Ann Purdue

c1799-1851

Ann was baptised on the 25^th May 1800 in East Woodhay, Hampshire, the daughter of William and Martha Lawrence (nee Whitehorn) who were married on the 17^th August 1796 in West Woodhay, Hampshire.

Ann married Charles Purdue on the 19^th April 1819, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire.

(Charles was baptised in 1797 in Newbury, the son of James and Hannah Purdue (nee Skinner) who were married on the 5^th July 1794, at St Nicolas, Newbury.)

Charles and Ann had the following children baptised at St Nicolas Church, Newbury:

Maria, 2^nd May 1819

Ann, 12^th August 1821

Charles, 18^th July 1824

James, 12^th November 1826

Hannah, 1^st March 1829

Mary, 29^th May 1831

Emma, 2^nd November 1834

Thomas, 20^th September 1835

Albert, 26^th November 1837

Clara, 30^th June 1839

Louisa, 21^st February 1841 (died aged 6 months, buried 15^th June 1841, at St Nicolas, Newbury)

The 1841 census records Charles (40) as a Carpenter, living in West Mills** Newbury, with Ann (40) and their children, Ann (20), Hannah (12), Mary (10), Emma (7), Thomas (6), Albert (4), Clara (2) and Louisa (5 months). (surname recorded as Pardue on ancestry)

The 1851 census records Charles (52) as a Carpenter and Victualler, living in West Mills** with Ann (52) and their children, Emma (16), Thomas (15), Albert (11) and Clara (10).

** The family were living at the Two Brewers. This pub was also where Charles Purdue’s family were recorded living in 1815, his father James was the Publican, he died in 1827, presumably Charles took over the pub after his father’s death.

Ann died aged 52 in 1851, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21^st June. 

Her husband Charles remarried later that year. His 2^nd wife was Sarah Finch, born 3^rd November 1805, the daughter of Charles and Sarah Finch

In 1861 Charles (61) a Publican, Sarah (55) and a lodger, George Finch (15), a Cabinet Maker, were recorded living in West Mills, Newbury (still at the Two Brewers)

Charles died aged 67 on the 29^th January 1867, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2^nd February.

Sources: