Dr. Richard E Harcourt

[greann]

Hi can anyone help me find any information of Richard E Harcourt. He was a doctor and was born 1858 USA not sure where.
He eventually shows up in the 1901 English census can't find him after this.
Thanks,
Ann

[Sandyhall]

Hi
Found this on Ancestry

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Richard Harcourt
Name: Richard Harcourt
Birth Date: abt 1858
Age: 51
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 14 Sep 1909
Port of Arrival: Glasgow, Scotland
Ports of Voyage: New York
Ship Name: Caledonia
Shipping Line: Anchor Line
Official Number: 121218

Source Citation: Class: BT26; Piece: 366; Item: 30

Sandy

[Leander]

Hi,

There's a Doctor Richard Harcourt who left Glasgow 14-August-1909 and arrived in New York on 23-August-1909. The ship name was *California*.

The good doctor is listed as a citizen of the USA, and his residence was listed as Newark (NJ). His final destination is Newark, New Jersey. Sounds like he was coming home from a trip?

Wait a while. Let me see if I can find anything else. :-)

Okay, I found a Harcourt family in Newark, New Jersey in the 1870 Census. Using the format of:

Last Name, First Name & Initial, Age, Gender, Occupation, Place of Birth

Harcourt, James M, 41, Male, Retired Grocer, Ireland.
Harcourt, Frances E, 26, Female, Keeping House, New Jersey. (I think Frances' age is a transcription error.)
Harcourt, James M, 16, Male, Apprentice to Brick Mason, New Jersey.
Harcourt, Richard, 12, Male, At School, New Jersey.
Stewart, William H, 11, Male, At School, New York.
Harcourt, Joseph, 3, Male, , New Jersey.
Craig, Phoebe C, 72, Female, At Home , New Jersey.


The 1870 census didn't ask about relationships, but the 1880 census helps us out. Here we find that Frances is now a widow, and her age is listed as 46, so I think the 1870 census should have listed her age as 36, not 26. I assume that James was her second husband, and that she was James' second wife.

The household is smaller in 1880.

Format: Last Name, First Name & Initial, Gender, Age, Relationship, Occupation, Place of Birth.

Harcourt, Frances E, Female, 46, Head of Household, Keeping House, New Jersey.
Stewart, William H, Male, 21, Son, Japanner, New York.
Harcourt, Joseph, Male, 13, Step Son, At School, New Jersey,
Craig, Phoebe C, Female, 83, Mother, At Home, New Jersey.


I went back to the 1860 census; at the time, James, Richard's father, was married to a woman name "Charity A.", who was born in New Jersey and about a year younger than James. She would have been Richard's biological mother.

So Richard was born in New Jersey. His father was born in Ireland. His mother and stepmother were born in the USA. Richard traveled back and forth to the UK at least once.
His travels may or may not be related to his ancestry.

I hope this helps you.

Cheers!

Deb

[Leander]

Oops! By the way, I couldn't find Richard in the USA censuses after 1870. I noticed (but don't have access to those records) that he is listed in the 1881 England Census (Liverpool).

It looks like he may have lived in the UK for quite some time. He returned to New Jersey in August 1909, then sailed back in September.

It would be interesting to figure this out. I think many of the answers are in England. Perhaps Richard went to school there, met someone, and married, thus making his home there.

Just a guess. :-)

[JustJean]

Looks like another piece to your puzzle....

Name: Dr Richard E Harcourt
Occupation: Surgeon
Status: Married
Foreigner - USA
Ship's Port of Departure - Valparaiso, Chile
Passenger boarded: Monte Video, Uraguay
Arrival Date: 14 Jan 1898
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Oropesa

I don't notice any family members traveling with him.

Best wishes
Jean

[JustJean]

Perhaps these dates and addresses will help.....

Appearing in the UK Medical Registers for the following publication years:

Richard Eugene Harcourt
Registered: 19 May 1887
Qualifications: M.B., Mast. Surg.1887, M.D. 1893, R. Univ. Irel. (and he adds FRCS Eng 1907 in the Register year 1911)

1899: His address is:
Lorraine Villa, Knatchbull Road, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, London

1903: His address is
Penny Lane, Wavertree, Liverpool

1911: His address is:
4, Oakfield, Liverpool

1919: His address is:
4, Oakfield, Liverpool

Best wishes
Jean

[Sandyhall]

1911 Census

HARCOURT, RICHARD EUGENE HEAD MARRIED M 53 M D T R C S EY OPTICAL NURSE AND AURAL SURGEON U S A RESIDENT

HARCOURT, MARY DUNCAN WIFE MARRIED 15 F 40 LIVERPOOL LANCS

HARCOURT, JOHN ELLISON SON M 6 LIVERPOOL LANCS

HARCOURT, MARGARET EUGINIE DAUGHTER F 3 LIVERPOOL LANCS

HOWARD WATSON, LILIAN AGNES NIECE MARRIED 1 F 24 SEAFORTH LANCS

HOWARD WATSON, HENRY GRIFFIN SON M 6 MONTHS WATERLOO LANCS

HARDY, KATE SERVANT SINGLE F 29 DOMESTIC WYMESWOLD LESTERSHIRE

RIGBY, MARY GWENDOLEN CHD NURSE SINGLE F 22 DOMESTIC NURSE WALSALL STOF

HARCOURT RICHARD EUGENE (RG14PN22867 RG78PN1340A RD457 SD6 ED1 SN12)
Address 3 HESKETH PARK MANSIONS QUEENS ROAD SOUTHPORT County Lancashire
District Ormskirk Subdistrict North Meols
Enumeration District 1 Parish Southport

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

2 Daughters of Richard

HARCOURT, ANNIE A ELLISON BOARDER SINGLE F 14 SCHOOL ARGENTINA BUENOS AYRES

HARCOURT, MARIA DOUGLAS BOARDER F 11 SCHOOL LANCASHIRE WARRINGTON

HARCOURT MARIA DOUGLAS (RG14PN25515 RG78PN1460 RD479 SD2 ED6 SN168)
Address FYLDE COLLEGE MORECAMBE TERRACE MORECAMBE County Lancashire
District Lancaster Subdistrict Heaton
Enumeration District 6 Parish Poulton, Bare and Torrisholme

Sandy

[greann]

Well....Well...... thank you all very much. This is very interesting!!!!!! I'm still not 100% sure I've got the right man or not, but it's the closest I have come so far....
So thank you all again. Now I just have to try to tie this all together. If my hunches are correct, then I think the Doc had to illigitimate children. I just need to find a death, and marriage record for him.
Ann

[Nicolina]

it appears as though this is the birth registration of his wife:

Births Sep 1870
ELLISON Mary Duncan W. Derby 8b 362

unfortunately, on the 1871 Census, there are 2 Mary ELLISONs born in West Derby about that time