Her birth was registered in the September quarter of 1873 in the Louth district. She was baptised 20 August 1873 at Louth, a daughter of Alexander Johnson and Hannah formerly Stevenson.
In the 1881
census she was living at home aged 7.
In the 1901
census of The Galtress (?), Market Place, Easingwold, there is an Emma Johnson, single, aged 27 and
born at Louth, a governess in the household of a solicitor, F.I.H. Robinson,
aged 42 and born at Easingwold.
In the
September quarter 1902 in the Louth district, Emma married Frederick William Harnack. He was
apparently born in the Islington district in the June quarter 1874.
In 1905 she
was named in Alexander’s will as Emma Harnack.
In 1911 at 95
Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Emma was aged 37 and born at Louth, Frederick
William was aged 36, an actuarial clerk (life assurance) and born at Islington,
London. They had been married for 8
years and had had one child. Waldo was
aged 6 and born at Springfield, Chelsford. Frederick was an actuarial clerk, and living
at 95 (since renumbered 413) Springfield Road, Chelmsford.
In the 1939
register at 95 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Frederick W. Harnack
was a director, life insurance company, with a date of birth of 12 April 1874
and Emma Harnack had a date of birth of 12 July 1873.
Emma died in
the Chelmsford district in the March quarter 1943. She was aged 69.
Frederick
William Harnack died in the Newton Abbot district in
the December quarter 1948. He was aged
74. He died 11 December 1948 and was of Chapple, Bovey Tracey.
Probate was granted 18 March 1949 to Edward Coleman Simmons and Edward
Henry Gordon Simmons solicitors. His
effects were £5,392.1s.11d.
Emma and
Frederick’s only child was
Waldo Harnack (1904 – 1942),
born 29 December 1904 at Springfield, Chelmsford), birth registered in the
December quarter 1904 in the Chelmsford district.
He
was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford.
He is the same person as the Waldo Harnack
who was educated at Trent College, Long Eaton (mid-way between Derby and
Nottingham), where he was a cadet lance-corporal in the junior division of the
OTC. He was a second lieutenant (34498)
in the 54th (East Anglian) Divisional
Train of the Royal Army Service Corps.
He died in Dutch Borneo in 1942 (probably as a Japanese prisoner of war
and news of his death did not reach home until March 1946) and there is a
monumental inscription to him in the churchyard of All Saints, Springfield, Chelmsford. He was
BSc (London), FRCS.
He is commemorated on the roll of honour, Singapore Memorial. This states that he was 2nd
Lieutenant 34498 General List seconded to 2nd Bn
15th Punjab Regiment died 20 March 1942 aged 38. He was a son of Frederick William and Emma Harnack and husband of Kathleen Margaret Harnack, of Rochester, Kent, BSc Eng. (Lond)
Column 114.
He married 1 November 1938 in the Medway district to Kathleen
Margaret Harvey (born 1906 and died 19 December 1997 and who married secondly
Frederick William Clifton, Surrey South West district in the March quarter 195345). Waldo and Kathleen had a
son born 19 September 1940 at Kuching, Sarawak who
survived for only a few hours. Waldo’s
estate was £2,006.15s.9d to Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
Posted
8 October 2016