Mary Anne Coombridge

Source:  Norman's cousin Jean Judd's research.

Source: Copy of Marriage Certificate.

Source: Copy of Death Certificate.

Buried in New Lane cemetery Havant. No writing on the marker.

Step-siblings by William Coombridge (Farmer) and Maria Turner:

1. Sarah Coombridge was christened on the 1st of August 1817 in Kent and married  in ____ to ____ Simmons.  Sarah may have married a second time on the 14th of February 1846 at St. John the Baptist, Croydon, Surrey to William Killick.  Sarah died on the 9th of December 1848 in Bromley, Kent.

2. Mary Coombridge was christened on the 6th of May 1819 in Kent.  Mary died at age 12 on the 13th of February 1831.

3. Charlotte Coombridge was christened on the 27th of November 1820 in Kent.  Charlotte may have married in Oct-Dec 1845 in Lambeth, London, Surrey.

4. Elizabeth Coombridge was christened on the 12th of February 1822 in Kent.  This Elizabeth presumably died young.

5. Emma Deborah Coombridge was christened on the 5th of November or 12th of December 1824 in West Wickham, Kent and married in Oct-Dec 1844 in Lambeth, London, Surrey to Thomas Booth Hewitt.  Emma Hewett is in the 1851 census in Kent on FreeBMD.

6. John Oliver Coombridge was christened on the 6th of October 1826 in Kent and married in Greenwich, Kent in Apr-Jun 1846 to Mary Ann Watkins.

7. Elizabeth Coombridge was christened on the 12th of February 1828 in Kent and may have married in Lambeth, London, Surrey in Oct-Dec 1852 to ____.

Siblings by William Coombridge (Farmer) and Harriet Unknown:

1. William Coombridge was born on the 12th of July 1853 in Kent.  A William Coombridge married an Agnes Howie in Christchurch in Jul-Sep 1877.
2. Harriet Coombridge was born on the 22nd of December 1855 and christened in 1856 in West Wickham, Kent.
3. James Coombridge was born on the 22nd of August 1857 but died as a baby in December 1857.
4. Mary Anne Coombridge was born on the 1st of August and christened on the 27th of September 1861 in Kent, and married on the 24th of October 1889 in Steep, Hampshire to William John Clarke.
5. Joseph Coombridge (Baker) was born on the 4th of December 1865.  In the 1881 census, Joseph is a baker at 3 Chapel St., Alverstoke, Hampshire.

Source:  Researched by Norman's cousin Jean Judd.

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1871 Census

Mary Anne's family are in the Bromley Union Workhouse in Locksbottom, Kent.

1881 Census

No sign of Mary Anne.

1881 Census

Mary Anne's younger brother Joseph has moved to Hampshire.
 

Household:  Name  Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability  Joseph COOMBRIDGE   Lodger (Head)   U   Male   16   Kent, England   Baker     Source Information:   Dwelling   3 Chapel St   Census Place Alverstoke, Hampshire, England   Family History Library Film   1341285   Public Records Office Reference   RG11   Piece / Folio   1165 / 92   Page Number   1

1891 Census

No sign of Mary Anne.

1891 Census - Havant, Hampshire - LDS Fiche 6095961-2 ED 5 Page 30

No. 1 The Pallant, Havant, Hampshire.

Mary Anne's husband William is in Havant.  Baby daughter Ethel is staying with William's mother in Steep, but there is no sign yet of his Mary Anne herself.  She may have been in service.
 

1891 Census - Petersfield, Hampshire - LDS Fiche 6096056-1 ED 9 Page 5.

Ragmore, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire. 4 rooms with 1 or more windows.

Baby Ethel is staying with her grandmother.
 

1901 Census - 2 Pallant, Havant, Hampshire - RG 13/977 Page 22.

Mary's birthplace is given as Beckenham, Kent.

• Kent.  1861  (birth)
• Bromley Union Workhouse.  1871  (census)
• Sheet & Steep, Hampshire. 1889 (marriage)
• 2 The Pallant, Havant. 1896 - 1933
• 44 Crossway, Havant. (With Aggie)
• West Street, Havant. (With Mrs Brown)
• 139 Second Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth. (With Aggie)
• 50 Victoria Road, Emsworth. 1950 (death) (With Aggie)

• Children's Nurse.
• Midwife in Havant.

Her family ended up in the Bromley Union Workhouse in Locksbottom, Kent.  Her father was 73 when she was born, and both her parents were dead by the time she was 14.  Must have been extremely hard for her in the workhouse.

Believed that Mary Anne's mother "O'Connor" came from Ireland, possibly Galway or County Cork.  But this turned out to be untrue.

After her husband Bill died, Mary Anne stayed with her daughter Aggie in Crossway. But one Christmas, Aggie gave her mother a half bottle of whiskey as a present. When Aggie went up to her mother's bedroom later that afternoon, her mother had drunk the lot and was quite drunk. A big fight followed and Mary Anne walked out and went to live with a friend, Mrs Brown, in West Street.

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