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Hannah Wells ( 1850 – ? )
21. HANNAH WELLS was born ca. 1850 in Canvey Island, Essex.
Father: James Wells
Mother: Mary Anne Pickingill (No. 6)
In 1851, Hannah Wells, age 1, was living with her parents in Pitsea, Essex.
From the 1851 Census of Pitsea, Essex, we find the following:
Cottage
Name - Relationship – Married or Single – Age – Sex – Profession – Birthplace
James
Wells
Head Ma
32 M Labr Ag.
Laindon
Essex
Mary Wells
Wife Ma 29
F
Hockley
d
James Wells
Son
9 M
South Benfleet d
Mary Wells
Dau
6 F
South
Benfleet d
Sarah Ann Wells
Dau
3 F
Pitsea
d
Hanah Wells
Dau
1 F
Pitsea
d
In 1861, Hannah Wells, age 10, and her 3 sisters were in the Union Workhouse in Billericay, Essex
From the 1861 Census of the workhouse in Billericay, Essex, we find the following:
“List of all the persons who slept or abode in this institution on the night of Sunday, April 7th, 1861.”
On the 1st page:
Name - Relationship – Married or Single – Age – Sex – Profession – Birthplace
Robert Duncan Head Married 37 M Master of Union Workhouse Scotland
Several pages later:
Name - Relationship – Married or Single – Age – Sex – Profession – Birthplace
Sarah
Wells Pauper 12 F Scholar
Essex, Canvey Island
Hannah Wells Do 10
F Do
Essex, Canvey Island
Phoebe Wells Do
8 F Do
Essex, Canvey Island
Emma Willis Do
6 F Do
Essex, Canvey
Island
In 1871, Hannah Wells, age 20, was a servant for a clergyman’s family in Kensington, London.
From the 1871 Census of Kensington St. Mary Abbott, London, we find the following:
9 Eardley Crestct
Name - Relationship – Married or Single – Age – Sex – Profession – Birthplace
Samuel
C Haines Head Mar
42 M Clergyman Ch of England vicar of St Mathias [ ] Kensington
Middlesex
Harriette Do Wife Do
44 F Do wife
Surrey
Harriette M. Do Daur Unm
21 F Do Daughter
Middlesex
Hannah Wells Serv do 20 F
Servant
Essex
Mary J. Johnson Serv do 14 F
Do
Sussex
In 1881, Hannah Wells, age 29, was a Cook for a Banker’s clerk family in Stamford Hill, Hackney, London.
From the 1881 Census of Stamford Hill, Hackney, London, we find the following:
Stamford Hill Amhurst Park Heathfield
Name - Relationship – Married or Single – Age – Sex – Profession – Birthplace
Thomas
Cox
Head
M 50 M Banker’s Clerk Hackney London
Janet do
Wife M 49
F
Gravesend Kent
Frances H. do
dau Unmd 21
F
Islington London
Ellen Grace do
“
“ 19
F
do
do
Thos Martin do
son “
17 M Banker’s Clerk
do
do
Sarah Jane Francis Servant “
29 F Housemaid
Tottenham Hale
Hannah Wells
“ “ 29 F Cook
Canvey
Island Essex
In 1891, Hannah Wells, age 37, a servant for a Professor of French Literature in Brompton, Kensington, London.
From the 1891 Census of Brompton, Kensington, London, we find the following:
29 Brompton Sq
Name - Relationship – Married or Single – Age – Sex – Profession – Birthplace
Henry
Roche
Head M
40 M Professor of
French Literature School
Germany British
Subject
Lucy Do
Wife M
24 F
London
[Ham----smith]
Robert Do
Son
2 M
“ Kensington
Hannah Wells
Serv S
37 F Domestic
Servant
Essex Canvey Island
Bessie Hancock
“ S
23 F
Do
Cornwall St. Agnes
Mary Berryman
“ S
40 F
Do
Do Penzance
In 1906, Hannah Wells was on a ship going to Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada. She was on a vessel named Carthaginian and the ship arrived in September 7, 1906.
From the passenger list, we find the following information:
No.
7118
Name.
Wells Hannah
Age.
56
Sex.
F
Able to.
Read & Write
Married or Single.
S
Profession.
Trained Nurse
Birth.
England
County in British Isle from.
Essex
Destination.
Montreal
It appears that Hannah Wells never married.
Sources:
1. 1851 Census of England, Essex, Pitsea, District 3b, Image No. 2, Ancestry.com. Public Record Office reference: H.O. 107 / 1774, Original Page No. 6, Stamped Page No. [489], No. of Householder’s Schedule 7, Household of James Wells. March 18, 2008 Tuesday 6:20 PM.
2. 1861 Census of England, Essex, Billericay, District Union Workhouse, Image No. 1 & 8, Ancestry.com. Public Record Office reference: R.G. 9 / 1076, Original Page No. 33 & [ ]. The sisters, Sarah Wells, Hannah Wells, Phoebe Wells, and Emma Willis, in the Workhouse. April, 9, 2009 Thursday 1:05 PM.
3. 1871 Census of England, London, Kensington St Mary Abbott, District 18, Image No. 45, Ancestry.com. Public Record Office reference: R.G. 10 [55], Original Page No. 44, No. of Schedule 189. Hannah Wells a servant in the household of Samuel C Haines. April, 9, 2009 Thursday 2:35 PM.
4. 1881 Census of England, London, Hackney, Stamford Hill, District 5, Image No. 60, Ancestry.com. Public Record Office reference: R.G. 11 / 287, Original Page No. 57, No. of Schedule 255. Hannah Wells a cook in the household of Thomas Cox. April, 9, 2009 Thursday 6:31 PM.
5. 1891 Census of England, London, Kensington, Brompton, District 5, Image No. 6, Ancestry.com. Public Record Office reference: RG 12 / 30, Original Page No. 6, No. of Schedule 27. Hannah Wells a servant in the household of Henry Roche. April, 9, 2009 Thursday 6:49 PM.
6. 1906 Hannah Wells on a passenger list for a ship that arrived in Canada. Immigration, Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Quebec, Quebec, 1906, September, Image No. 105. Vessel: Carthaginian, Date of Arrival: 7 Sep 1906. April 24, 2009 Friday 3:39 PM.
Last updated April 24, 2009 Friday 4:12 PM
Researched and Compiled by William Wallworth
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