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Mary Ann WILLIS

Female 1821 - 1863  (42 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann WILLIS 
    Born 1821  [1
    Gender Female 
    Notes for biography * Mary Ann Willis (1821 - 1863)
    * Believed to have been born in 1821, Mary Ann was the youngest child of Edward and Elizabeth.
    * Mary married Gilbert Pledge, a widower, on 20 April 1843 in the parish church of Frindsbury,
    * After their marriage the couple settled in Chatham, where their four children were born;
    * Margaret in 1845,
    * Gilbert Edward in 1845 (died in 1846),
    * George William in 1847
    * Edward Gilbert in 1848.
    * Gilbert is thought to have died in the summer of 1851
    * In 1861 Mary Ann is living in Richard Street, Chatham, most likely in the property bequeathed to her by her father.
    * In 1861 widowed Mary is employed as a Housekeeper, whilst her daughter Mary is a Dressmaker, George is a Shop Boy, and Gilbert a Rope House Boy at Chatham Dockyard.
    * Mary Ann is believed to have died in the early spring of 1863, about the same time as her daughter, Mary Ann married.
    * By 1871 Edward is employed as a Captains Steward on board HMS Plover. Later that year he married Alice Waghorn in Portsea. In 1881 he is serving as a Ward Room Steward 1st Class on HMS Crocodile, whilst his wife and two daughters are living in Portsea.
    * By 1871 George had by now moved to Sheffield, where he had married Ellen Roberts in the summer of 1877.
    * Mary Ann is thought to have died in the March quarter of 1863.
    * Edward Gilbert died in the early winter of 1904.
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    Died 1863  [1
    Person ID I119  Samuel WAY
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

    Father Edward WILLIS,   b. Sept 1778,   d. Mar 1854, Medway Registration District, Kent, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth PALMER,   b. 1783,   d. 13 Jul 1849, Catham, Kent, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1803  St Margaret's Church, Rochster, Kent, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gilbert PLEDGE,   b. 1851 
    Married 20 Apr 1843  Findsbury, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Margaret PLEDGE,   b. 1845
     2. Gilbert Edward PLEDGE,   b. 1845,   d. 1846  (Age 1 years)
     3. George William PLEDGE,   b. 1847
     4. Edward Gilbert PLEDGE,   b. 1848,   d. 1904  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F60  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Clive Challis - UK - ID 351 on this website - more details are on his website on ancestry.com.