Harold ECCLESTON

1885 -

• Name	Harold ECCLESTON  [1]
  Born	25 Feb 1885	Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales   [1, 2]
  	Address: 23 Florence St
  Christened	25 Apr 1886	Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Prescot, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Age: 7y
  Address: Eldon Street, Eccleston
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Salford, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Age: 16y
  Address: Mode Wheel House, 2, Pendleton
  Person ID	I1493	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Roger ECCLESTON,   b. Cal 1848, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1910, Salford, Lancashire, England  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Sarah WILLIAMS,   b. Jul 1846, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	2 Nov 1872	Withington, Lancashire, England   [4]
  	Address: St Pauls, Withington
  	Witness: Cunnigham and Mary Jones
  Family ID	F202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Tasmanian Poilce Gazette May 7 1915. Prisoners to Be Discharged. Eccleston, Harold, on the 7th instance, labourer, aged 30, height 5 feet 6 inches, fresh complexion, dark-brown hair, hazel eyes, medium nose, native of England, indistinct tattoo-mark, heart and arrow, outide right forearm, three vaccination marks outside left muscle. Sentenced to seven day's imprisonment at Hobart on the 1st instance for having surreptitously obtained a sea passage from Sydney to Hobert. NSW Police Gazette 23 February 1916. Deserters from the Military Camp, Liverpool Eccleston, Harold, private, 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, dark complexion, black hair, grey eyes, tattoed right arm, arrow through heart, three small scars left kneww: born Liverpool, England; a barman. Deserted 12 January 1916. Evening News June 6, 1914 ONCE TOO OFTEN. Harold Eccleslon, 29, appeared before Mr. Clarke, S.M., this morning, at the Water Police Court, on a charge of obtaining money by false representation. The evidence showed that on May 27 Ecclseton went to one Samuel Farey Sherwood, and said that he was sent by, Nellie Hayes, of 38 Bayswater-road, Sydney. He asked Sherwood to give him money to get away to the country. Knowing a lady of that name at that adddress, Sherwood gave the accused 8s. Later on, Eccleston came again, with a similar request. Sherwood, suspecting a fraud, informed the police of Eccleston's doings. The accused was sentenced to three months' hard labour. UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seaman's Services, 1848-1939 (Ancestry) Harold Eccleston, No 221276 Date of Birth: 25 February 1887 (real date is 1885) Place of birth: Wrexham, Denbigh Occupation: Shop Boy Date and Perios of C.S Engagements: 25 February 1905 12 years Discharged May 1907 for theft. Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 9th August 1915. Next of kin listed as mother: Mrs S Eccleston, Modewheel House, Weaste, Manchester Deserted 12th January 1916.

  
  

• Sources

  [S534] Census 1901 Salford, Lancashire, England RG13/3716/21/34 (Roger Eccleston), (RG13/3716/21/34). [S544] Baptism Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales 25 Apr 1886 Harold Eccleston, (2042). [S533] Census 1891 Prescot, Lancashire, England RG12/3023/24/42 (Roger Eccleston), (RG12/3023/24/42). [S103] Marriage Withington, Lancashire (St Pauls, Withington) 2 Nov 1872 Roger Eccleston & Sarah Williams, (M650 6 637).