Hannah Owen

1883-1885

Hannah was born in 1883 (birth registered in the September quarter in Basingstoke), the daughter of Thomas and Eliza Owen (nee Collins) who were married on the 24^th December 1881 in Hampstead Norreys.

Hannah died aged 2 on the 3^rd October 1885, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6^th October.

Hannah’s family:

Her father Thomas was born in 1859 in Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, the son of George and Hannah Owen (ne Flitter) who were married on the 30^th September 1854 in Thatcham, Berkshire.

Her mother Eliza was born in1859 in Hampstead Norreys, the daughter of William and Charlotte Collins (nee Butler) who were married in 1842 (marriage registered in Bradfield)

Eliza(beth) already had a daughter, Ada Anne Collins, baptised on the 13^th November 1881, in Hampstead Norreys, before she married Thomas.

Hannah’s siblings were:

William George 1885

Thomas 1888

Rose 1894

Henry 1896

In 1891 and 1901 Thomas was recorded as a Farm Carter. In 1911 he was working as a Shepherd

In 1891 Thomas (32), Eliza (32), Ada A. Collins (9), William George (5) and Thomas (2), were living in Boxford, Berkshire.

The 1901 census records Thomas (41), Eliza (41), William (15), Thomas (13), Rose (6) and Henry (3), living in a Dudmore Lodge Cottage, in Aldbourne, Wiltshire.

Thomas (53), Eliza (53) and their son Henry (16), were still living in Dudmore Lodge, Aldbourne in 1911.

Eliza died aged 69 in 1929 (death registered in the March quarter in Marlborough)

Thomas died aged 69 in 1929 (death registered in the March quarter in Hungerford)

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