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Hannah North
1797-1852
Hannah was born on the 17th December 1797, she was baptised on the 21st January 1798, at St Nicolas Church Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Dibley (nee Lidiard) who were married on the 30th October 1786, at t Nicolas Church Newbury.
Her father Charles was baptised on the 8th July 1759, in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Samuel and Mary Dibly. Charles died aged 78 in 1837 and was buried on the 28th June, at St Nicolas, Newbury.
Her mother Elizabeth was born c1764 in Berkshire. She died aged 82 in 1846 and was buried on the 15th July at St Nicolas, Newbury.
Charles and Elizabeth also had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:
Mary, 1st July 1787
Elizabeth, 6th September 1789
Sarah, 13th February 1791
Ann and Martha, 8th July 1792 (probably twins)
Samuel, 9th October 1796
Charles, 16th May 1794
John, 13th January 1800
William, 20th April 1804 (died aged 5, buried 28th March 1808, at St Nicolas, Newbury)
Maria, 18th October 1807
In 1815, Hannah (17) was recorded living on the west side of Newtown Lane, Newbury, with her father Charles (66), her mother Elizabeth (56), her sisters Mary (30), Martha (23) and Maria (8). Also recorded in the household as the children of Charles and Elizabeth were Charles (6) and George (4). (No baptisms found for these two children. There is however a baptism for a Charles Dibley, illegitimate son of Mary Dibley, (reputed father Charles Grace) on the 2nd October 1808, at St Nicolas Newbury)
Hannah married Thomas North on the 15th January 1823, at St Nicolas, Newbury.
They had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:
William, 14th December 1823
Eliza, 25th December 1824 (died aged 6 months, buried 19th August 1825 at St Nicolas Newbury)
Henry, 20th June 1826
Thomas, 16th November 1828
Charles, 15th May 1831 (died aged 2, buried 10th Oct 1832 at St Nicolas Newbury)
Sarah, 4th August 1833
Eliza, 25th December 1836 (did aged 1 year 6 months, buried 8th September 1837 at St Nicolas Newbury)
and
John, born 1838
Caroline, born 1840
Thomas was recorded as a Labourer in his early working life, the 1841-1881 census records record him as a Plasterer.
The 1841 census records Thomas (35), Anna (35) (Hannah), William (15), a Plasterer’s Labourer, Henry (14), Thomas (10), Sarah (5) and John (2), living in Old Newtown Road, Newbury.
Thomas (51), Hannah (53), William (27) a Plasterer, John (12) and Caroline (10) were again recorded living in Old Newtown Road, in 1851.
Hannah died aged 54 in 1852, she was buried on the 5th November 1852, in the Newtown Road Cemetery, Newbury, Berkshire.
Thomas after Hannah’s death:
Thomas remarried the following year
Marriage details:
Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury
Date: 21st August 1853
Groom: Thomas North, full age, widower, occupation, Plasterer, abode, Newbury.
Bride: Maria White, full age, widow, abode, Newbury
Fathers: Thomas North, a Chair Maker and James Wiggens, a Labourer
Witnesses: George Stillman and John Sheppard
Bride and Groom made their mark
(Maria was born on the 21st April 1810, she was baptised on the 13th May 1810 at St Mary, Greenham, Berkshire, the daughter of James and Martha Wiggins (nee Bowles) who were married on the 23rd August 1806, at St Mary, Greenham (James was a widower) Maria had an illegitimate son, George, born in 1829, in Greenham, she married Samuel Tidbury in 1834 and was widowed in 1835. She remarried in 1837, her 2nd husband was John White, John died in 1851).
The 1861 census records Thomas (61), living in the Independent Chapel Yard, Northbrook Street, Newbury, with Maria (55).
In 1871 Thomas (70) and Maria (61), were recorded living at 49 Northcroft Lane, Newbury.
The 1881 census records Thomas (81) and Maria (70), living at 8 New Church Almshouses, Newbury.
Maria died aged 74 on the 31st January 1885, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4th February.
Thomas died aged 89 on the 13th May 1889, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17th May.
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