Birth: October-December 1865 Cramlington, Northumberland, UK
Father: David Absalom 1840-1909
Mother: Jane Gregory 1842-a1901
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: October-December 1891 Tyneside, Northumberland, UK
Husband: Ralph Hall Corby 1867
Death: July-September 1910 Tyneside, Northumberland, UK
Ralph Hall Corby 1893-a1901
Georgina May Corby 1898-a1901
Birth of Ann Absalom in FreeBMD in October-December 1865 in Tynemouth district (10b 196) which includes Cramlington.
In 1871 census as Ann Absalom aged 5, born in Cramlington, Northumberland, and living with her parents (David and Jane Absalom) and two sisters (Elizabeth and Maria) at West Cramlington Collery.
In 1881 census (as Ann Abslon - sic.), aged 15, born in West Cramlington, Northumberland, employed as a domestic servant, and living with John Dryden (aged 49, born in Mint Head, Cumberland and employed as a grocer) and his wife Elizabeth (aged 49, born at Felling Shore, Durham) at 110 Palmerston St, Westoe, Durham.
In 1891 census as Ann Absalom aged 25, born in West Cramlington, single, employed as a drapers assistant, and living with her parents (David and Jane Absalom), two sisters (Elizabeth and Maria) and the latter's daughter Jane, and four brothers (Henry, John, Chris and David) in a 4 room house in Schoolrow, Cramlington.
Marriage of Ann Absalom and Ralph Hall Corby in FreeBMD in October-December 1891 in Tynemouth District (10b 420).
In 1901 census as Ann Corley (in Ancestry index, Corby in PRO index) aged 36, born in Cramlington, and living with her husband (Ralph Hall), son (Ralph Hall) and daughter (Georgina May) at 9 East View Avenue, Cramlington.
Entry in FreeBMD for the death of Ann Corby in July-September 1910 aged 44 in the Tynemouth District (10b 170).
Denis Heydecker in Ancestry gives her birth as 1866 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, parents David Absalom and Jane Gregory.
There are a number of other possible children in FreeBMD:
Ann Corby born and died January-March 1897
Annie Corby died October-December 1902 aged 0
Thomas Mills Corby was born and died January-March 1894
William Corby born and died October-December 1900
Ann Absalom was the first cousin of Susannah Emily Absalom, the wife of George Fullick, my third cousin twice removed.
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