Person:Annie Richardson (13)

Annie Lilian Richardson born in 1869 (2 censuses say Hereford, Herefordshire)but that county does not have any record. She married in 1891 and the banns say she was a spinster of St. Pancras. Address given on her wedding certificate is 12 Frederick St. however that is the address of a witness to the wedding name of Charles Fuller so I suspect she actually did not live there. She married Charles Frederick Smitten on 29 Mar 1891 at the parish Church in the Parish of Islington, Middlesex and I have a copy of the wedding certificate. Her father's name was Henry richardson and according to the certificate he was a mechanic. I have the banns read in Charles parish but not the ones read in Annie's church supposedly in the parish of St. Pancras. I have documented her life through to her death. I have not been able to find any evidence of her prior to her marriage. I believe she had a brother in the name of Henry Richardson as I have an old bible which states (from your brother Henry)which is over 100 years old. The marriage certificate has witness who is Elizabeth Richardson and I do not know if that was her mother or a sister. I have through other sites been given various possibilities but none of them have proved to be the Annie I am looking for. I have searched the 1871 and 1881 censuses and tried to match up Henry and Elizabeth as husband and wife but no luck. Since she was born in 1869 I have roughly thought her parents might have married somewhere between 1841 and 1869 but this is just a guess. I live outside of England although I have a sister still living there so it is a little more difficult for me to get information. I have a number of photos of her and documents which I will attach at a later date. I belong to Ancestry and have searched all their sources as much as I know how. She was my maternal grandmother and I would really like to find out her life prior to her marriage and whether or not she had any siblings who might have ancestors.

1.   Marriage certificate, in Marriage Certificate for Charles Frederick Smitten and Annie Lilian Richardson.
2.   1891 Census, in 1891 Census
   18, 5 Apr 1891.