Census RG14- 3 April 1911 Blackhalls Hesleden, Easington, County Durham
20 East Street
Ellen Harrison (Widow)
Leonard (Son)
Nelly (GrDau)
Plus 3 Boarders
Age 66
Age 28
Age 23


Sinker
Thornley
Quarrington Hill
Kelloe
Durham
Durham
Durham
29 Oct 1844
abt 1882
abt 1888

Death
Ellen (Bewick) Harrison Died 1913, Age 69,               1913 4Q Easington 10a 502