Harberson Joseph Kirk

The given names Harberson Joseph were clearly significant to the 18th and 19th century Kirk family, having been given to four generations:

1792
1828
1849
1870

John Kirk married Elizabeth Mitchell
1. William Kirk [1773 - 1773]
2. John Kirk [1774 - 1775]
3. Mary Martha Kirk [1781 -]
4. Robert Kirk [1784 -]
5. William Kirk [1785 -]
6. Thomas Kirk [1790 -]
  1. John Kirk [1818 -] married France Bloore [- 1847]
    1. Fanny Kirk [1839 -]
    2. John Thomas Kirk [SEP qtr 1845 - SEP qtr 1857]
      (43 King Street, Clerkenwell: HO107/1516 f100 p41)
    John Kirk married Martha Blower [1821 -]
    1. Harberson Joseph Kirk [1849 -] married MAR qtr 1868 Betsy Ann Brett
      1. Elizabeth P Kirk [1868 -]
      2. Harberson Joseph Kirk [1870 -] married JUN qtr 1895 Charlotte Rebecca Risely
        
        Rosalind 'Linda' Florence Kirk [MAR qtr 1896 -]
        Constance 'Connie' Maud Kirk [JUN qtr 1897 -]
        Winifred 'Winnie' Lilian Kirk [MAR qtr 1899 -]
        Dorothy 'Dolly' May Kirk [MAR qtr 1901 -]
        (56 Bushey Mead, Croyden: RG13/656 f51 p15)
        Gertrude 'Gertie' Ada Kirk [MAR qtr 1904 -]
        Edith 'Edie' Hilda Kirk [DEC qtr 1907 -]
        Ethel Violet Kirk [MAR qtr 1909 -]
        Elsie G Kirk [SEP qtr 1910 -]
      3. John William Kirk [1873 -] married Elizabeth Caine
        
        Desmond John Kirk, married, 2 children, emigrated to Australia
        John William Kirk partnered Florence May 'Doris' Hibbert
        
        Doreen Kirk married French
        Helena Kirk
      4. Fanny Kirk [1875 -]
      5. George Kirk [1877 -]
      6. Florence E Kirk [1881 -] (possibly Florence Ethel Kirk, died DEC qtr 1891 Pancras aged 10)
      7. Laud M Kirk [1882 -] married SEP qtr 1914 Staines Ida M Batram
      8. Edward Revell B Kirk [SEP qtr 1885 -] married SEP qtr 1906 Hampstead
        (109 Flemingford Road, Finsbury: RG10/265 f24 p41; 127 Romford Road, West Ham: RG11/1706 f54 p31; 4 Noel Street, Islington: RG12/167 f49 p42; 78 Great Portland Street, Marylebone: RG13/104 f144 p18)
    2. Martha Kirk [1854 -]
    3. George Kirk [1855 -]
    4. Ernest Alfred Edward Kirk [1857 -] married DEC qtr 1878 Alice Bowyer
      1. Colin Kirk [MAR qtr 1887 -]
      2. Bevan Kirk [JUN qtr 1889 ]
      3. Violet Kirk [1894 ]
      4. Stanley Kirk [1895 ]
      5. Ernest Kirk [1898 ]
        (41 Pooles Park, Islington: RG11/259 f111 p27; 3 Beulah Road, Tottenham: RG12/1079 f3 p4; 54 Brunswick Crescent, East Barnet HRT: RG13/1232 f83 p39)
    5. Robert Kirk [1858 - 1931]
    6. Hephzibah Kirk [1860 -]
      (26 Great Smith Street, Clerkenwell: RG9/199 f19 p36; 108 Liverpool Road, Finsbury: RG10/251 f67 p4)
    John Kirk married DEC qtr 1870 Ann Lee
7. Harberson Joseph Kirk [1792 - ] married Sarah IGI has ~1815, Chilvers Coton WAR, but no reference
  1. Louisa Kirk [1826 - DEC qtr 1842]
  2. Harberson Joseph Kirk [1828 - JUN qtr 1842]
  3. Selina Kirk [1831 - DEC qtr 1842]
    (Spon Street, Coventry: HO107/1152/13 f6 p4; Spon Street, Coventry: HO107/2067 f501 p25)

It is likely that the later Harbersons were named for the earlier, but the reason for the earliest having this unusual name is as yet unknown. It is presumably a reference to the Harberson surname, perhaps a mother's maiden name.

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