Birth: Circa 1834 Camberwell, Surrey, UK
Father: Robert Smith 1805-1859
Mother: Amy Moore Wenborn c1808-1855
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 8 April 1855 St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Husband: William Hindson Ansell c1832-1905
Death: July-September 1908 Greenwich, London, UK
Emily Hindson Ansell 1857
Mary Ann Ansell 1858
John Hindson Ansell 1860
William Ansell 1862
Hannah Ansell 1864
George Ansell 1866
Caroline Ansell [Finch] 1868-1928
Alice Gertrude Ansell [Leverton] 1871-1946
I cannot locate the family in the 1841 census.
In the 1851 census as Mary A smith aged 17, born in Camberwell, Surrey, single, no stated employment, and living with her parents (Robert and Amy M), two brothers (James and Tomas), and four sisters (Amy M, Eliza A, Jane and Sarah) at 48 Thomas Street, St George, Camberwell.
Marriage of Mary Ann Smith and William Hindson Ansell in FreeBMD in April-June 1855 in St.Geo.Sk (1d 120).
Two entries in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931 for Mary Ann Smith and William Hindson Ansell, banns on 25 February 1855 at St George the Martyr, Southwark "Page 23 The Year 1855 [...] No. 320 Banns of Marriage between William Hindson Ansell, Bachelor and Mary Ann Smith, Spinster both of this Parish were published on the Three Sundays underwritten: That is to say, on Sunday the 11 February [...] On Sunday the 18 February [...] On Sunday the 25 February" and marriage on 8 April 1855 at St George the Martyr, Southwark, father Robert Smith "Page 243 [...] 1855 Marriage solemnized at this Church in the Parish of S George the Martyr Southwark in the County of Surrey. [No.] 486 April 8th William Hindson Ansell [of] Full [age], [a] Bachelor [and] Painter [of] Anns Place, Lant Street, [father] John Ansell [a] Painter, [and] Mary Ann Smith [of] Full [age], [a] Spinster [of] Anns Place, Lamb Street, [father] Robert Smith, [a] Pipe Maker. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rights and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us, Robert Smith and Amy Mary Smith".
I cannot locate the family in the 1861 census.
In the 1871 census as Mary Ann Ansell aged 31, born in Camberwell, Surrey, and living with her husband (William), three sons (George, John and William), and five daughters (Alice, Carolina, Emily, Hannah and Mary Ann) at 92 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, Surrey.
In the 1881 census as Mary Ann Ansell aged 47, born in Camberwell and living with her husband (William H), three sons (George, John H and William) and two daughters (Alice and Caroline) at 92 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London.
In the 1891 census as Mary A Ansell aged 57, born in Camberwell, London, and living with her husband (William) and two daughters (Alice G and Caroline) at 82 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London.
In the 1901 census as Mary Ann Ansell aged 67, born in Camberwell, London, and living with her husband (William) and two daughters (Alice G and Caroline) in two rooms at 107 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London. Another family lived at the same address.
Her husband died on 14 November 1905 in the Constance Road Workhouse, Camberwell.
Death of Mary Ann Ansell in FreeBMD in July-September 1908 aged 74 in Greenwich (1d 478).
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Mary Ann Smith born in Camberwell, London in 1834, her marriage to William Hindson Ansell on 8 April 1855 at St George the Martyr, and seven children (not Hannah).
Mary Ann Smith was the mother of Caroline Ansell, wife of Frederick Alfred Finch, husband of
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