Anna Maria Crook

c1836-1912

Anna has been recorded as Hannah, Anna, and Ann(e) Maria (highlighted accordingly).            She was baptised as Anne Maria, on the 8^th May 1836, in East Woodhay, Hampshire, the daughter of William (a Labourer) and Anna Coxhead of Woodhay.

Her parents William Coxhead and Hannah Bailey, were married on the 15^th May, 1828 at St Mary, Kintbury, Berkshire. Witnesses were Lucy Bailey and Charles Watts.

Her father William was baptised in 1798 in Kintbury, Berkshire, the son of Thomas and Hannah Coxhead (nee Cox) who were married in 1780, in Kintbury. William died aged 84 in the Newbury Workhouse, in 1880, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 13^th December.

Her mother Hannah Bailey was born c1804 in Berkshire. Hannah died aged 40 in 1844 (death registered in Newbury)

William and Hannah also had the following children:

Thomas, baptised in 1829 in Kintbury

Edwin, baptised 1^st January 1832 in East Woodhay

Louisa Ann, baptised 18^th May 1834 in East Woodhay

William, born 1838 in Kintbury

James, baptised in 1840 in Kintbury

The 1841 census records Maria (5), living at Holt Farm, Kintbury, Berkshire, with her father William (40), her mother Hannah (35) and her siblings, Thomas (11), Edwin (9), Louisa (7), William (3) and James (0).

The 1851 census records Ann (16) living in Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire with her widowed father William (53) an Agricultural Labourer and her brothers, Wiliam (12) and James (10).

Anna Maria had the following illegitimate children:

Eliza, 1858 in Hampstead Marshall

Frederick James, 1861 in Hampstead Marshall

Louisa Ann 1864 in Hampstead Marshall

Elizabeth, 1867 in Woodhay Hampshire

Edward Coxhead, 1872-1872

In 1861 Hannah M (25) was recorded as a Housekeeper, living in Hampstead Marshall, Berkshire. She was living with her widowed father William (62), an Agricultural Labourer, her brother Edwin (29), an Agricultural Labourer and her daughter Eliza (3).

The 1871 census record H. M. Coxhead (34) a Field Hand, as an inmate in the Newbury Workhouse. Her children, Frederick (9), Louisa Ann (6) and Elizabeth (3) were also recorded living in the Workhouse. Her father William (75) was now living alone in Hampstead Marshall and was working as a Labourer.

Hannah Maria married in 1872

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church Newbury

Date: 18^th December 1872

Groom: Edward Crook, full age, bachelor, occupation, Labourer, abode, Newbury

Bride: Hannah Maria Coxhead, full age, spinster, abode, Newbury

Fathers: William Coxhead and ? Crook, both Labourers

Witnesses: John R. Stillman and Ann Case or Carr

(Edward was born c1820 in either St Marylebone London or Donnington, Berkshire).

Edward and Hannah had the following children:

Mary Maria, baptised 28^th September 1875 in Wootton, Hampshire

Ellen Georgina, baptised 18^th August 1878 in Wootton, Hampshire

William, baptised 4^th September 1881, at St Nicolas Newbury

The 1881 census records Hannah M (44) as a Charwoman, living in Rose and Thistle Yard, Pembroke Road, Newbury, with her children, Elizabeth Coxhead (13), Maria Crook (5) and Georgina Crook (2). Edward (62) was recorded as a General Labourer, in the Newbury Workhouse.

The 1891 census records Edward (71) as a Scavenger, living at 5 Herborough Road, Newbury, with Hannah (54) and their children Mary (12) and William (9)

Edward (81) and Hannah M (64) were living at 3 Bartholomew Almshouses in 1901

Edward died aged 82 in 1905. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30^th January.

The 1911 census records Anna Maria (74), living on her own means at 2 St John’s View, Bartholomew Street, Newbury (Surname recorded as Croach on ancestry)

Anna Maria died aged 75 on the 11^th March 1912. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16^th March.

Author: gambles
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