Person:Fanny Grant (3)

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Fanny Grant
b.20 Oct 1841 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
d.4 Mar 1925 North Mundham, Sussex, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Nov 1819
  1. Mary Ann Grant1821 - 1900
  2. William Grant1823 - 1862
  3. Joseph Grant1824 - 1851
  4. Emily Grant1826 - 1901
  5. Harriet Grant1828 - 1910
  6. Stephen Grant1829 - 1867
  7. Alfred Grant1831 - 1906
  8. Mark Grant1834 - 1856
  9. Edmund Grant1836 - Bef 1864
  10. Thomas Grant1838 - 1917
  11. Fanny Grant1841 - 1925
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Jan 1872
  1. Albert Edwards1872 - 1935
  2. Fred Edwards1873 - 1956
  3. William Edwards1875 - 1956
  4. Edith Eliza Edwards1875 - 1886
  5. John Edwards1877 - 1897
  6. Annie Edwards1878 - 1923
  7. Theresa Edwards1880 - 1958
  8. Lily Edwards1881 - 1971
  9. Louise Edwards1883 - 1955
  10. Alfred Edwards1884 - 1919
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Facts and Events
Name Fanny Grant
Gender Female
Birth[1] 20 Oct 1841 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
Christening[2] 19 Dec 1841 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Sidlesham, Sussex, EnglandLate Ransoms
Census[4] 7 Apr 1861 Sidlesham, Sussex, EnglandMill Village
Census[5] 2 Apr 1871 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
Marriage 20 Jan 1872 Sidlesham, Sussex, Englandto William Edwards
Census[6] 3 Apr 1881 Pagham, Sussex, England
Census[7] 5 Apr 1891 Pagham, Sussex, EnglandPagham hamlet
Census[8] 31 Mar 1901 North Mundham, Sussex, England2 South View, Runcton
Census[9] 2 Apr 1911 North Mundham, Sussex, EnglandRuncton
Death[10] 4 Mar 1925 North Mundham, Sussex, EnglandRuncton

Fanny Grant was born on 20th October 1841 at Sidlesham in Sussex, and baptised there two months later. She was the youngest daughter of Mary Ann Grant, formerly Chaffer, and her husband Charles Grant, a fisherman. Fanny appears in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses living at Sidlesham with her parents and siblings. In 1870, Fanny's father Charles died. The following year's census finds Fanny working as a dressmaker and living with her widowed mother at Sidlesham, along with two of her nephews.

Fanny with husband William, about 1915
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Fanny with husband William, about 1915
On 20th January 1872, Fanny married a traction engine driver named William Edwards at Sidlesham. He was nearly seven years her junior and also from Sidlesham. Fanny and William had a son named Albert in 1872, then Fred in 1873, then twins named Edith Eliza and William in 1875, all born at Sidlesham. Fanny's mother Mary died in 1879 at Sidlesham, but by then Fanny and William had moved to the neighbouring village of Pagham. At Pagham they had a further six children: John in 1877, Annie in 1878, Theresa in 1880, Lily in 1881, Louise in 1883 and Alfred in 1884. In 1886, one of the twins, Edith, died at the age of ten.

Fanny's eldest son was married in 1895, and Fanny's first grandchild was born the following year.

Fanny's son John joined the Navy in 1896, but he was invalided out just under a year later with phthsis (tuberculosis) and died in 1897, aged 20.

Some time between 1891 and 1901 Fanny and William left Pagham and moved to the hamlet of Runcton in North Mundham parish. They were still there in 1911, and were looking after their granddaughter Ivy Briggs, being their daughter Annie's daughter.
Fanny (seated) with William and several of their children, and granddaughter Ivy, possibly at Fanny's daughter Theresa's marriage in 1908.
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Fanny (seated) with William and several of their children, and granddaughter Ivy, possibly at Fanny's daughter Theresa's marriage in 1908.

Fanny's youngest son, Alfred, had moved to Yorkshire to be a valet at Brodsworth Hall, but he too died of tuberculosis as a young man in 1919, aged 34, leaving a wife and two young sons.

Fanny's daughter Annie died in London in 1923, aged 44, leaving four surviving children.

Fanny died at Runcton on 4th March 1925, aged 83. She had lived to see seventeen grandchildren, although one had died young, and had outlived four of her ten children. After her death William left Runcton and went to live with two of their daughters in the town of Littlehampton, a few miles to the east. He outlived Fanny by eight years and died in 1933.

