Person:Annie Smallridge (1)

Annie Elizabeth Smallridge was born on 17th March 1888 at South Brent in Devon, daughter of an agricultural labourer named George Smallridge and his wife Annie Putt. Annie Elizabeth's birth certificate gives her name as 'Elizabeth Ann', but in all the censuses and on her marriage she was simply called 'Annie', and when she died her name was given as 'Annie Elizabeth'.

Annie appears in both the 1891 and 1901 censuses living with her parents and siblings at South Brent. Her mother died in 1910, and she appears in the 1911 census living with her widowed father and her siblings, and was described as housekeeper and working at home. This perhaps suggests that as eldest daughter she took over the domestic duties of running the household.

Annie was married on 3rd February 1921, aged 32, at Plymouth Register Office to a soldier named William Richard May. He was a widower, whose first wife had died two years earlier. William's brother Harry had already married two of Annie's sisters - first Blanche who had died in 1919, then Lily. There is one child born in 1924 with surname May and mother's maiden name Smallridge, but the birth certificate needs to be obtained to see whether she was William and Annie's daughter or Harry and Lily's.

William died on 17th December 1960, aged 69. At the time of his death they were living at 6 Prospect Place, Wellington Square, South Brent. Annie outlived him by over sixteen years and died in 1977, aged 89.

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

   b. Elizabeth Ann SMALLDRIDGE, June Quarter 1888, Totnes Registration District, Volume 5b, page 187, mother's maiden name Putt

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 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 1713; Folio 31; Page 1, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Stidston, South Brent, Devon
   George Smalldridge, head, married, male, 33 [1857/8], Agricultural Labourer, worker, b. Ugborough, Devon
   Annie Smalldridge, wife, married, female, 32 [1858/9], b. Harberton, Devon
   George Smalldridge, son, male, 9 [1881/2], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   William Smalldridge, son, male, 7 [1883/4], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   John H. Smalldridge, son, male, 5 [1885/6], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Annie Smalldridge, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. South Brent, Devon
   Emily J. Smalldridge, daughter, female, 1 [1889/90], b. South Brent, Devon

3. ↑ 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 2075; Folio 7; Page 5, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 21 Church Street, South Brent, Devon
   3 rooms occupied
   George Smallridge, head, married, male, 43 [1857/8], Agricultural Labourer, worker, b. Ugborough, Devon
   Annie Smallridge, wife, married, female, 41 [1859/60], b. Totnes, Devon
   Annie Smallridge, daughter, single, female, 13 [1887/8], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Emily Smallridge, daughter, single, female, 11 [1889/90], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Blanche Smallridge, daughter, single, female, 8 [1892/3], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Frederick Smallridge, son, male, 6 [1894/5], Scholar, b. South Brent, Devon
   Lily Smallridge, daughter, female, 3 [1897/8], b. South Brent, Devon
   Charles Smallridge, son, male, 1 [1899/1900], b. South Brent, Devon

4. ↑ 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 12842; Schedule 75, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Church Street, South Brent, Devon
   7 rooms occupied
   George Smallridge, head, male, 53 [1857/8], widower, 10 children born alive, 10 children still living, Farm Labourer - Farming, worker, b. South Brent, Devon
   John Smallridge, son, male, 25 [1885/6], single, Flock Maker - Flock Mill, worker, b. South Brent, Devon
   Annie Smallridge, daughter, female, 23 [1887/8], single, Housekeeper, working at home, b. South Brent, Devon
   Frederick Smallridge, son, male, 15 [1895/6], single, Flock Maker - Flock Mill, b. South Brent, Devon
   Lily Smallridge, daughter, female, 13 [1897/8], b. South Brent, Devon
   Reginald Smallridge, son, male, 11 [1899/1900], b. South Brent, Devon
   Daisy Smallridge, daughter, female, 8 [1902/3], b. South Brent, Devon

5. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Totnes Rural District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 9 Prospect Place, South Brent, Devon
   May, William R. / male / b. 26 Oct 1890 / married / Watchman Lloyds Bank
   May, Annie Elizabeth / female / b. 17 Mar 1888 / married / Unpaid domestic duties

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

   d. Annie Elizabeth MAY, June Quarter 1977, Newton Abbot Registration District, Volume 21, page 1653, born 17 Mar 1888