Mary Ann Bristow was born in 1853. She was the daughter of James and Mary (nee Whitington) Bristow. She was the aunt of my grandmother, Lucy Bristow, and so my Great Grandaunt.
In the third quarter of 1873 Mary Ann Bristow married John Avery, a farm labourer.
In 1881 we find Mary Ann and John living at ? Green Cottage, Chailey. John is 38 years old and his wife is ten years younger. The children listed are:
John Avery - aged 6 years, b. 1875 Chailey
Henry Avery - aged 4 years, b. 1877 Chailey
Mary A. Avery -aged 2 years, b.1879 Chailey
In the 1891 Census we find Mary Ann and John living at Waspbourne Cottage, Freshfield Road, Chailey. John is now 16 years old and employed as a Cowman; Henry is a butcher's apprentice and 14 years old; Mary is now aged 12. In addition, there are other children:
Ellen Avery - aged 9, b. 1882 Chailey
Emily Avery - aged 7, b 1884 Chailey
Charles Avery - aged 4, b.1887 Chailey
Thomas Avery - aged 2, b 1889 Chailey
In the last quarter of 1891, John Avery died. He was 49 years old. Mary Ann was left a widow with a large family to support and care for.
In the third quarter of 1896 Mary Ann remarried. Her new husband was Charles Knight.
In the 1901 Census we find Mary Ann living with her husband Charles at Oaklands Cottage Chailey. Some of the children from Mary Ann's first marriage are there: Charles is now 14 and a carter boy, Harry is 24 and a dairyman, and Thomas is 12 years old. It would also appear that a child had been born to Mary Ann and Charles: William Knight is just three years old.
Also in the home in 1901 is Charles Knight's father in law, he is sometimes identified as "James Bridon" but examining the original document and comparing it also with the 1911 return we see, in fact, that it is James Bristow, Mary Ann's father.
In 1911 we find that the family has moved to Rock Cottage, Scaynes Hill, Near Hayward Heath. Her husband is 62, and Mary Ann is 58 years old. Their son William is now 13 years and "going to school". Harry Avery is aged 33, single and a stationary engine Driver, Charles is also single, 24 years and a "waggoner on farm"; Thomas is 22, single, a "farm labourer"
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