Person:Ann Ward (21)

Ann Ward appears to have been born around 1814 at Great Hale in Lincolnshire, daughter of Ann Ward, formerly Allam, and her husband Luke Ward, a carpenter. No birth or baptism record has been found for young Ann, but the family was known to have Baptist leanings and many of Ann's siblings were not baptised until they were adults.

Ann's maternal grandfather, John Allam, died in 1841, leaving Ann a house at Great Hale. Ann's father died in 1844.

On 22nd May 1848, Ann married a joiner called William Everitt at Leadenham, about fifteen miles north-west of Great Hale. He was from Leadenham, and they settled there after their marriage, having three children at Leadenham between 1849 and 1853, although their youngest daughter died in 1854 when she was only one year old. Back in Great Hale, Ann's mother died in 1857.

Each census from 1851 to 1891 finds Ann and William living in Leadenham. William was described variously as a labourer, carpenter and joiner.

Some time between 1891 and 1895 William and Ann left Leadenham and moved nearly forty miles north-east to Louth, where their daughter had settled. Ann died there on 17th January 1895, when she was said to be either 80 or 81 years old. William survived her by fourteen years.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 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 2101; Folio 71; Page 29, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   William Everitt, head, married, male, 31 [1819/20], Labourer, b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   Ann Everitt, wife, married, female, 36 [1814/15], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Ann Everitt, daughter, female, 2 [1848/9], b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire

2. ↑ 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 2344; Folio 25; Page 28, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   William Everitt, head, married, male, 41 [1819/20], Carpenter, b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   Ann Everitt, wife, married, female, 45 [1815/6], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Ann Everitt, daughter, female, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   William Everitt, son, male, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire

3. ↑ 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 3351; Folio 13; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: The Village, Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   William Everitt, head, married, male, 51 [1819/20], Carpenter, b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   Ann Everitt, wife, married, female, 56 [1814/5], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Martha Vessey, sister in law, married, female, 49 [1821/2], Farmer's wife (visitor), b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ 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 3224; Folio 94; Page 11, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Southgate, Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   William Everitt, head, married, male, 61 [1819/20], Carpenter, b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   Ann Everitt, wife, married, female, 66 [1814/5], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ 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 2580; Folio 74; Page 4, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Church Street, Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   Five or more rooms occupied
   William Everitt, head, married, male, 71 [1819/20], Retired Carpenter Living on his own means, b. Leadenham, Lincolnshire
   Ann Everitt, wife, married, female, 76 [1814/5], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Ann EVERITT, March Quarter 1895, Louth Registration District, Volume 7a, page 409, aged 80 [1814/5]

   It appears Ann and William left Leadenham and moved to Louth some time between 1891 and her death in 1895, probably to live with their daughter Ann and her family. William appears there as a widower in the 1901 census.

7. ↑ Boston Guardian, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 5, 26 Jan 1895.

   Deaths.
   LOUTH.-Jan... 17th, Ann, the wife of William Everitt (late of Leadenham), 81 years

8. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. St. James' Church (Louth). Parish registers, 1538-1943. (Lincoln: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1989).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Louth in the County of Lincoln in the year One thousand eight hundred and ninety five
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   533	Ann Everitt	Louth	January 21st	80 y[ea]rs	George E. Woodhouse (Curate)