Person:Ann Sayers (1)

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Ann Sayers
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Name Ann Sayers
Gender Female
Christening[1] 5 Dec 1813 Crawley, Sussex, England
Marriage 1 Feb 1834 Ifield, Sussex, Englandto Alfred Snelling
Census[2] 6 Jun 1841 Wandsworth, Surrey, EnglandLove Lane
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Westminster, Middlesex, England6 Spring Garden Place
Census[5] 2 Apr 1871 Westminster, Middlesex, England7 Ebury Square
Census[6] 3 Apr 1881 Westminster, Middlesex, England6 Ebury Square
Census[7] 5 Apr 1891 Westminster, London, England6 Ebury Square
Death[8] 1895 Westminster, London, England
References
  1. Baptisms register, in Crawley, Sussex: Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).
    BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Crawley in the County of Sussex in the Year 1813
    No.When BaptizedChild's Christian NameParents' NameAbodeQuality, Trade, or ProfessionBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    ChristianSurname
    23Decem[be]r 5Ann Daug[h]t[e]r ofThomas & AnnSayersCrawleyLabourerS.J. Lewin

    This baptism has been linked to the Ann Sayers who married Alfred Snelling on the basis that it is in the parish that the adult Ann gave as her birthplace and at about the right time. One of the witnesses to Ann and Alfred's marriage was a Thomas Sayers, and the Ann baptised in 1813 had both a father and older brother called Thomas. (Her older brother is more likely to be the witness, as he marked rather than signed, as Ann's brother did when he married at Ifield in 1836, whereas Ann's father had signed his own marriage record.) It is worth noting that there was another Ann Sayers baptised at Crawley in 1817, who was the daughter of a different Thomas Sayers, who was married to a Mary - that Ann however fits better with the Ann daughter of Thomas who married Richard Best at Crawley in 1840, judging by the ages that Ann Best gave in the later censuses.

  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 1069; Book 2; Folio 20; Page 6, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Love Lane, Wandsworth, Surrey
    Alfred Snilling, male, 25 [1811-16], Carpenter, not born in county
    Ann Snilling, female, 25 [1811-16], not born in county
    Thomas Snilling, male, 9 [1831/2], not born in county
    George Snilling, male, 7 [1833/4], not born in county
    Arthur Snilling, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
    Harry Snilling, male, 2 [1838/9], 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 1477; Folio 564; Page 26, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: 6 Spring Garden Place, St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex
    Alfred Snelling, head, married, male, 39 [1811/12], Carpenter, b. Crawley, Sussex
    Anne Snelling, wife, married, female, 38 [1812/13], b. Crawley, Sussex
    Tho[ma]s Snelling, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1832/3], b. Crawley, Sussex
    Arthur Snelling, son, unmarried, male, 14 [1836/7], b. St Georges, Middlesex
    Emma Snelling, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1842/3], b. St Georges, Middlesex
    Geo[rg]e Snelling, son, male, 6 [1844/5], b. St Georges, Middlesex

  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.).

    The St George Hanover Square Registration District included three sub-districts: Hanover Square, Mayfair and Belgrave. The 1861 census returns for the Belgrave sub-district are apparently lost, and that is the area where this family is known to have lived both before and after that census. This is therefore the most likely explanation as to why they have not been found in this census.

  5. 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 116; Folio 30; Page 17, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: 7 Ebury Square, St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex
    Ann Snelling, head, married, female, 58 [1812/13], Charwoman, b. Sussex
    George H. Snelling, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1844/5], Marble Mason, b. Pimlico
    William Snelling, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1854/5], Printer, b. Pimlico

  6. 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 108; Folio 101; Page 35, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: 6 Ebury Square, St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex
    Alfred Snelling, head, married, male, 68 [1812/13], Carpenter, b. Crawley, Sussex
    Ann Snelling, wife, married, female, 68 [1812/13], Laundress, b. Crawley, Sussex

  7. 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 73; Folio 12; Page 19, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: 6 Ebury Square, St George Hanover Square, London
    1 room occupied
    Ann Snelling, head, widow, female, 77 [1813/14], b. Crawley, Sussex

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

    d. Ann SNELLING, March Quarter 1895, St George Hanover Square Registration District, Volume 1a, page 460, aged 82 [1812/13]