Thomas HARDING
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Name Thomas HARDING Birth 7 Oct 1814 Surrey St., Portsmouth 
[1, 2] Baptism 30 Oct 1814 St. Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth [3] Gender Male 1851 Census Albert Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex [1] At 1851 Census, he is 35, occ "Officer of the Coast Guard" Occupation Merchant Navy Seaman [2] Person ID I1047 Webb Last Modified 18 Jan 2026
Family Elizabeth Woolmer JUNIPER, b. Abt 1823, Calbourne, Shalfleet, IOW d. 2 Dec 1903, Beckenham, Kent (Age 80 years) Marriage 18 Apr 1843 Steyning, Sussex [4] Family Note At their wedding, Thomas is aged 26, Elizabeth 21 [4] Children 1. Elizabeth Mary HARDING, b. 1844, Preventive Station, Shoreham, Sussex d. 1932, Richmond, Surrey (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Edmund Frederick HARDING, b. Abt 1846, Stepney, Middlesex d. Abt 1863, 26, Upper George Street, Marylebone, Westminster (Age 17 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Caroline Woolmer HARDING, b. 17 Aug 1849, Bethnal Green, Middlesex d. 1 Apr 1941, Chelwood Gate, Sussex (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Anna Amelia HARDING, b. 27 Oct 1851, 2, Albert Road, Stepney, Middlesex [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F336 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Jan 2026
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Birth - 7 Oct 1814 - Surrey St., Portsmouth 
Baptism - 30 Oct 1814 - St. Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth 
1851 Census - At 1851 Census, he is 35, occ "Officer of the Coast Guard" - - Albert Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex 
Marriage - 18 Apr 1843 - Steyning, Sussex = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Parents given on the baptism transcript as James and Elizabeth
The Merchant Navy details from 1845 also say that he had a dark complexion, Brown hair, Hazel eyes, 5' 7.25" high. First went to sea as a boy in 1830, and served in the Royal Navy for 9 years.
Assuming he died between 1851 and 1861 there are several possibilities in the BMD records for East London.
- Parents given on the baptism transcript as James and Elizabeth
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