Ann CANHAM^[1]

1839 - 1912  (72 years)

• Name	Ann CANHAM
  Birth	24 Sep 1839	Fen Ditton, Cambs
  Baptism	1 Dec 1839	Fen Ditton, Cambs   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	6 Jun 1841	Fen Ditton, Cambs   [3]
  	Age: 1y
  	Address: Baitsbite
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Fen Ditton, Cambs   [4]
  	Age: 11y
  	Address: Green End
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851  [4]
  	Scholar
  	Age: 11y
  Census	7 Apr 1861	Hackney, London E   [5]
  	Age: 21y
  	Address: 7 Queens Terrace
  Occupation	7 Apr 1861  [5]
  	Housekeeper
  	Age: 21y
  Occupation	1871	Burn Hall, Co Durham   [6]
  	Housekeeper
  Residence	1874	Liverpool, Merseyside
  	Address: Dudlow Lane, Wavertree
  Census	3 Apr 1881	Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs   [7]
  	Age: 38y
  	Address: 26 Bryn Street
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881  [7]
  	Housekeeper
  	Age: 38y
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs   [8]
  	Age: 49y
  	Address: 4 Ashton Court, Warrington Road
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs   [9]
  	Age: 59y
  	Address: Warrington Road
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs   [10]
  	Age: 69y
  	Address: 31 Bryn Street
  Permanent Record Number	328273729
  Death	3 Jan 1912	Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs
  Burial	Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs
  	Address: St Oswald's
  Person ID	I328273729	Tony & Gill's Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	John CANHAM,   b. Abt 1813, Fen Ditton, Cambs d. 12 Jun 1842, Chesterton, Cambs (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Ann HARVEY,   b. Abt 1814, Fen Ditton, Cambs d. 4 Nov 1841, Chesterton, Cambs (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1834	Fen Ditton, Cambs
  Family ID	F342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas MATHEWS,   b. Abt 1848, Stackallen, Co. Meath, Ireland d. 23 Apr 1919, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1874	West Derby, Liverpool   [1, 11]
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth MATHEWS,   b. 20 Nov 1874, West Derby, Liverpool d. 23 May 1964, Leigh, Lancs (Age 89 years) + 2. Clara Mary MATHEWS,   b. 12 Nov 1876, Wavertree, Lancs d. 19 Sep 1955, Huyton, Liverpool (Age 78 years) + 3. Henry MATHEWS,   b. 7 Apr 1879, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs d. 18 Jun 1953, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs (Age 74 years)   4. Thomas MATHEWS,   b. 14 Feb 1882, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs d. 5 Feb 1956, Billinge, Lancs (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F77	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2013

  
  

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  Birth - 24 Sep 1839 - Fen Ditton, Cambs Baptism - 1 Dec 1839 - Fen Ditton, Cambs Census - Age: 1y,Address: Baitsbite - 6 Jun 1841 - Fen Ditton, Cambs Census - Age: 11y,Address: Green End - 30 Mar 1851 - Fen Ditton, Cambs Census - Age: 21y,Address: 7 Queens Terrace - 7 Apr 1861 - Hackney, London E Occupation - Housekeeper - 1871 - Burn Hall, Co Durham Residence - Address: Dudlow Lane, Wavertree - 1874 - Liverpool, Merseyside Marriage - 29 Jan 1874 - West Derby, Liverpool Census - Age: 38y,Address: 26 Bryn Street - 3 Apr 1881 - Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs Census - Age: 49y,Address: 4 Ashton Court, Warrington Road - 5 Apr 1891 - Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs Census - Age: 59y,Address: Warrington Road - 31 Mar 1901 - Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs Census - Age: 69y,Address: 31 Bryn Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs Death - 3 Jan 1912 - Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs Burial - Address: St Oswald's - - Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  It seems from census data that both her parents, John and Ann, died young: between the ages of 25 and 35. The 1851 census gives Ann and her brother William living with their (Harvey) grandparents in Greenend, next door to their family home, in Fen Ditton, along with their various uncles and aunts. Her sister, Sarah, who is 13 by now, is working as a 'nurse' in Cambridge. In 1861 she is found living with her Uncle, Richard Harvey, in London. No particular employment is given at that time. This would appear to coincide with the murder of her grandmother in Fen Ditton in 1861. In 1871 she is working as Housekeeper at Burn Hall, County Durham. The owner of the property is a local JP called Marmaduke Salvin, a member of a prominent Durham Catholic family from pre-reformation times. Marmaduke had a number of children including Francesca Josephine (born 1856 at 'St Oswald. Durham'). At some point after 1871 Francesca left Durham for Liverpool where she married George Oswald Sharples (he was born in 1848 in Wavertree, Liverpool into a well-to-do Timber Merchant family); marriage date 25.9.1877. George went to Stoneyhurst College and so it appears that they were both Catholic. They lived at 79 Beech Lane, which is adjacent to Dudlow Lane in Wavertree. By 1881 they had a son, Henry Oswald, aged 2 (at that time two of George's sisters from Ohio (BS) were staying with them). George died in 1885 aged only 38 [8b]. In 1891 Francesca is to be found as a patient at an expensive private lunatic asylum in Ticehurst, Sussex (see image in the Wellcome Foundation archive). Oswald was living at that time with his paternal grandmother, Frances, in Streatham, Wandswoth, London, together with two unmarried aunts (and 4 servants). By 1901 Francesca is living with Oswald as a Boarder with a family in Folkestone. It appears very likely that Ann Canham followed Francesca to Liverpool sometime about 1873 and worked for her until perhaps about 1881, when Ann and Thomas moved to Ashton in Makerfield. Marriage to Thomas Mathews 29th January 1874 at Our Lady of Good Help RC Church, Liverpool [see Wedding Certificate copy, 13.6.2008]. Best man was James Murphy and bridesmaid/maid of honour was Margaret Plunkett. Thomas was given as a Gardener, of Montague Street, West Derby and she as a Spinster, of Dudlow Lane, Wavertree. In 1891 census living at 4 A. Court, Warrington Road, Ashton. In 1901 living at 60 Warrington Road (referred to as 'Annie'). Grave is in St Oswald's churchyard, Ashton in Makerfield, buried with her grand daughter Annie Byrne, husband Thomas and daughter Mary. [1]

