Person:Mary Prior (13)

Mary Ann Prior was baptised on 15th December 1861 at Sidlesham in Sussex, daughter of a charwoman named Maria Prior. Mary Ann's baptism record does not name her father.

In 1864, when Mary Ann was about three years old, her mother married a fisherman named Stephen Grant, who thus became Mary Ann's stepfather. Maria and Stephen had two children together, but then Stephen died in 1867, having been married to Maria for less than three years.

Mary Ann appears in the 1871 census living at Sidlesham with her widowed mother, her two younger half-siblings, and her uncle. Mary Ann has yet to be researched after 1871.

1. ↑ Sidlesham (St Mary) baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 1593
   When baptised: 15 Dec 1861
   Name: Mary Ann
   Parents: Maria
   Surname: Prior
   Abode: Sidlesham
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: William Bruton

2. ↑ 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 67; Page 10, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Sidlesham, Sussex
   Maria Grant, head, widow, female, 29 [1841/2], Charwoman, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Mary Ann Prior, daughter, female, 9 [1861/2], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Henry Grant, son, male, 6 [1864/5], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Anne Grant, daughter female, 4 [1866/7], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Alfred Prior, brother, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], Labourer, b. Sidlesham, Sussex