When Harriet Garrod was born about 1832, in Somersham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Garrod, was 21 and her mother, Sarah Lewis, was 25. She married JAMES LAY on 7 November 1852, in Bramford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bramford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. In 1851, at the age of 20, her occupation is listed as assistant in house. She died on 4 April 1877, in Bramford, Suffolk, England, at the age of 46, and was buried in Bramford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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