Birth: January-March 1838 14 Club Row, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, UK
Father: George Wilson b1821-a1841
Mother: Mary Ann Perkins b1821-a1841
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 22 May 1859 Christ Church, Hoxton, Middlsex, UK
Husband: Charles Risdon 1827-1882
Death: April 1914 2 Sherwood Street, Bromley East, London, UK
Burial: 18 April 1914 City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Southern Grove, London, UK
Mary Ann Elizabeth Risdon 1860-a1871
Charles George Risdon 1862-1950
Sarah Anne (Ann) Risdon [Barton] 1863-1953
John Henry Risdon 1865-1938
George Risdon 1866-a1871
Elizabeth Risdon 1867-1869
Frances Rebecca Risdon 1870-1947
Alice Catharine Risdon 1872-a1881
There were another three children, and four died before 1911.
Birth of Mary Ann Wilson in FreeBMD in January-March 1838 in Bethnal Green (2 21).
In the 1841 census as Mary A Wilson aged 4, born in Middlesex, and lving with George Wilson (father - not indexed), Mary Wilson (mother?), and Ann (sister?) at 14 Club Row, Bethnal Green, Middlsex.
I cannot locate her in the 1851 census.
Marriage of Mary Ann Wilson and Charles Nisdon (sic - on the handwritten original) in FreeBMD in April-June 1859 in Shoreditch (1C 372).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Mary Ann Wilson and Charles Risdon on 23 May 1859 at Christ Church, Hoxton, London.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for the marriage of Mary Ann Wilson, father George Wilson, and Charles Risdon on 22 May 1859 at Christ Church, Hoxton: New North Road, Hackney, "Page 203 [...] 1859. Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the District Chapelry of Christ Church Hoxton in the County of Middlesex. [No.] 406 22 May Charles Risdon [of] full age [a] Widower [and] General Dealer [of] Long Alley [father] John Risdon [a] Silversmith, [and] Mary Ann Wilson [of] full age [a] Spinster [of] 4 Bartlett's Place [father] George Wilson [a] furniture jappaner. Married in the Church of Christ Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [he made his mark] in the Presence of us George Wilson [and] Eliza Wilson [who made her mark].
Her daughter was born 22 March 1860, registered in April-June 1860 in Shoreditch and baptised 15 April 1860 (mother's second name Ann) at St James, Shoreditch, Hackney, when they were living at 42 Long Alley.
In the 1861 census as Mary Ann Risdon aged 36, born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and living with her husband (Charles), daughter (Mary Ann) and a servant (John Harris aged 14, born in St Leonards, Shoreditch and an errand boy) at 14 Long Alley, Holywell, Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex.
Her son was born 2 May 1862, registered in July-September 1862 in Shoreditch and baptised 15 June 1862 (mother's second name Ann) at St James, Shoreditch, Hackney when they were living at 42 Long Alley.
Her daughter was born 31 August 1863, registered in October-December 1863 in Shoreditch, and baptised 20 September 1863 (mother's second name Anne) at St James, Shoreditch, when they were living at 42 Long Alley.
Her son was born 5 May 1865, registered in April-June 1865 in Bethnal Green, and baptised (mother's second name Anne) Sunday after Ascension 28 May 1865 at St James, Shoreditch when they were living at 1 Prospect Place, Cambridge Heath, Victoria Park.
Her son was born 9 September 1866, registered in October-December 1866 in Bethnal Green, and baptised 30 September 1866 (mother had no second name) when they were living at 1 Prospect Place, Victoria Park .
Her daughter was born 26 December 1867, baptised 12 January 1868 (mother's second name Ann) at St James, Shoreditch when they were living at 1 Cambridge Heath, Victoria Park and died at Prospect Place, Bethnal Green and was buried 8 December 1869 at City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery.
Her daughter was born 9 December 1870 and baptised (mother's second name Ann) on 8 January 1871 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Hackney when they were living at 1 Prospect Place.
In the 1871 census as Mary Ann Risdon aged 36, born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and living with her husband (Charles), three sons (Charles, George and John), three daughters (Francis, Mary Ann and Sarah), adopted son (John Harris aged 20 and born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, single and a fruiterer), and a servant (Mary Stevens aged 10 and born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex) at 1 Prospect Place, Bethnal Green, London.
Her daughter was born 18 September 1872, registered October-December 1872 and was baptised (surname Risdom in the index) 13 October 1872 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch (mother's second name Ann) when they were living at 1 Prospect PLace.
In the 1881 census as Mary Risdin (sic - on the original) aged 47, and living with her husband (Charles), four sons (Charles Francis (was this her daughter?), George and John) and two daughters (Alice and Mary) at 69 Bow Common Lane, Bromley St Leonard, London.
Her husband died in October-December 1882 aged 57 in Poplar and was buried on 3 January 1883 in the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery.
In the 1891 census as Mary Ann Risdon aged 58, born in St Giles (sic - on the original), London, widowed, a charwoman, and living with her two sons (Charles and George) in four rooms at 69 Bow Common Lane, Bromley, London.
In the 1901 census as Mary Ann Risdon aged 65, born in Finsbury (sic - on the original), and living with her son (Charles Geo) in four rooms at 2 Sherwood Street, Bromley, London. Another family lived at the same address.
In the 1911 census as Mary Ann Risdon aged 74, born in St Giles (sic), widowed, married for 53 years with ten children six still living and four having died (crossed out in red as no longer married) and living with her son (Charles) at 2 Sherwood Street, Bromley E, Poplar, London.
Death of Mary A Rison in FreeBMD in April-June 1914 aged 80 in Poplar (1C 494).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery Registers, 1841-1966 for Mary Ann Risdon buried 18 April 1914 in London. "Page 221 Burials in the year 1914 in the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Established under Stat. 4th Victoria. c. 63 [...] Ro 1075 Mary Ann Risdon No. 7 [of] 2 Sherwood Street, Bromley E [on] 18 April [no age]". It is now known as Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, Southern Grove, Tower Hamlets, London.
There are five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Mary Ann Wilson.
Mary Ann Wilson was the mother of Sarah Anne Risdon, wife of Andrew Barton, first cousin once removed of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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