Person:Hannah Page (27)

Hannah Page was born around 1813 at Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, daughter of Sarah Page, formerly Hankin, and her husband Henry Page, a shoemaker. Sometime between Hannah's birth and 1827 the family left Wellingborough and moved about 35 miles south-east to Hitchin in Hertfordshire. In Hitchin they settled on Hollow Lane, on the eastern side of the town.

Hannah was married at Hitchin on 13th July 1833 to a labourer called George Pateman. They went on to have five children baptised at Hitchin between 1833 and 1842, although at least one died young. All the children's baptisms record the family as living on Hollow Lane.

George died in 1843, when he was said to be 31 years old.

Hannah remarried at Hitchin on 7th December 1846 to a widower called John Stokes, an agricultural labourer. They went on to have another six children at Hitchin between 1848 and 1859. The 1851 census finds the family living on Hollow Lane with three of John's children from his first marriage, one of Hannah's children from her first marriage and two children they had had together. Hannah was working as a straw plaiter at this time.

By 1861 the family had moved to Mill Yard and by 1871 they were living on Whinbush Lane (later called Whinbush Road) and John was no longer working as an agricultural labourer but as a lime burner. The 1871 census also records that Hannah had been blind for about three years due to cataracts.

Hannah died in 1877, when she was said to be 63 years old. John survived her by nearly 16 years and remarried in 1881.

1. ↑ 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 445; Book 3; Folio 17; Page 30, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Hollow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Pateman, male, 25 [1811-16], Labourer, born in county
   Harriott Pateman, female, 25 [1811-16]
   Mary Pateman, female, 7 [1833/4]
   Henry Pateman, male, 4 [1836/7]

2. ↑ 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 1710; Folio 165; Page 23, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Hollow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John Stokes, head, married, male, 37 [1813/4], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Stokes, wife, married, female, 37 [1813/4], Plaiter, b. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
   Edward Stokes, son, male, 17 [1833/4], Ag Lab, b. Ippollitts, Hertfordshire
   Emma Stokes, daughter, female, 15 [1835/6], Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Henry Pateman, son in law, male, 14 [1836/7], Ag Lab, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Stokes, son, male, 9 [1841/2], Plaiter, b. Ippollitts, Hertfordshire
   John Stokes, son, male, 3 [1847/8], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Jane Stokes, daughter, female, 1 [1849/50], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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 818; Folio 93; Page 20, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Mill Yard, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John Stokes, head, married, male, 47 [1813/14], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Stokes, wife, married, female, 47 [1813/14], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John Stokes, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1847/8], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Cornelious Stokes, son, unmarried, male, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   James Stokes, son, male, 6 [1854/5], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Mary A. Stokes, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Arthur Stokes, son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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 1368; Folio 67; Page 31, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Wimbush [sic] Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John Stokes, head, married, male, 57 [1813/14], Lime Burner, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Stokes, wife, married, female, 57 [1813/14], b. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Blind for 3 years from Catteracts
   James Stokes, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1854/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Arthur Stokes, son, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Mary Ann Stokes, daughter, female, 14 [1856/7], Straw Plater, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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

   d. Hannah STOKES, June Quarter 1877, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 204, aged 63 [1813/4]

6. ↑ Hannah's second marriage record tells us that she was the daughter of a shoemaker called Henry Page and that she lived on Hollow Lane, whilst in the 1851 and 1871 censuses she gave her place of birth as Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. There was a couple called Henry Page and Sarah Hankins who had married at Wellingborough in 1803 and had a number of children baptised there up to about 1809. There then do not appear to be any further baptisms for children of this couple after 1809 at Wellingborough. In 1827 they reappear in Hitchin, having two children baptised there, living on Hollow Lane and with Henry described as a shoemaker. It is therefore presumed that Hannah was born to this couple sometime between 1809 and 1827 whilst they were not having their children baptised at Wellingborough's main parish church.