Ann Maria Stratton

c1837-1877

Ann Maria, her parents, siblings and early life:

Anna Maria was baptised on the 9^th July 1837, in Clewer, Berkshire, the daughter of Richard (a Labourer) and Elizabeth Darling (nee Haley), of Bier Lane, who were married on the 7^th May 1837, in Clewer (both were single, witnesses: Benjamin and Elizabeth Darling)

 A FEW POSSIBILITES FOR ANN MARIA AND HER PARENTS IN EARLY LIFE, NOTHING CONCRETE FOUND:

Possible 1851 census record for her on ancestry as Ann Denling, aged 12, born Chieveley, inmate in the Newbury Workhouse.  This record on FMP recorded the surname as Darling. Possible 1861 census record, Anne Darling aged 21, born Windsor, Berkshire, House Servant at Radley Farm, Avington, Berkshire.

There’s a death for an Elizabeth Darling, aged 25, in 1838, in Clewer which could be Ann’s mother.

Two possible Baptisms for her father: 1807, Chieveley, Berkshire, Richard Darling, son of William and Elizabeth or 1809, in Chieveley, Richard Darling, son of Joseph and Mary.  As one of the witnesses to the married in 1837 was Benjamin Darling, this may have been Richard’s brother. Joseph and Mary Darling had a son Benjamin, baptised in 1802, in Chieveley. Benjamin was a Bricklayer.

Possible remarriage for a Richard Darling to Harriet Barrett in 1840, in Eton. This couple were recorded living in Clewer in 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871

Ann Maria in later life:

Ann Maria had two illegitimate children. William Thomas Darling, born in 1864 in Speen, Berkshire and Elizabeth Ann Darling born in 1866 in Newbury, Berkshire.

She married in 1866

Marriage details:

Place: St John the Evangelist, Newbury

Date: 8^th July 1866

Groom: George Stratton, aged 31, bachelor, occupation, Corn Porter, abode, White’s Yard, Newbury

Bride: Ann Maria Darling, aged 28, spinster, abode, St John the Evangelist, Newbury

Fathers: Richard Darling, a Bricklayer and Thomas Stratton, a Brewer

Witnesses: William Stratton and Ellen Stratton

George and Ann(a) Maria had the following two sons:

George, born in 1868 in Greenham, Berkshire

Henry, born 1877 (died aged 5 months, buried in the NRC on the 7^th September).

Ann also gave birth to two stillborn babies. One in 1873, buried in the NRC on the 4^th July and one in 1874, buried in the NRC in 27^th August.

The 1871 census records George (36), a Labourer, living in Chub’s Yard, Newbury, with Ann (34) and their children, William (6), Elizabeth (5) and George (2).

Ann Maria died aged 39 on the 30^th July 1877. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 2^nd August.

George after Ann Maria’s death:

In 1881 George (44) was living at 1 St Mary’s Court, Newbury, with his sons, William (17) and George (13). All three were working as Labourers.

George died aged 49, on the 29^th August 1883. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1^st September.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 2^nd August 1877

STRATTON – July 30, at Bradley’s Yard, Newbury, Ann Maria, wife of George Stratton, aged 39

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