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LIFE GOES
ON: AN INTRODUCTION
MY
GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
THE SIXTEEN
FAMILIES
KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER
CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN
CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR
MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF
CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT
THE
WORKHOUSE
WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II
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LIFE GOES
ON
Mary Ann Harrall
born Higham, Kent,
25th July 1850
died Strood, Kent, 27th November 1914
on the Knott family tree
part of the Harrall family story
married to George
Waters
Mother of Mary
Ann Waters
daughter of
John Harrall
and Mary Martin
Mary Ann Harrall (1850-1914).
My Father's Father's Mother's Mother. My
Great-Great-Grandmother.
Mary Ann's family came from the north Kent marshes made
famous by Charles Dickens in his novel Great
Expectations. Dickens moved to Higham, Mary Ann's
home parish, when she was seven years old. She and her
family must have seen him about. He was well-known for
wandering around country lanes, talking to working
people. I wonder what they thought of him? Mary Ann was
born in Higham and died in Strood, two adjacent parishes;
but in between she travelled widely, with both her
children born in Wales.
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1850: Mary
Ann Harrall was born on the 25th July 1850 at
Higham in Kent. She was baptised at St Mary's church on the 25th August, when her name
was recorded as Mary Anne. Her parents were John
Harrall and Mary Anne Harrall (born Marten). Her
father's occupation was given as a labourer. The
Higham registers for the period are meticulously
well-kept, and were the work of Joseph Hindle,
who was Rector of Higham for 45 years between
1829 and 1874. Mary Ann was baptised by Hindle,
who signed his name beside the entry. Joseph
Hindle was a great friend of Dickens: he had been
living at Gad's Hill when Dickens bought it, and
Dickens allowed Hindle to carry on living there
while his new house, the Knowle, was built. The
Knowle still exists as an up-market restaurant.
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1851
census:
Mary
Ann was eight months old at the time of
the 1851 census. The Harrall family were
living at Upper Higham, Kent.
They appear on the census as Harroll.
Her
father John is shown as a farm
labourer. He was 34. her mother
Mary Ann was 25.
Mary
Ann was the only child.
Mary
Ann was born at Higham, Kent,
as was her mother. Her father John was
born in Hoo, Kent. The transcript for
their entry is here.
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1861
census:
Mary Ann was ten
years old at the time of the 1861
census. The Harrall family were
living at Upper Higham,
Kent.
Her father John is
shown as an agricultural
labourer. He was 43. her
mother Mary Ann was 35.
Mary Ann was the
oldest of three children. George
was 2 and Sophia was 1 month old.
Mary Ann was born at
High Ham, Kent
(Higham) as were her mother and
her brother and sister. Her
father John was born in Hoo,
Kent. The transcript for their
entry is here.
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1871
census:
Mary Ann was
twenty-one years old at the time
of the 1871 census. The Harrall
family were living at Church
Lane, Newington, Kent.
Her father John is
shown as an agricultural
labourer. He was 53. her
mother Mary Ann was 45.
Mary Ann was the
oldest of four children. George
was 12, Sophia was 10 and Walter
was 7.
Mary Ann was born at
Higham, Kent, as
were her mother and her brothers
and sister. Her father John was
born in Hoo, Kent. The transcript
for their entry is here.
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1871: Mary
Ann Harrall married George Waters at St
Mary's church, Newington, Kent
on the 15th October. George gave his
occupation as engineer. The parents of
the couple, Thomas Waters and John
Harrall, were both described as
labourers. The witnesses were R Croucher
and Emily Elliott. Here is their marriage
certificate.
1872: Mary Ann's first
child, my great-grandmother Mary
Anne Waters was born on the 11th
of August at Tyn y Cornel,
Llanferres, Ruthin, Denbighshire. Tyn
y Cornel means 'House at the Corner'. Her
father's name is given as George Waters,
and her mother's as Mary Ann Waters,
formerly Harrall. Her mother was the
informant, and her address shows that she
was born at home. Her father's occupation
is given as engine driver,
which may explain what the family was
doing so far from home in Kent. The
second child, Beatrice, would also be
born in north Wales. Mary Ann signed the
register with a cross - that is, she was
also illiterate, and could not write her
own name. The birth was registered on the
25th of September 1872.
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1881
census:
Mary
Ann was thirty-two years old at the time
of the 1881 census. She was married. The
Waters family were living at 23
Upper Brents, Preston-next-Faversham,
Kent. The road still exists, and
is today part of Faversham town centre.
Her
husband George is shown as a brickfield
engine driver. He was also 32.
Mary
Ann had two children. Mary Ann was 8 and
Beatrice was 7.
Mary
Ann was born at Higham, Kent.
Her husband George was also born in Kent,
at Halstow. Mary Ann and Beatrice are
shown as being born in North Wales. The
transcript for their entry is here.
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