Person:Ann Harry (4)

Ann Maria Harry was baptised on 1st June 1800 at St Stephen by Saltash in Cornwall, daughter of Sarah Harry, formerly Grubb, and her husband Robert Harry, a labourer. The family had only recently moved to Saltash from the village of St Ive; Ann's baptism is the family's first appearance in Saltash. She was the youngest of eight children, although at least one of her older brothers had died before she was born.

In 1821, aged 21, Ann married a mariner named John Warren. They married on the opposite side of the River Tamar at Stoke Damerel in Devon, which was the parish church which covered the town of Plymouth Dock (renamed Devonport three years later). After their marriage they returned to Saltash for a time, where Ann's first son, John, was baptised in 1822. They then moved back across the Tamar to Devonport and neighbouring Stonehouse, where the rest of their children were born. Between 1822 and 1845 Ann and John had at least six children, although two of these are known to have died young.

The 1851 census finds Ann and three of her children living in Devonport. John was away from home on census night, presumably at sea. By 1861 he had retired from the navy and he appears with Ann in the census. They had also left Devonport and were living in the village of Polbathick in Cornwall.

John died in 1866 in Devonport. By 1871 Ann had moved to Plymouth, living with her daughter Honor, who was working as a governess. Honor later moved to Bristol, where she married a Richard Ashton in 1874. Ann appears to have followed Honor (who took to calling herself Annie) to Bristol. Both the 1881 and 1891 censuses find Ann living in Bristol with Honor, who was a widow herself by 1881.

Ann died in 1892 in the Barton Regis district, which covered the northern suburbs of Bristol. She was 91 years old.

1. ↑ Cornwall Family History Society. Cornwall Baptisms.

   ch. 1 Jun 1800, St Stephen by Saltash: Ann Maria daughter of Robert & Sarah Harry

   Needs to be confirmed at Cornwall Record Office.

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1882; Folio 170; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: 1 Marlborough Row (Tenement), Devonport, Stoke Damerel, Devon
   Ann Maria Warren, head, married, female, 50 [1799/1800], Seaman's Wife, b. St Stephen by Saltash, Cornwall
   Mary Ann Warren, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], Seamstress, b. Stoke Damerel, Devon
   Honor Maria Warren, daughter, female, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Stoke Damerel, Devon
   George Ja[me]s Warren, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Stoke Damerel, Devon

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1524; Folio 8; Page 10, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Polbathick, Sheviock, Cornwall
   John Warren, head, married, male, 61 [1799/1800], Seaman R.N. (Pensioner), b. Devonport, Devon
   Anna Maria Warren, wife, married, female, 60 [1800/1], b. St Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall
   George Warren, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1845/6], Under Groom, b. Devonport, Devon

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 2117; Folio 123; Page 9, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 13 Clarendon Terrace, Plymouth (St Andrew), Devon
   Jane Laversha, head, widow, female, 43 [1827/8], Annuitant, b. Somerset
   Anne Warren, boarder, widow, female, 70 [1800/1], Parochial Relief, b. Cornwall
   Honor M. Warren, boarder, unmarried, female, 28 [1842/3], Governess, b. Devonport, Devon
   William E. Laversha, son, male, 2 [1868/9], b. Plymouth, Devon

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 2473; Folio 83; Page 33, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 4 Albert Street, Bristol (St Paul), Gloucestershire
   Annie Aston, head, widow, female, 37 [1843/4], School Mistress Formerly, b. Devonport, Devon
   Annie Warren, mother, widow, female, 80 [1800/1], Shipwright's Widow, b. St Stephens, Cornwall
   Ada Ivy Aston, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Bristol, Gloucestershire
   Annie Mary Aston, daughter, female, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Bristol, Gloucestershire

6. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1966; Folio 8; Page 10, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 5 Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol
   Annie Ashton, head, widow, female, 48 [1842/3], Masseuse, neither employer nor employed, b. Devonport, Devon
   Ivy Ashton, daughter, single, female, 16 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Bristol
   Mary Ashton, daughter, single, female, 14 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Bristol
   Annie Warren, mother, widow, female, 90 [1800/1], On own means, b. Saltash, Cornwall

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Ann Maria WARREN, March Quarter 1892, Barton Regis Registration District, Volume 6a, page 48, aged 91 [1800/1]