Mary Ann Alder/Allder c1831-1896

Author: Gambles
Date published: 26/08/2023
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Mary Ann Alder/Allder

c1831-1896

Mary Ann was baptised on the 22nd May 1831 at St Mary the Virgin, Speen, Berkshire, the daughter of George and Harriet Callis (nee Piper) who were married in 1815 in East Woodhay, Hampshire.

Mary’s father George Collis was baptised in 1797 at St Mary the Virgin, Speen, the son of Thomas and Mary Callis (nee Messenger) who were married on the 19th January 1789 at St Mary the Virgin, Speen. He died in 1849, he was buried on the 21st February at St Nicolas, Newbury.

Mary’s mother Harriet was baptised in 1795 in East Woodhay, Hampshire, the daughter of Thomas and Maria Piper (nee Applebee) who were married on the 25th May 1779 at St Andrew, Bradfield, Berkshire. Harriet died aged 80 in 1873, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 10th February.

George and Harriet also had the following children:

Thomas c1816

George c1818

Harriet c1822

Jesse c1824

Eliza c1826

Eleanor c1829 (died aged 2+, buried 25th July 1831 at St Mary the Virgin, Speen, surname recorded as Calliss)

Charles c1834

The 1841 census records Mary Ann (9) living in Speenhamland, Berkshire with her father George (46), a Coach Painter, her mother Harriet (46) and her siblings Harriet (20) and Charles (7). In 1847/1848 George was the publican at the White Hart Tap, Market Place, Newbury.

In 1851 Mary (20) was living with her widowed mother Harriet (58), a Publican, in Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

Mary married in 1851

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church Newbury

Date: 26th May 1851

Groom: Ralph Alder, full age, bachelor, occupation, Painter, abode, Newbury.

Bride: Mary Anne Callis, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury

Fathers: James Alder and George Callis, both Licensed Victuallers

Witnesses: Sarah Goodman and Charles Callis

(Ralph was baptised on the 22nd February 1824 at t Nicolas Church Newbury, the son of James, a Victualler (trade directories record him at the Greyhound, Bartholomew Street, Newbury 1839-1848) and Mary Alder (nee Preston) who were married on the 15th April 1820 at St James the Less, Winterbourne, Berkshire).

Ralph and Mary Ann had the following children:

Ralph and Mary Ann had the following children:

Florence Elizabeth Allder born 1853

Harry Allder 1855

Rosa Allder 1857

Tom Allder 1860

Ralph Allder 1863

The 1861 census records Ralph (37), a Poulterer and Bird Stuffer, Mary (28), Florence (7), Harry (5), Rosa (3) and Tom (10 months), living at 30 Northbrook Street, Newbury.

In 1871 Ralph (47), a Poulterer, was recorded living at 70 Northbrook Street, Newbury, with Mary (38), and their children Henry (15), Rosa (13), Tom (10) and Ralph (7).

The 1881 census records Ralph (57) as a Poulterer, he was still living in Northbrook Street with Mary (48) and their two sons Tom (20), a Painter and Ralph (17), a Butcher’s Clerk.

Ralph Allder died aged 64 on the 22nd September 1888, he was laid to rest in a private grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 26th September.

The 1891 census records Mary (55) as a Poulterer and Naturalist living in Northbrook Street, Newbury. Her son Tom (30) was recorded living with her and was also recorded as a Poulterer and Naturalist.

Mary Allder died aged 64 on the 27th September 1896, she was laid to rest with her husband Ralph on the 30th September.

 

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