References
  1. ↑ Birth certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
    REGISTRATION DISTRICT Westhampnett Union
    1841 BIRTH in the Sub-district of Manhood in the County of Sussex
    No.When and where bornName, if anySexName and surname of fatherName, surname and maiden name of motherOccupation of fatherSignature, description and residence of informantWhen registeredSignature of registrar
    497Twentieth of October 1841
    In the Parish of Sidlesham    		FannyGirlCharles GrantMary Grant formerly ChafferFishermanThe Mark X of Mary Grant
    Mother
    Sidlesham    		Eleventh of November 1841James Randall, Registrar
  2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Sidlesham (Sussex). Parish registers of Sidlesham, 1566-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).
    BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Sidlesham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1841
    No.When BaptizedChild's Christian NameParents' NameAbodeQuality, Trade, or ProfessionBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    ChristianSurname
    9851841 Dec[embe]r 19Fanny Daughter ofCharles & MaryGrantSidleshamLabourerJames Williams, Curate
  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 1652; Folio 87; Page 16, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Late Ransoms, Sidlesham, Sussex
    Charles Grant, head, married, male, 61 [1789/90], Fisherman, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Mary Grant, wife, married, female, 56 [1794/5], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    George Grant, son, unmarried, male, 36 [1814/5], Journeyman Miller, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Mark Grant, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1832/3], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Edmund Grant, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1835/6], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Thomas Grant, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1837/8], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fanny Grant, daughter, unmarried, female, 10 [1840/1], At Home, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  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 617; Folio 70; Page 13, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: Mill Village, Sidlesham, Sussex
    Charles Grant, head, married, male, 71 [1789/90], Fisherman, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Mary Grant, wife, married, female, 63 [1797/8], Wife of Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fanny Grant, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Dau[ghter] of Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Emily Grant, daughter, unmarried, female, 10 [1850/1], Dau[ghter] of Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  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 1111; Folio 70; Page 15, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: Sidlesham, Sussex
    Mary Grant, head, widow, female, 73 [1797/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fanny Grant, daughter, unmarried, female, 29 [1841/2], Dressmaker, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Joseph Grant, grandson, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Bagdad, Turkey
    Edward Grant, grandson, male, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  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 1123; Folio 98; Page 10, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: Pagham hamlet, Pagham, Sussex
    William Edwards, head, married, male, 34 [1846/7], Engine Driver (Ag[ricultura]l), b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fanny Edwards, wife, married, female, 40 [1840/1], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Albert Edwards, son, male, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fred Edwards, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    William Edwards, son, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Eliza Edwards, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    John Edwards, son, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Pagham, Sussex
    Ann Edwards, daughter, female, 2 [1878/9], b. Pagham, Sussex
    Theresa Edwards, daughter, female, 11 mo [1880], b. Pagham, 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 841; Folio 96; Page 8, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: Pagham Hamlet, Pagham, Sussex
    4 rooms occupied
    William Edwards, head, married, male, 42 [1848/9], Traction Engine Driver, employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fanny Edwards, wife, married, female, 48 [1842/3], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    William Edwards, son, single, male, 15 [1875/6], Agricultural Laborer, employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    John Edwards, son, male, 13 [1877/8], Agricultural Laborer, employed, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Thersa Edwards, daughter, female, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Lily Edwards, daughter, female, 9 [1881/2], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Louise Edwards, daughter, female, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Alfred Edwards, son, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex

  8. ↑ 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 967; Folio 42; Page 5, 31 Mar 1901.

    Address: South View (2), Runcton hamlet, Northmundham, Sussex
    5 or more rooms occupied
    William Edwards, head, married, male, 52 [1848/9], Agr[icultura]l Engine driver, worker, b. Chichester, Sussex
    Fanny Edwards, wife, married, female, 57 [1843/4], b. Chichester, Sussex

  9. ↑ 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 5386; Schedule 41, 2 Apr 1911.

    Address: Runcton, North Mundham, Sussex
    6 rooms occupied
    William Edwards, head, male, 63 [1847/8], married, Traction Engine Driver, worker, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Fanny Edwards, wife, female, 69 [1841/2], married 40 years, 10 children born, 8 still living, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Louise Edwards, daughter, female, 26 [1884/5], Single, Dressmaker, own account, working at Home, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Ivy Briggs, visitor, female, 6 [1904/5], b. London

  10. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
    Registration District Westhampnett
    1925 DEATH in the Sub-district of Selsey in the County of West Sussex
    No.When and where diedName and surnameSexAgeOccupationCause of deathSignature, description and residence of informantWhen registeredSignature of registrar
    370Fourth March 1925
    Runcton, North Mundham, R.D.    		Fanny EdwardsFemale82 yearsWife of William Edwards, formerly a Farm Tractor Driver1. Diabetes Mellitus
    Certified by Arthur N. Bostock M.R.C.S.    		Louise Edwards
    Daughter
    Present at the death
    Runcton, North Mundham    		Twelfth March 1925A.J. Yates, Registrar
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