William Anable

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

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William Harrison Anable
born Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, 1823
died Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, 1893

on the Reynolds family tree
part of the Anable family story

married to Rachel Rogers

father of Samuel Anable

son of
Henry Anable
and Elizabeth Constable

William Harrison Anable (1823-1893). My Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Father. My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather.

1823: William's parents Henry Anable and Elizabeth Constable were married on 1st May at St Andrew and St Mary's church, Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. A few months later, William was born. His baptism was recorded on Christmas Day at the same church, when his father Henry was recorded as a bricklayer and his origin as Toft.

1826: In March, William's mother Elizabeth died. She was buried in Grantchester churchyard on 30th March. She was 26 years old.

1827: William's father Henry married Mary Markham at St Peter and St Paul's church, Dry Drayton. He was a widower, she was a spinster. From this point onwards, William's siblings are baptised at Dry Drayton, so the family had moved there.

1834: On 5th July, William's father Henry is listed in the Cambridge Independent Press as an insolvent debtor whose case was to come before the court. He is recorded as a bricklayer of Dry Drayton, formerly of Grantchester. However, the Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette reported on 2nd August that Henry had been discharged from bankruptcy.

1841 census:

WIlliam was nineteen years old at the time of the 1841 census. The Anable family were living at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

William's father Henry was 40. He was a bricklayer. William's step-mother Mary was 35. There were six other children in the household on the night of the census. Henry was 13, Sarah was 12, Samuel was 10, Thomas was 8, Francis was 2 and Mary was 3 months old. Also in the household was Mary's mother Ann Markham, aged 65.

1844: William was caught poaching in Longstanton in September, and the Cambridge Independent Press reported that he was brought before magistrates on 16th October. Because it was his first offence and he had appeared and pleaded guilty, his sentence was a fine of 40 shillings or five weeks imprisonment (although his conviction could have been punished with transportation).

1845: WIlliam married Rachel Rogers on 26th October at St Peter and St Pauls' church, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. He was 20 years old. Both William and Rachel signed the register with a cross. William's father's occupation was given as bricklayer, her father's as blacksmith.

1851 census:

William was twenty-seven years old at the time of the 1851 census. The Anable family were living at 23 the Cottages, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

William is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Rachel was 26 years old.

William had two children at the time of the 1851 census: Elizabeth was 5 and Samuel was 1. Also living in the house at the time of the census were two lodgers, Rachel's parents John and Mary Rogers, aged 65 and 64 respectively. John's occupation is shown as blacksmith.

The census records that William was born at Grantchester in Cambridgeshire. His wife and children were born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. The transcript for the entry is here.

1861 census:

William was thirty-seven years old at the time of the 1851 census. The Anable family were living at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

William is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Rachel was 36 years old. Also living in the house at the time of the census were Samuel aged 11, William aged 9, Maria aged 7, Susan aged 5 and Rachel aged 9 months. Nine year old William's gravestone is still extant in Dry Drayton graveyard - he died at the age of 71 in 1922. The two lodgers, John and Mary Rodgers, Samuel's mother's parents, who appear on the 1851 census, are no longer living in the household.

The census records that William was born at Grantchester in Cambridgeshire. His wife and children were born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. The transcript for the entry is here.

1871 census:

William was forty-seven years old at the time of the 1871 census. The Anable family were living at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

William is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Rachel was 47 years old.

There were six children in the household on the night of the 1871 census: Samuel was 21, Wlliam was 19, Susan was 14, Rachel was 10 and Pheobe was 8. Samuel was an agricultural labourer, and William was a bricklayer like his father.

The census records that William was born at Grantchester in Cambridgeshire. His wife and children were born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

1881 census:

William was fifty-seven years old at the time of the 1881 census. The Anable family were living at Cambridge Road, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

William is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Rachel was 56 years old. There were three children in the household on the night of the 1871 census: Maria was 27, Rachel was 20 and Pheobe was 18.

The census records that William was born at Grantchester in Cambridgeshire. His wife and children were born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

1891 census:

William was sixty-six years old at the time of the 1891 census. The Anable family were living at Petits Lane, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

William is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Rachel was 55 years old.

One child was in the household on the night of the census, Ann Maria Anable, who was 36

The census records that William was born at Grantchester in Cambridgeshire. His wife and children were born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

1893: in March, William died. He was buried in Dry Drayton churchyard on 21st March, and his age was recorded as 68.

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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