Anne Osborne

c1800-1874

Ann was baptised in 1800 at St Nicolas Church Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Stillman (nee Grubb) who were married on the 4^th June 1799 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

Ann’s father James was born c1774 in Berkshire. He died aged 75 in 1848, he was buried on the 7^th January at St Nicolas Newbury.

Her mother Elizabeth (aka Betsey) was baptised on the 1^st April 1778 at St Nicolas Church Newbury, the daughter of Thomas (c1745-1819) and Martha (c1754-1820) Grubb (nee Gray) who were married on the 14^th August 1782 at St Nicolas Church Newbury. Elizabeth died aged 64 in 1842, she was buried on the 7^th September at St Nicolas Newbury (as Betsey)

Ann’s known siblings were:

Hannah c1802

Martha c1805

Elizabeth c1807

Thomas c1809

Jane c1811

James c1813 (died aged 2 months, buried 1^st October 1813 at St Nicolas Newbury)

Caroline c1814

Sarah 1816 (died aged 3 weeks, buried 2^nd August at St Nicolas Newbury)

George c1817

Sarah Louisa c1820

On the 26^th May 1815 Ann (15) was recorded at the Royal Oak, on the west side of Northbrook Street, Newbury, with her grandparents Thomas Grubb (66) (possibly the Inn Keeper) and Martha Grubb (60), Elizabeth Grubb (10), a Sergeant Miles, his wife Mary Miles aged (34), their son Nicholas Miles aged (9) and 1 soldier billeted.

On the 3^rd June 1815 Ann (15) was recorded living in Lancasterian School Yard, on the east side of Bartholomew Street, Newbury, with her father James (40), a Shoemaker, her mother Elizabeth (37), her sisters, Hannah (13), Martha (10), Elizabeth (8), Jane (4), Caroline (an infant), her brother Thomas (6), George Stillman (20), Richard Wiggins (16), Joseph Wiggins (25) and Thomas Sargood (21).

Anne married William Osborne on the 25^th July 1824 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.

(William was a Coal Merchant, he was born c1797, place unknown.)

They had the following children:

Sarah Ann Osborn, baptised in 1824

William Henry Hillman Osbourn baptised in 1827

Edmund Osborne, baptised in 1829

Emily Osborne, baptised in 1833

Clara Osborne, baptised in 1836

In 1841 the family were living in Back Lane, Newbury.

William died aged 49, (cause of death apoplexy) on the 13^th October 1846, at Wharf Lane, Newbury.

The 1851 census records Anne (51) as a Coal Merchant, living in Back Lane, Newbury with her children, Sarah (25), a Coal Merchant, William (24), an Assistant to Mother and Clara (14).

In 1861 Anne (61) Formerly a Coal Merchant and her daughters, Sarah (36) and Clara (24), both School Mistresses, were recorded living in St Mary’s Hill, Newbury.

The 1871 census records Anne (71) as a Coal Merchant’s widow, living alone, in Raymond’s Almshouses, Newbury.

Anne died aged 74, (cause of death, liver disease) on the 15^th October 1874 at Raymond’s Almshouses, Newbury, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on th

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