Person:Ann Ingram (6)

Ann Ingram was born on 23rd February 1792 and baptised the next day at Grantham in Lincolnshire, daughter of Mary Ingram, formerly Tow, and her husband John Ingram, a miller.

In the mid 1790s the family was removed under the poor laws from Grantham to the neighbouring parish of Londonthorpe. The removal order was challenged in the courts in 1795 but was held to be correct. The family does appear to have later returned to Grantham, where Ann had younger siblings baptised as late as 1800.

Ann's mother died in 1815 at Londonthorpe.

The following year, on 9th December 1816, Ann married Robert Geeson at Muston in Leicestershire, about six miles west of Grantham. At the time of their marriage she was living in Sedgebrook, a village in between Muston and Grantham.

Ann's father died in 1817 at Foston, where Ann's sister Elizabeth lived.

Ann and Robert settled in Muston after their marriage, having seven children baptised there between 1817 and 1832, although their only daughter died at the age of just ten days. The children's baptisms describe Robert as both a husbandman and labourer.

The 1841 census finds Ann, Robert and their youngest two sons living in Muston. By 1851, all their children had left home. The 1861 census finds Ann and Robert living on Hospital Row in Muston, with a ten year old grandson living with them.

Ann died at Muston on 26th May 1862, aged 70. Robert survived her by eleven years.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish Church of Grantham (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1562-1990. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).

   Baptisms 1792 / Feb[ruar]y / 24 Ingram Ann, D[aughter] of John & Mary [Born February] 23

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 588; Book 5; Folio 7; Page 9, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Muston, Leicestershire
   Robert Geeson, male, 45 [1791-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Ann Geeson, female, 45 [1791-6], not born in county
   Charles Geeson, male, 11 [1829/30], born in county
   Frederick Geeson, male, 9 [1831/2], born in county

3. ↑ 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 2102; Folio 411; Page 4, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Muston, Leicestershire
   Robert Geeson, head, married, male, 57 [1793/4], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Muston, Leicestershire
   Ann Geeson, wife, married, female, 57 [1793/4], b. Grantham, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ 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 2349; Folio 56; Page 4, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Hospital Row, Muston, Leicestershire
   Robert Geerson, head, married, male, 67 [1793/4], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Muston, Leicestershire
   Ann Geerson, wife, married, female, 67 [1793/4], b. Grantham, Lincolnshire
   John Geerson, grandson, male, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Fenton, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Ann GEESON, June Quarter 1862, Grantham Registration District, Volume 7a, page 261, aged 69 [1792/3]

6. ↑ Burials register, in Muston, Leicestershire, England. Parish Registers. (Leicestershire and Rutland Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Muston in the County of Leicester in the Year 1862
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   312	Ann Geeson	Muston	May 29th	69 y[ea]rs	G.E. Welby, Off[iciatin]g Min[iste]r

7. ↑ Monumental Inscription: Muston churchyard.

   In affectionate remembrance
   OF ANN, WIFE OF
   Robert Geeson
   who died May 26th 1862
   IN THE 69TH YEAR OF
   HER AGE
   I am weary of my crying: my throat
   is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait
   for my God. Psalm. LXIX.3.
   -
   Robert Geeson,
   HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
   WHO DIED JUNE 24TH 1873,
   AND WAS INTERED AT
   GATES HEAD ON TYNE CEMETERY
   IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM
   AGED 82 YEARS

8. ↑ Grantham Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 3, 7 Jun 1862.

   DEATHS.
   At Muston, on the 26th ult., Ann wife of Robt. Geeson, aged 69.