  
  

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  [S51] Family - David Byrne. [S86] Cambridge FHS. [S6] Census 1841 E&W (06/06/1841), HO107 PN 67 B 10 F - P 14. Name,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born John Canham,M,25,Iron Moulder,Y Ann Canham,F,25,,Y William Canham,M,5,,Y Sarah Canham,F,3,,Y Ann Canham,F,1,,Y [S7] Census 1851 E&W (30/03/1851), HO107 PN 1759 F 472 P 19. Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Thomas Harvey,Head,Mar,M,61,Bricklayer,Milton, Cambs, Ann Harvey,Wife,Mar,F,59,,Waterbeach, Cambs, Mary Ann Harvey,Daughter,Unm,F,22,,Fen Ditton, Cambs, Charlotte Ann Harvey,Daughter,Unm,F,20,Dressmaker,Fen Ditton, Cambs, John Harvey,Son,Unm,M,18,Whitesmith,Fen Ditton, Cambs, William Harvey,Son,Unm,M,13,Scholar,Fen Ditton, Cambs, William Canham,Grandson,Unm,M,15,,Fen Ditton, Cambs, Ann Canham,Granddaughter,Unm,F,11,Scholar,Fen Ditton, Cambs, [S10] Census 1861 E&W (07/04/1861), RG9/0160/~F103. Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Richard Sturges Harvey,Head,Mar,M,38,Foreman Tailor,Fen Ditton, Cambs, Louisa Esther Harvey,Wife,Mar,F,35,,Fen Ditton, Cambs, Louisa Mary Harvey,Daughter,Unm,F,7,,Islington, London N, William Fuller Harvey,Son,Unm,M,5,,Norwich, Norfolk, Henry Wilson Harvey,Son,Unm,M,4,,Dalston, London E, Adeline Sophia Harvey,Daughter,Unm,F,2,,Dalston, London E, Charlotte Ann Harvey,Daughter,Unm,F,2m,,Dalston, London E, Ann Canham,Niece,Unm,F,21,Housekeeper,Fen Ditton, Cambs, [S9] Census 1871 E&W (02/04/1871). [S11] Census 1881 E&W (03/04/1881), RG11/3785/F~. Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Thomas Matthews,Head,Mar,M,31,Gardener,Stackallen, Co Meath, Ann Matthews,Wife,Mar,F,38,Housekeeper,Fen Ditton, Cambs, Mary Elizabeth Matthews,Daughter,Unm,F,6,Scholar,West Derby, Liverpool, Clara Mary Matthews,Daughter,Unm,F,4,Scholar,Wavertree, Lancs, Henry Matthews,Son,Unm,M,2,,Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs, [S54] Census 1891 E&W (05/04/1891), RG123068/F~. Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Employ Status,Where Born,Infirmity Thomas Matthews,Head,M,M,43,Gardener,,Stackallen, Co Meath, Ann Matthews,Wife,M,F,49,,Employed,Fen Ditton, Cambs, Mary Elizabeth Matthews,Daughter,S,F,16,Teacher,Employed,West Derby, Liverpool, Clara Mary Matthews,Daughter,S,F,14,Candidate for Teaching,Employed,Wavertree, Lancs, Henry Matthews,Son,S,M,11,,,Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs, Thomas Matthews,Son,S,M,9,,,Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs, [S12] Census 1901 E&W (31/03/1901), RG13/3571/~F100. Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Employ Status,At Home,Where Born,Infirmity Thomas Matthews,Head,M,M,53,Gardener,Worker,,Stackallen, Co Meath, Ann Matthews,Wife,M,F,59,,,,Fen Ditton, Cambs, Clara Mary Matthews,Daughter,S,F,24,School Teacher's Assistant,Worker,,Wavertree, Lancs, Henry Matthews,Son,S,M,21,House Painter,Worker,,Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs, Thomas Matthews,Son,S,M,19,Steam Engine Fitter,Worker,,Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs, [S57] Census 1911 E&W (02/04/1911), RG14 PN 23089 RD 458 SD 7 ED 2 SN 186. Name,Relation,Sex,Age,Married,Years,Chd Born,Chd Living,Chd Died,Occupation,Industry,Employ Status,At Home,Where Born,Nationality,Infirmity Thomas Matthews,Head,M,63,M,37,4,4,0,Domestic Gardner,,Worker,,Stackallen, Co Meath,Irish Resident, Ann Matthews,Wife,F,69,M,37,4,4,0,,,,,Fen Ditton, Cambs,, Mary Elizabeth Matthews,Daughter,F,36,S,,,,,Head Teacher,Lancs CC,,,West Derby, Liverpool,, Thomas Matthews,Son,M,29,S,,,,,Engineer's Fitter,Colliery,Worker,,Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs,, [S1] BMD Index (GRO).