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Name:
Ann Houghton1
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Nov 1832
As it was normal practice to baptise children within a few weeks of birth it is assumed that she was born in November.
Baptism:
16 Dec 1832 (age 0)
St Laurence Parish Church2
Address: Bidford, Warwickshire
Her parents would have been present but who else is not known.
Census (living with parents):
6 Jun 1841 (age 8)
1841 Census - living with parents
Census (living with father):
30 Mar 1851 (age 18)
1851 Census. Living with father
Child:
28 Jul 1860 (age 27)
Present at Burial of her father Job
Parent:
26 Dec 1874 (age 42)
Birth of son William Henry
Mother:
3 Feb 1875 (age 42)
Reported her son William's birth to the Registrar
Death:
1905 (age 73)
Wandsworth5
Son: William Henry Rosam, Q2 1940
Daughter: Ada Beatrice Rosam, Q3 1933
1881, 1881 Census for Household of William Rosam
1891, 1891 Census for Household of William Rosam in Clapham
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
20 Jun 1870 (age 37)
Address: Lambeth, Surrey
The initial source for the date is Ann's bible which was given to her by Mary Louisa, Hilda Beatrice, George and Grace Monica Herbert who must have been friends as a wedding present. The date is confirmed by the register entry for William and Ann's marriage which provides the place and other details. Apart from the witnesses it is not known who else attended the wedding. But probably the groom's and bride's parents were there. Also the bride's friends who gave the Bible as a wedding present.
Census for household:
3 Apr 1881 (age 48)
Southwark, Surrey9
Address: 354 East Street
The household consisted of Willliam, his wife Ann and their three children Mary, William and Ada. They shared the house with another family of 3 but the size of the house is not known.
Census for household:
5 Apr 1891 (age 58)
Clapham, London10
Address: 120 Manor Street
The household consisted of William, his wife Ann, and their two youngest children William and Ada. They shared the house with another family of 4 who occupied only one room. The number or rooms occupied by the Rosam family is unknown but from the census return it must have been 5 or more.
Census for household:
31 Mar 1901 (age 68)
Clapham, Wandsworth, London11
Address: 120 Manor Street
The household consisted of William Rosam, his wife Ann, their daughter Ada (age 23), their Granddaughter Ada Clarke (age 6), and three boarders Herbert Barnes, Ernest Boarer & Curt Grafe. The household occupied 4 rooms so assuming that the lodgers shared a room William's family has three room to themselves - probably a living room which also served as a kitchen and two bedrooms. There was probably a privey in the yard and maybe a wash house with a copper.
CRI(E&W) for Marriage of William Rosam and Ann Houghton, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Lambeth, Volume: 1d, Page: 680, (Period, Apr-Jun 1870). William Rosam married Ann Houghton in the quarter ending Jun 1870. General Register Office.
Parish Register for Baptism of Ann Howton, St Laurence, Bidford, Warwickshire, 16 December 1832, Warwickshire County Records Office.
1841 United Kingdom census, Bidford, Alcester, Warwickshire, head of household: Job Houghton, National Archives.
1851 United Kingdom census, Bidford, Alcester, Warwickshire, HO107/2075, Folio 606, Page 11, Schedule 53, head of household: Job Houghton, National Archives.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, Ann Rosam, Q4 1905, Wandsworth, Vol. 1d, Page 379, General Register Office.
Ann Houghton's Bible by Ann Rosam (née Houghton), Ada Bhend (née Rosam), Elsie Sayer (née Bhend), Dorothy Hatswell (née Sayer) and Eric Hatswell, from 20 June 1870 to 17 November 1960, Dorothy Hatswell, Inside cover and next page.
Rev. George W. Herbert, Register Entry for Marriage of William Rosam and Ann Houghton , (Ancestry image). Custom Id: P85/PET1/012; Entry No 84. Cit. Date: 20 June 1870. London Metropolitan Archives.
General Register Office, CRI(E&W) for Marriage of William Rosam and Ann Houghton, Event Type: Marriage, Registration District: Lambeth, Volume: 1d, Page: 680, (Free BMD image). Custom Id: Registration District Lambeth, Volume 1d, Page 680; Cit. Date: Q2 1870. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
1881 England Census for Household of William Rosam in St George the Martyr, Southwark, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/523, Folio 101, Page 22, Schedule 118; Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. National Archives. Call Number: 1881 Census.
1881 England Census for Household of William Rosam living in Clapham, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG12/442 Page 10, Schedule 59; Cit. Date: 5 April 1891. National Archives. Call Number: 1891 Census.
1901 England Census for Household of William Rosam in Clapham, Wandworth, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/464, Folio 107, Page 30, Schedule 174; Cit. Date: 31 March 1901. National Archives. Call Number: RG13/464.