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HORRY, John Henry
1866 - 1903 (37 years) Has 13 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
1832 - 1904 (72 years)-
Name HORRY, John Henry Birth 1866 Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 1903 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Person ID I8030 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HORRY, George, b. 1835, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1908, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 73 years) Mother WHYLEY, Mary Ann, b. 1832, Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1904, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 72 years) Marriage 1864 Grantham Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F2890 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HOBSON, Christiana, b. 1867, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1929, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 62 years) Marriage 1888 Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire Children 1. HORRY, Mary Ann, b. 1888, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1945 ?, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HORRY, Emma Elizabeth, b. 1 May 1890, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1974, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 83 years)3. HORRY, Ethel Jane, b. 26 Oct 1891, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1947, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. HORRY, James Henry, b. 1896, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1897, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. HORRY, John Thomas, b. 1897, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1898, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 1 year)6. HORRY, Nelly, b. 2 Sep 1902, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire d. 1964, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2928 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN HENRY HORRY 1866-1903
The birth of John H. HORRY was registered in 1866.
(GRO March Q 1866 Grantham 7a 448)
From the 1871 census of Rycroft Street, Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire:
George HORRY, head, married aged 35, labourer in iron works, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Mary A. HORRY, wife, married, aged 39, born at Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire;
George HORRY, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
*John H. HORRY, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
James HORRY, son, aged 3, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Lizzy HORRY, daughter, aged 2, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire.
Frederick T. HORRY, nephew, aged 17, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire.
(RG10/3360/60/17)
The 1881 census of 546 Brightside Lane, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
George HORRY, head, married, aged 45, labourer in iron works, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Mary A. HORRY, wife, married, aged 48, born at Little Gonerby, Lincolnshire;
George HORRY, son, unmarried, aged 16, bricklayer's labourer, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
*John H. HORRY, son, aged 15, crane lad in iron works, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
James HORRY, son, aged 13, cellar lad in iron works, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Lizzie HORRY, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Emma HORRY, daughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Mary J. HORRY, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Spittlegate, Lincolnshire;
Sarah A. HORRY, daughter, aged 4, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Diborah (sic) HORRY, daughter, aged 2, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4664/70/33)
John Henry HORRY married Christiana HOBSON in 1888.
(GRO June Q 1888 Sheffield 9c 474)
From the 1891 census of 1 Dane Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
*John Hy HORRY, head, married, aged 25, general labourer, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Christiana HORRY, wife, married, aged 24, born in Sheffield. Yorkshire;
Mary Ann HORRY, daughter, aged 2, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Emma HORRY, daughter, aged 11 months, born in Sheffield;
Walt HOBSON, single, aged 23, brother-in-law, bricklayer labourer, born in Sheffield;
Savina HOBSON, sister, aged 7 (?), scholar, born in Sheffield.
(RG12/2836/46/35)
The 1901 census of 125 Alfred Road, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire:
*John H. HORRY, head, aged 35, married, steel dresser (shells), born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Christiana HORRY, wife, aged 34, married, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Mary A. HORRY, daughter, aged 12, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Emma E. HORRY, daughter, aged 10, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire;
Ethel J. HORRY, daughter, aged 9, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
(RG13/4381/42/22)
The death of John Henry HORRY aged 37 was registered in 1903.
(GRO September Q 1903 Sheffield 9c 372)
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