Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,256 pages of information and 244,497 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

William Harland

From Graces Guide

Dr. William Harland (c1787-1866)

Father to Edward James Harland the founder of Harland and Wolff

c.1787 Born in Hartoft, Yorks[1]

1820 Married Ann Peirson in Scarborough[2]

c.1827 Patented a steam-power road carriage

1841 Living in Scarborough, a physician, age 52, with Ann Harland 40, Margaret Harland 20, Mary Harland 16, Emily Harland 15, William Harland 18, John Harland 14, Edward Harland, 10, Albert Harland 2[3]

1861 MP for Scarborough; general practitioner, widower[4]

1866 Died in Scarborough

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Sources of Information

  1. BMD
  2. BMD
  3. 1841 census
  4. 1861 census