Birth: 16 August 1841 Castle Gates, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Clemishaw 1809-1876
Mother: Ann Brown 1813-1885
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 7 March 1865 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: William Duncan Leslie c1842-1881
Marriage: 23 May 1887 Oxford Place Chapel, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: George Wilson 1845-1939
Death: 2 May 1922 Headingley, Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Buried: Plot 3,32A Bramley Baptist, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
By William Duncan Leslie
Annie Brown Leslie 1886-1928
William Clemishaw Leslie 1871-1945
Birth of Ann Cleminshaw (sic - on the handwritten original) in FreeBMD in July-September 1841 in Knaresbro (23 281). Copy of Entry 115 in the 1841 Knaresborough Register of Births: Birth of Ann Clemishaw on 16 August 1841 at Castle Gates, Knaresborough, father William Clemishaw employed as a shoemaker and mother Ann Clemishaw formerly Brown. The informant was her father and the birth was registered on the 26 August 1841.
Her brother was registered in January-March 1845 in Knaresborough.
Her brother was registered in October-December 1846 in Knaresborough.
Her sister was registered in January-March 1850 in Knaresborough.
In the 1851 census as Ann Clesnishaw (sic - in the index, correct on the original) aged 9, born in Knaresbro, Yorkshire, and living with her parents (William and Ann), three brothers (David, George and William), sister (Sarah), uncle (David Clemishaw) and three lodgers, an apprentice and a servant at Market Place, Knaresborough.
Her brother was registered in January-March 1853 in Knaresborough.
In the 1861 census as Amy (sic - on the original) Clemishaw aged 19, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, unmarried, a milliner, and living with her parents (William and Anne), four brothers (Daniel, George, John S and William), sister (Sarah), grandfather (John Brown) and a servant at Market Place, Knaresborough.
*She worked as a milliner in Harrogate where she met William Leslie. She had a bonnet and ribbon shop in the Market Place in Knaresborough before she was married, and continued to make tiny, wire-framed, head-top bonnets for herself until she died.*
Marriage of Ann Clemishaw and William Duncan Leslie in FreeBMD in January-March 1865 in Knaresbro (9A 120).
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for the marriage of Ann Clemishaw aged 21 father William Clemishaw, and William Duncan Leslie on 7 March 1865 at Knaresborough, St John the Baptist. "1865 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Knaresborough in the County of York [No.] 345 March 7 William Duncan Leslie [aged] Above 21 [a] Bachelor [and a] Perfumer of Greenock [father] John Leslie [a] Porter, [and] Ann Clemishaw [aged] Above 21 [a] Spinster [of] Knaresborough [father] William Clemishaw [a] Shoemaker. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by License [...] in the Presence of Wm Clemishaw, S. Clemishaw [and] Charles Robinson." This implies he purchased the Castle Inn after his marriage. The Wm Clemishaw could have been either Ann's father or brother. The S Clemishaw was probably Ann's sister Sarah.
Her daughter was registered in October-December 1865 in Knaresborough.
Copy of Entry of Birth 430 in Knaresborough: Birth of William Clemishaw Leslie on 30th January 1871 at Finkle Street, Knaresbro to William Duncan Leslie and Annie Leslie formerly Clemishaw. *Family legend is that her parents objected to her son being born in a pub and so her son William was born in a mill down by the river at Knaresborough, thought to belong to his mother's Aunt whose son became Captain Brown.* However Finkle Street is off Knaresborough High Street and is not down by the river.
In the 1871 census as Annie Leslie aged 29, born in Knaresborough and living with her husband (William Duncan), son (William Clemishaw), daughter (Annie Brown), and a general servant (Fanny Bentley aged 21, unmarried and born in Knaresborough) at The Castle Inn, Knaresborough.
Her husband had moved to Scotland between 1872 and 1878 and died in St Andrew on 16 January 1881, and was buried there leaving £45 12s. 8d to to Annie Clemishaw or Leslie, High Street, Knaresboro.
In the 1881 census as Annie Leslie aged 39, born in Knaresborough, widowed, employed as a millinery fancy repository, and living with her daughter (Annie B) in the High Street, Knaresborough (her son William was living with his grandmother Ann Brown and uncle John Clemishaw).
Marriage of Annie Leslie and George Wilson in FreeBMD in April-June 1887 in Leeds (9B 822).
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, Non-Conformist Records, 1646-1985 for the marriage of Annie Leslie aged 44, father William Clemishaw, and George Wilson aged 41, father John Wilson on 23 May 1887 at Oxford Place Chapel, Leeds. "Page [blank] [...] 1887. Marriage solemnized at Oxford Place Chapel in the Leeds Distict in the County of York. [No.] 12 May 23rd 1887 George Wilson [aged] 41 years [a] Widower [and] Cloth Manufacturer [of] 4 Elden Terrace, Bramley, [father] John Wilson [a] Manufacturer, [and] Annie Leslie [a] Widow [of] 61 Hillary St, Leeds [father] William Clemishaw (deceased) [a] Shoemaker. Married in the Oxford Place Chapel according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Wesleyan Methodists, by Certificate [...] in the Presence of us Annie Brown Leslie, Clare Wilson [and] Robert Brown". (I assume Annie Brown Leslie was her daughter), Clare Wilson his daughter although she was only 7, and Robert Brown her uncle.
In the 1891 census as Annie Wilson aged 49, born in Knarsbro (sic), and living with her husband (George), and four (step)sons (Arthur, Benjamin, John and Henery), three (step)daughters (Clara, Emma and Flora) and a servant Elizabeth Thompsom (aged 16 and born in Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire) at Hough End, Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
In the 1901 census as Annie Wilson aged 59, born in Knaresborough, and living with her husband (George), (step)son (Benjamin) and two (step)daughters (Emma and Flora) at 22 Vinery Road, Headingley, Leeds.
In the 1911 census as Annie Wilson aged 69, born in Korareabro, (sic - in the index, Knaresbro on the original), Yorkshire, married for 23 years with no children (from this marriage), and living with her husband (George) and (step)daughter (Flora) in six rooms in Vinery Road, Burley Road, Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire.
In the 1921 census as Annie Wilson aged 79 years 10 months, born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and living with her husband (George), and two (step)daughters (Emma and Flora) in seven rooms in Vinery Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Death of Annie Wilson in FreeBMD in April-June 1922 aged 80 in Leeds (9B 563).
Entry in FindaGrave for Annie Wilson born 15 August 1841 in Knaresborough, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, spouse George Wilson died 2 May 1922 in Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire and buried in Plot 3,32A Bramley Baptist, Leeds, West Yorkshire. "In/Loving/Memory of/Sarah wife of/George Wilson/Young and Brave/Born 11 May 1846/Died 4 July 1886/Annie/Second Wife of ?/Born 15 August 1841/Died 2 May 1922/Clara/Eldest Daughter of the above/George and Sarah Wilson/Born 6 December 1867/Died 3 October 1933/Also of the Above Named/George Wilson/Born 5 October 1845/Died 7 December 1939/Flora/Second Daughter of the Above/Born 24 February 1879/Died 2 December 1950//John beloved husband of Florence Wilson/and youngest son of the above George Wilson/Born 25th September 1881/Died/24th December 1953".
There are thirty two entries Ancestry Family Trees for Ann/Annie Clemishaw.
Entry in the Geneanet Community Trees Index for Annie Clemishaw.
*-* This information came from Mona Chadwick.
Annie Clemishaw after her second marriage
Ann Clemishaw was Felicity's great grandmother.
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