Lost Harkus Relatives

[smurf]

Im looking for anyone related to my great grandmothers family.

My Great Grandmother was born Jane Wyatt HARKUS in 1903 in South Shields. She was the 2nd youngest of 9 surviving children of William and Elizabeth HARKUS (nee STEPHENSON). She died in 1942 at the age of 39.

Her siblings were:
Elizabeth HARKUS
Anthony HARKUS
John Stephenson HARKUS
William HARKUS
Lucy Stephenson HARKUS
Robert Brown HARKUS
Christiana HARKUS
Georgina HARKUS

We lost contact with this branch of the family after she died and as such we have almost no information about or photos of Jane and her siblings. If anyone is related to these people or can give me any information on them, please get in touch either here on the board or via email.

cheers
Amanda.

[Pilot]

Strange, although not on your list, I have a record of a Thomas Stephenson Harkus who died in 2002, with the Stephenson middle name it must fit in somewhere I think.

[Pilot]

Elizabeth Harkus died 1933
Anthony Harkus died 1939

[Pilot]

Anthony Harkus married Amelia R Peirce in 1909

[smurf]

Strange, although not on your list, I have a record of a Thomas Stephenson Harkus who died in 2002, with the Stephenson middle name it must fit in somewhere I think.

There was a Thomas Stephenson Harkus in this family but I didnt include him in the list as he died in 1910 aged 13. Its possible that the one you found is the child of one of the other siblings.

cheers
Amanda.

[smurf]

Anthony Harkus married Amelia R Peirce in 1909

This particular Anthony Harkus married Elizabeth Peel in 1907. The Anthony Harkus that married Amelia was a cousin. One of the problems is that the Harkus family liked to name their children the same!!

cheers
Amanda.

[geordiegirl]

Strange, although not on your list, I have a record of a Thomas Stephenson Harkus who died in 2002, with the Stephenson middle name it must fit in somewhere I think.

hello there my name is susan harkus.i live in north shields.my grandfather was george harkus born on commercial road soth shields.i know that i am related to you i have the family tree going back to 1766 originally the harkus family lived in whitburn.by the names mentioned they are on my family tree.the name stephenson is on the family tree.

[geordiegirl]

i have a copy of the marriage certificate of william harkus and elizabeth stephenson in 1885 at st hildas south shields.my grandfathers parents were william and jane nee stephenson.i know that 1 side of the family went to wales .i got all the information from linda harkus who lives in wells somerset.i think maybe she is your side of the family.i have the names of william and elizabeth's children ;anthony john,william,georgina and robert.

[smurf]

hello there my name is susan harkus.i live in north shields.my grandfather was george harkus born on commercial road soth shields.i know that i am related to you i have the family tree going back to 1766 originally the harkus family lived in whitburn.by the names mentioned they are on my family tree.the name stephenson is on the family tree.

wow 1776? thats alot better than my copy so far I would love to get in touch and chat further, i'll send you an email.

cheers
Amanda.

[anniem]

My mother was Christian Erby Harkus born in South Shields in 1914. Her parents were Anthony Harkus and Amelia Ramshaw Pierce and they married in about 1909. My mother had two older sisters, Amelia and Jane and a younger brother Tom Anthony. Amelia died when she was very young. Jane died during WW2 and Tom was drowned off Newfoundland during the War.There was an older half brother George Pierce born in1906/7 who died in the 1930's My great grandparents on the Harkus side were Jane Wyatt Stephenson and George Harkus. They married in 1885.Their family were Anthony born1887, Jane Wyatt born 1891,John Stephenson born1894, Thomas Prowse born1896,George born1898, Christian born1899 and William born 1900. There may have been a twin Lucy Stephenson born in 1894.
I too have lost touch with my Harkus relatives as my mother moved to the north of Scotland in 1939, but I was born in South Shields.

[gema201985]

Hi. Amelia Ramshaw Pierce born in 1885 was my 2nd great grand aunt, her brother aaron had a son with josephine shaw, John James Shaw Pierce, he is my Great grandfather

Gemma