Mary Ann SMITH^{[1, 2, 3]}

1812 - 1855  (43 years)

• Name	Mary Ann SMITH  [1, 2]
  Birth	7 Jun 1812	Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	5 Jul 1812	Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK   [2]
  	Entry sighted on http://www.findmypast.co.uk
  Census	1851	Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
  Residence	1851	Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England   [1]
  Death	23 Jul 1855	New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
  Burial	27 Jul 1855	New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK   [3]
  Person ID	I18313084740	NunnSuffolk
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family	William ALDRIDGE,   b. Dec 1819, Stevenage, Hertford, England, UK d. 4 Jan 1861, Drayton, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1843	Newington, Surrey, England, UK   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Henry ALDRIDGE,   b. 16 Apr 1844, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK d. 21 Nov 1926, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F3278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  When her son Henry went back to England in 1883, he arranged for a headstone to be placed on her grave according to notes in his diary. The inscription was to read: In memory of Mary Anne wife of William Aldridge who departed this life July 23rd 1855 aged 43 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Erected by her son on his return from Australia. <hr> Mary brought a child, William, into the marriage who, according to the 1851 census was born at Marylebone, Middlesex. But the wedding record says she was a spinster where she married William Aldridge. So, she may have bore her son out of wedlock. There is an IGI entry for a William Henry Smith born 19 Dec 1835 & christened 17 Jan 1836 at Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England. He was the son of James Smith and Mary There was also a Sarah Smith born to the same parents: Birth: 16 Jan 1833, christened 10 Feb 1833 Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England & died 25 Sep 1834. But these assumptions have to be viewed with suspicion on the basis of her spinster status when she married Wm Aldridge.<hr> Identified on back in Henry Aldridge's handwriting

  
  

• Sources

  [S_1470630825] Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National A), Class: HO107; Piece: 1712; Folio: 236; Page: 8; GSU roll: 193620. Birth date: abt 1813 Birth place: Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England Residence date: 1851 Residence place: Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England [S150125352] Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). . Burial record from Parish Records Collection - Mary Ann ALDRIDGE. Date of burial: 27 Jul 1855. Age at death: 43. Calculated year of birth: 1812. Place of burial: East Barnet. Dedication: St Mary the Virgin. County: Hertfordshire. Notes: East Barnet St Mary the Virgin: Denomination: Anglican Coverage: 1800 - 1904. <br> eadstone inscription reads: Sacred to the Memory of MARY ANN wife of WILLIAM ALDRIDGE who departed this life June 21st 1855 Aged 43 years Blessed are dead which die in the Lord Erected by her son. <hr> [S156033320] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). . 1843 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Mary, Newington, in the County of Surrey No 139 10th July 1843 William Aldridge of full age bachelor carrier Princes Buildings Father: James Aldridge (Publican) Mary Ann Smith of full age spinster ---- Princes Buildings Father: William Smith (Publican) Married in the parish Church, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me George Rowland Medley This marriage was solemnized between us William Aldridge Mary Ann Smith in the presence of James Aldridge (his mark) and Sarah Aldridge<hr>