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Harriet (3) Woodhurst was born at Portsea, Hampshire in 1866 to parents Tom Woodhurst and his wife Naomi Oliver. The GRO reference is [Birth Index: Portsea 2b 456, 1866 (March)]. Her father may not have known she had been conceived, as he died quite soon after that event.
The 1871 Census finds her living with her mother in her grandmother's home in Fairlight, Sussex. The record cites her age as "6", though it was actually about 5.
Two weeks later she died at Fairlight. The death certificate [Death Index: Hastings 2b 8, 1871 (June)] states that she died on April 17th 1871 (no specific address given), and describes her as the daughter of a police constable (though he was no longer alive). The cause of death was certified as 'convulsions, 15 hours', and her mother - present at the death - was the informant.