Person:Annie Singleton (2)

Annie Singleton was born on 15th July 1862 at Allington in Lincolnshire, the eighth of eleven children of Eliza Worth Singleton, formerly Bonser, and her husband Robert Singleton, a coachman and groom. Her early childhood was spent in Allington until at least August 1871 when her youngest sister Ada Jane was born. By November 1872 the family had moved to Aston on Trent in Derbyshire, where Annie's mother Eliza died aged 46, when Annie was only ten years old.

After Eliza's death the family dispersed, with most of the children leaving home and going to live in a variety of places. Annie and her youngest sister Ada continued living with their father Robert and moved to Bainton in Northamptonshire, where Annie acted as his housekeeper. By 1891, Annie too had left home and was working as a cook for a dentist in the Marylebone area of London.

On 18th November 1895, aged 33, Annie married Alfred Floyd. He was a nurseryman florist and gardener, who appears to have lived in various locations close to but slightly removed from London where market gardening was a significant business to supply the London markets. He was a widower, having had four children with his first wife, Fanny Sulston, who had died in 1892. Annie and Alfred married at Farnborough in Kent, and had the first of their two children there.

Back in Bainton, Annie's father Robert died in 1901. Annie's sister Ada, who had been living with their father until his death, now moved down 100 miles south from Bainton to Farnborough to live with Annie and Alfred in Farnborough. Ada did not stay long - in March 1902 she was married at Farnborough to John Henry Cox from Barnack (the neighbouring village to Bainton) after which she went to live in Barnack.

Some time between 1901 and 1905, Annie and Alfred and their children left Farnborough and moved to Uxbridge, Middlesex, on the opposite side of London to Farnborough. Their third child was born in Uxbridge in 1905. Annie and Alfred appear to have stayed in Uxbridge for the rest of their lives. The 1911 census finds them living at 8 St Peter's Villas on Villier Street, where Alfred ran his nursery business.

At the outbreak of the Second World War they were living at 15 Partridge Villas on Cricket Field Road, just south of the town centre, and Alfred was described as retired.

Annie died on 4th January 1946, aged 83. Alfred was already severely ill himself at the time and he died just fourteen days later.

1. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Annie SINGLETON, September Quarter 1862, Newark Registration District, Volume 7b, page 299, mother's maiden name Bonser

2. ↑ 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 3544; Folio 13; Page 17, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Robert Singleton, head, married, male, 51 [1819/20], Coachman (Domestic), b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Singleton, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], Coachmans wife, b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   William Singleton, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Farm Servant, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Richard Singleton, son, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Ann Singleton, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Frederick Singleton, son, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Allington, Lincolnshire

3. ↑ 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 RG13; Piece 3194; Folio 67; Page 16, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Bainton, Northamptonshire
   Robert Singleton, head, widower, male, 61 [1819/20], Coachman Dom[estic] Serv[ant], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Annie Singleton, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1862/3], Housekeeper, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Ada Singleton, daughter, female, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Allington, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ 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 92; Folio 6; Page 5, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 45 Weymouth Street, Marylebone, London
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Edwin H. Holthouse, head, married, male, 35 [1855/6], Medical Pract[itio]n[er] (Reg[istere]d Dentist), neither employer nor employed, b. Turkey Smyrna British Subj[ec]t
   Harriet M. Holthouse, wife, married, female, 42 [1848/9], b. Marylebone, London
   Charles F. Holthouse, son, male, 5 [1885/6], b. Reigate, Surrey
   Cuthbert L. Holthouse, son, male, 3 [1887/8], b. St Pancras, London
   Mary L. Haywood, visitor, married, female, 34 [1856/7], b. Adelaide, South Australia
   William E. Haywood, son, single, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Portsmouth, Hampshire
   Annie Singleton, servant, single, female, 28 [1862/3], Cook, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Mary E. Frost, servant, single, female, 30 [1860/1], Housemaid, b. Congleton, Cheshire
   Priscilla Lewis, servant, single, female, 23 [1867/8], Nurse, b. Carsie, Montgomeryshire

5. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 691; Folio 79; Page 1, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 2 Wellbrook Road, Farnborough, Kent
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Alfred Floyd, head, married, male, 40 [1860/1], married, Florist (Grower), worker, b. Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
   Annie Floyd, wife, married, female, 38 [1862/3], b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Alice Floyd, daughter, female, 10 [1890/1], b. Lewisham, London SE
   Nellie Floyd, daughter, female, 8 [1892/3], b. Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
   Dorothy Floyd, daughter, female, 4 [1896/7], b. Farnborough, Kent
   Margaret Floyd, daughter, female, 1 [1899/1900], b. Farnborough, Kent

6. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 6769; Scheule 284, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 8 St Peters Villas, Villier Street, Uxbridge, Middlesex
   5 rooms occupied
   Alfred Floyd, head, male, 50 [1860/1], married, Nurseryman & Florist, own account, b. Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
   Annie Floyd, wife, female, 48 [1862/3], married 15 years, 3 children born, 3 still living, b. Alington, Lincolnshire
   Ada Dorothy Floyd, daughter, female, 14 [1896/7], b. Farnborough, Kent
   Margaret Annie Floyd, daughter, female, 11 [1899/1900], School, b. Farnborough, Kent
   Frederick Alfred Floyd, son, male, 6 [1904/5], School, b. Uxbridge, Middlesex

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Uxbridge Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 15 Partridge Villas, Cricket Field Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex
   Floyd, Alfred / male / 26 Aug 1860 / married / Nursery Gardener Retired
   Floyd, Annie / female / 15 Jul 1862 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties

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

   d. Annie FLOYD, March Quarter 1946, Uxbridge Registration District, Volume 3a, page 89, aged 83 [1862/3]

9. ↑ Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 5, Friday 11 Jan 1946.

   Obituary.-An old resident of Uxbridge, Mrs. Annie Floyd, wife of Mr. Alfred Floyd, of 15, Partridge-villas, died on Friday, aged 83. Well-known in the Greenway district, Mr. Floyd ran a nursery in Villier-street years ago.