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| RiD No.: | 1561 |
| Birth | 1821 (estimated) | Ipswich, Suffolk |
| Mary Ann's birth date has been estimated from the 1881 census. | ||
| Death | 2 April 1893 (age 71-72) | |
| A tree on FamilySearch shows Mary Ann as dying on the 2nd April 1893 in Ipswich, Suffolk. This information has been added here, but is still subject to verification. | ||
| Spouse | Henry VINCENT (1798?-1884) | |
| Children | Maria VINCENT (1846?- ) | |
| Henry VINCENT (1852- ) | ||
| Adeline VINCENT (1857- ) | ||
| Walter VINCENT (1858-1938) | ||
| Sarah Bennett VINCENT (1860-1905) | ||
| Census (family) | 1861 (age 39-40) | Silone Place, Ipswich, Suffolk |
| The transcript of the 1861 census for the Vincent family in Ipswich is as follows. (The orginal return has not been examined). Henry Vincent / Head / Male / 58 / Yarmouth, Norfolk Mary Ann Vincent / Wife / Female / 40 / Maria Vincent / Daughter / Female / 15 /Ipswich, Suffolk Henry Vincent / Son / Male / 9 / Ipswich, Suffolk Adeline Vincent / Daughter / Female / 5 / Lowestoft, Suffolk Walter Vincent / Son / Male / 3 / Lowestoft, Suffolk Sarah Bonnett Vincent / Daughter / Female Note Sarah's second name is not spelt Bennett, and no age or birth location is shown. |
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| Marriage | Q3 1863 (age 41-42) | |
| The only marriage between a Henry Vincent and a Mary A that I have so far identified, with either an Ipswich or Gt Yarmouth connection, is between Henry Vincent and Mary Ann Ransom in Ipswich in June quarter 1863. If this is the correct marriage, then Henry would have been about 65 years old, and Mary about 42. This is not impossible, but it does mean that Marian, Walter and Sarah might be the children from an earlier marriage by Henry, or Henry and Mary were together and having children long before they were "officially" married. It also raises questions about Alice Lucy who could not be the child of Mary who would have been 66 at the time of Alice's birth. |
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| Census (family) | 1881 (age 59-60) | 19 St John Street, Ipswich |
| The following is a transcript of the 1881 census for the Vincent family. Henry Vincent / Head / Married / Male / age 83 / b.1798 / Shipwright / b. Yarmouth, Norfolk, Mary A Vincent / Wife / Married / Female / age 60 / b.1821 / b. Ipswich, Suffolk, Marian Vincent / Daughter / Single / Female / age 35 / b.1846/ Laundress / b.Ipswich, Suffolk, Sarah Vincent / Daughter / Single / Female / age 20 / b.1861 / Paper Sorter / b.Ipswich, Suffolk, Margaret Vincent / Grand Daughter / Single / Female / age 10/ b.1871 / Scholar / b.Ipswich, Suffolk, Walter Vincent / Son / Married / Male / age 23 / b.1858 / Labourer / b. Ipswich, Suffolk, Maria Vincent / Daughter In Law / Married / Female / age 21 / b.1860 / b.Ipswich, Suffolk, Lizzie Vincent / Grand Daughter / Single / Female / age 4 / b.1877 / Scholar / b.Ipswich, Suffolk, Louisa Vincent / Grand Daughter / Single / Female / age 0 / b.1881/ b.Ipswich, Suffolk, |
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In researching Henry and Mary Ann, there are a number of anomolies which are being further investigated.
If the dates shown are all correct, and I think they are, at the time of their marriage, Henry would have been 65 years old and Mary Ann 43. Not an impossible match, but unlikly?
At the time of the marriage there appears to be 5(?) children already born from this relationship, the oldest being born in 1845, at which time Mary Ann would have been 25 and Henry 47.
Does this suggest that Henry and Mary Ann had been living to gether unmarried and finally tied the knot in 1863, or perhaps the children are not Mary Ann's and Henry had a previous marriage which as yet remains unidentified?
The 1881 census shows the family of Henry Vincent and Mary Ransom living at 19, John Street, St Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. A transcription is available in the notes of their daughter, Sarah Bennett Vincent (RiD 700).
The census includes a 10 year old girl, Margaret Vincent, who is shown as a grand-daughter to Henry and Mary. She is too old to be a daughter of Walter and Maria and the only other potential parent included in this census is Henry and Mary's 35 year old daughter Marian, who may have had Margaret as an unmarried mother when she was 25? Of course, it could also be the case that Henry and Mary were simply "babysitting" Margaret for a married son who was no longer living at home and can be found elsewhere in the 1881 census.
Further investigation is required, but in the meantime I will leave Margaret "floating" in this note until I can properly position her in the family. Sorry Margaret!