Elizabeth Sarah Courtenay Harris, b. 1817 in Exmouth, Devon

Submitted on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 01:13:41

fname: Edith

lname: Close-Vaziri

address1: 

city: Granada Hills

state: California

country: United States

zip: 91344

e_mail: closevaziri@yahoo.com

ancestor: Elizabeth Sarah Courtenay Harris

comments:

According to census records Elizabeth Sarah Courtenay Harris was born in 1817 in Exmouth, Devon. She married Daniel Francis Close 11 Dec. 1842; on this marriage certificate her father is listed as Edward Harris, a carpenter. The family history passed on by one of her granddaughters is that Elizabeth's father was a sea captain from Devon, England. (Did he later become a carpenter?) Her paternal grandfather, also a sea captain, married (?) a Miss Courtenay. Miss Courtenay was the daughter of the Earl of Devon. "The Earl of Devonshire disowned his daughter, Miss Courtenay, when she ran away with a sea captain,...."

James Michael Austin Courtenay b c1800 m Mary Frances?

Submitted on Monday, January 02, 2012 at 23:22:58

fname: hirley
e_mail: sbaynes06@aol.com

ancestor: James Michael Austin Courtenay

comments: Born c1800 Ireland,married Mary Frances?

One son John Kelly Courtenay born 1830 London U.K..Died 1854 Brighton Sussex.  Desperate to find birth or marriage in Ireland for

James Michael Austin Courtenay c1800-1854.