Mary Ann Mengham

c1833-1892

Mary Ann Mingham was baptised on the 9^th June 1833, in Bedhampton, Hampshire, the daughter of Joseph (a Labourer) and Hannah Mengham (nee Baily) who were married on the 1^st August 1824, at St Thomas, Bedhampton.

Her father Joseph was baptised in 1799, in Bedhampton, the son of Joseph and Ann Mingham. Joseph died aged 74 in 1873, in Bedhampton

Her mother Hannah was baptised in 1804, in Bedhampton, the daughter of James and Hannah Bailey. Hannah died aged 63 in 1868, in Bedhampton

Joseph and Hannah also had the following children baptised in Bedhampton

William Bartlett Mengham, 25^th September 1826

James Joseph Mangham, 15^th February 1829

Henry Clements Mingham, 4^th September 1831

Martha Elizabeth Mingham, 1^st November 1835

Harriet Cooper Mingham, 23^rd December 1838

George John Mengham, 16^th May 1841

Charles Thomas Mingham, 4^th June 1843

and

Elizabeth Hannah Mengham born 1845

Louisa, born c1849

In 1851 Mary (18) was working as a Domestic Servant, she was living in Bedhampton, with her father, Joseph (52), a General Labourer & Grocer, her mother Hannah (46), a Seamstress, her brothers, William (24), James (22), both Millers, George (9), Charles (7), her sisters, Martha (15), a Domestic Servant, Harriet (12), Elizabeth (5) and Louisa (2).

The 1861 census records Mary (28) as a House Servant, working for a Charles Brown (71), a Retired Royal Navy Commander and his family, in London Road, Farlington, Hampshire.

In 1871 Mary (37), a Housekeeper, was back living in Bedhampton, with her widowed father Joseph (72), a Groom & Gardener (Domestic Servant) and her brother William (44), an unemployed General Labourer.

In 1891 Mary (58) was working as a General Servant, at The Nook, Pelican Road, Newbury, Berkshire, for an Elizabeth Basing (76), who was blind.

Mary Ann died aged 59, in 1892. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8^th June.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 9^th June 1892

MENGHAM – June 5, at the District Hospital, Newbury, Mary Ann Mengham of Speenhamland, aged 59 years.

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