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| RiD No.: | 514 |
| Birth | 1827 (approx.) | Vauxhall |
| John's birth date was originally estimated from the 1861 census return which showed him being born in 1837, making him 10 or 11 years younger than Elizabeth, The 1881 census shows he was actually born in 1827 making him a year younger than his wife. |
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| Census | 1861 (age 33-34) | |
| 1, New Street East, Bermondsey The Harper family are living at 1 New Street East, Bermondsey in1861 as follows:- HARPER, John Head Married M 24 Joiner And Carpenter Vauxhall,Surrey HARPER, Elizabeth Wife Married F 35 Bermondsey HARPER, John M Son M 9 Scholar Bermondsey HARPER, Elizabeth A Daughter F 8 Scholar Bermondsey HARPER, Isabella L Daughter F 6 Scholar Bermondsey HARPER, Charles S Son M 4 Scholar Bermondsey HARPER, Walter Son M 1 Bermondsey Note that the transcription of the census return shows John as being born in 1837 not 1827. |
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| Spouse | Elizabeth LACCOHEE (1826?- ) | |
| Children | John HARPER (1852- ) | |
| Elizabeth HARPER (1853- ) | ||
| Isabella Louisa HARPER (1855-1897) | ||
| Charles S HARPER (1857?- ) | ||
| Walter HARPER (1860?- ) | ||
| William H HARPER (1864- ) | ||
| Marriage | Q3 1850 (age 22-23) | St Olave, London |
| John and Elizabeth's marriage registration is in St Olave registration district in September quarter 1850, between a John HARPER and an Elizabeth LACCOHEE. The image in FreeBMD is not clear enough to confirm Elizabeth's surname, but other sites have also transcribed it as Laccohee. | ||
| Census (family) | 1881 (age 53-54) | |
| Larnaca Street, Bermondsey The Harper family can be found in Larnaca Street in 1881 as follows. John Harper Head Male 54 Horsley Down, Surrey, England Elizabeth Harper Wife Female 55 Horsley Down, Surrey, England Charles S Harper Son Male 24 Bdsey, Surrey, England Walter Harper Son Male 22 Bdsey, Surrey, England William H Harper Son Male 17 Bdsey, Surrey, England |
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In the 1881 census, John is shown as being born in Horsley Down, Surrey, England.
The following is extracted for Wikipedia and confirms the relationship between Horsley Down and Bermondsey.
"Southwark St John Horsleydown was a small parish on the south bank of the River Thames in London,
opposite the Tower of London. The name Horsleydown, apparently derived from the "horse lie-down" next to
the river, is no longer used. The parish was created by splitting St Olave's parish in 1733.
In the metropolitan re-organisation of 1855 it was grouped into the St Olave District with St Olave's and
St Thomas's sending a joint representative to the Metropolitan Board of Works and remained as such after the
1889 creation of the County of London.
The civil parish became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey
in 1900 when the St Olave District was abolished, and in 1904 Southwark St John Horsleydown was absorbed
into the Bermondsey parish. Since 1965 it has formed part of the London Borough of Southwark."