Ann Chowns
born 7 Aug 1826 [Family Bible]
baptised 03 Sep 1826 Farnham Royal, Bucks [parish register]
Parents Robert Chowns and Susan/ne/na/h Simons
Siblings: William b 1801/2, Maria, 1804, Sophia I 1807, Mary Anne 1808, Susan 1814, Sophia II 1816, Betsy, 1822.
1841
Ann Chouns [sic]15 female servant b Buckinghamshire, working in Wisteria House, Stoke Poges for a surgeon
1850 gave birth to illegitimate son John William Chowns, b 14 May at Farnham Royal, died aged 7 weeks 1st Jul 1850, Farnham Royal.
1851
housemaid, at St Ann's Hill, Wandsworth
23 Oct 1858 married John Smoothy at Kennington Parish Church, Surrey.
6 Feb 1860 gave birth to daughter Elizabeth Louisa at Hill Street, Richmond, Surrey
1861
At The Green, Richmond, Surrey, with her daughter Elizabeth Louisa. Her husband is away, as butler in another household
18 Mar 1862 second daughter Emily Esther, born
11 Aug 1868 son John David Robert [my grandfather] born 24, The Green, Richmond, Surrey
25 Mar 1870 final child, Edith Mary, born
1871
24 The Green, Richmond, Surrey
with husband John, lodging house keeper and their children
1881
Vestry Cottage, Old Burying Ground, Richmond, Surrey
with husband John Smoothy, beadle & vestry messenger, their children and a lodger, George Newboult, as well as a visitor, William Mott, 13 (who was later a witness at Ann's son's wedding)
[Vestry minutes show that John received a quarterly cheque for £1. 6s. 3d from the poor account as assistant overseer, and £15 from the Highway & General account as messenger.]
1891
Vestry Cottage, Old Burying Ground, Richmond, Surrey
with husband John, son-in-law Charles Vine, married daughter Elizabeth Vine, unmarried daughter Edith and grandchildren Emily Vine, Alfred Vine, Florence Vine and Alice Vine, plus lodger George Newboult
death 15 Sep 1894, Vestry Cottage, aged 68, cause of death: bronchitis, hemiplegia
burial
20 Sep 1894
St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey
Link to gt grandfather:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ead.php?t=1826