Person:Fanny Mitchell (3)

Fanny Mitchell was born in 1857 in Warwick and baptised there at St Mary's Church on 6th December 1857. She was the daughter of a laundress named Mary Ann (known as Ann) Mitchell, formerly King, and her husband Samuel Mitchell, a maltster in a brewery. The 1861 and 1871 censuses find Fanny living with her parents and siblings on Saltisford, the main street leading out of Warwick to the north-west.

On 26th February 1877, Fanny married an Alfred Hill at Leamington. Alfred Hill often used his stepfather's surname of Goodman, and Fanny similarly often called herself Fanny Goodman. They returned to Warwick to live, and do not appear to have had any children. The 1881 census finds Alfred and Fanny living at 5 Gents Buildings, with Fanny working as a laundress, whilst Alfred was a general labourer. Fanny's father Samuel died in 1883.

Fanny's sister Emma died in 1889 either giving birth to a son named George Wassell or shortly afterwards. The 1891 census finds young George living with Fanny and Alfred and Fanny's mother and eldest brother in a three roomed house on Parkes Street in Warwick.

Alfred Hill died in 1892, aged 47. Fanny continued to live with her mother at Parkes Street until after her mother's death there in 1896, for which Fanny was the informant.

Some time between 1896 and 1901 Fanny left Warwick and moved ten miles north to Coventry, taking her young nephew George Wassell with her. The 1901 census finds Fanny and George lodging at 50 New Buildings in Coventry. On Christmas Day 1902, aged 45, Fanny married a John Sparkes, who was a 33 year old farm labourer from Coventry.

Fanny died early in 1910, aged 52. John Sparkes only survived her by a few months and died later that year, aged 41.

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

   b. Fanny MITCHELL, December Quarter 1857, Warwick Registration District, Vol. 6d, 451

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Mary, Warwick, 1538-1928. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Warwick in the County of Warwick in the Year 1857
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   474	1857 Decemb[e]r 6	Fanny	Samuel & Ann	Mitchell	Saltsford	Laborer	R. Baxendale

3. ↑ 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 2225; Folio 84; Page 18, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, head, married, male, 38 [1822/3], Labourer at Brewery, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Anne Mitchell, wife, married, female, 34 [1826/7], b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchell, son, male, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, male, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Fanny Mitchell, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   John Mitchell, son, male, 1 [1859/60], b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Sarah Bromage, mother in law, widow, female, 50 [1810/11], Washerwoman, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Charles Bromage, nephew, male, 3 [1857/8], b. St Mary, Warwickshire

4. ↑ 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 3199; Folio 79; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 4 Saltisford Buildings, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, head, married, male, 42 [1828/9], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Ann Mitchell, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchell, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, male, 15 [1855/6], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Fanny Mitchell, daughter, female, 13 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   John Mitchell, son, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Emma Mitchell, daughter, female, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Harriet Mitchell, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire

5. ↑ 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 3088; Folio 84; Page 19, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 5 Gents Buildings, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Goodman, head, married, male, 31 [1849/50], General Labourer, b. Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
   Fanny Goodman, wife, married, female, 23 [1857/8], Laundress, b. Warwick, Warwickshire

6. ↑ 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 2468; Folio 88; Page 19, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 1 Whiles Court, Parkes Street, Warwick, Warwickshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Ann Mitchell, head, widow, 64 [1826/7], female, Laundress, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Wm. S Mitchell, son, single, 35 [1855/6], male, Chemists porter, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Goodman, boarder, married, 48 [1842/3], male, General labourer, b. Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
   Fanny Goodman, boarder, married, 27 [1863/4], female, Laundress, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   George Wassell, grandson, 2 [1888/9], male, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire

7. ↑ 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 2912; Folio 178; Page 11, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 50 New Buildings, Coventry, Warwickshire
   Agnes Dunnicliffe, head, single, f, 39 [1861/2], Laundress, b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Arthur Dunnicliffe, son, single, m, 3 [1897/8], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Florrie Dunnicliffe, daughter, single, f, 1 [1899/1900], b. Coventry, Warwickshire
   Fanny Goodman, lodger, widow, f, 37 [1863/4], Charwoman, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   George Wassall, lodger's nephew, single, m, 13 [1887/8], b. Birmingham, Warwickshire

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

   d. Fanny SPARKES, March Quarter 1910, Coventry Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 322, aged 51 [1858/9]