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Birnie, Harriet A. () | Marriage Date: 6-24-1828

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Born in Ireland and trained as a lawyer. By 1860, he and his wife Harriet are living in Washington, D.C where he is employed as a clerk. Fanny Seward establishes a relationship with the couple in the 1860s. She attempts to enlist her brother, William Henry Seward Jr., in helping Mr. Birnie secure a job in a letter dated October 11, 1863. The Birnie's daughter's (Harriet) marriage to Captain Henry Beach Noble is mentioned in Fanny's 1863 diary which she attends with her brother Frederick Seward.

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Born in Ireland and trained as a lawyer. By 1860, he and his wife Harriet are living in Washington, D.C where he is employed as a clerk. Fanny Seward establishes a relationship with the couple in the 1860s. She attempts to enlist her brother, William Henry Seward Jr., in helping Mr. Birnie secure a job in a letter dated October 11, 1863. The Birnie's daughter's (Harriet) marriage to Captain Henry Beach Noble is mentioned in Fanny's 1863 diary which she attends with her brother Frederick Seward.
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Citation Information Detail Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington Ward 1, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: M653_102; Page: 392; Family History Library Film: 803102 Source Information Title 1860 United States Federal Census
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Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: 122; Page: 264D; Enumeration District: 036 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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