Ann Mary Beard ¹

  General Notes:

Mary is married to a man some 20+ years older than herself. When he dies (after 1871) she goes to be a nurse to Eliza Pattison's family in Great Coggeshall. Earlier she is listed as a launderess. ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

She appeared as a Laundress on the census in 1861. ²

She appeared on the census in 1881 in Coggeshall, , Essex, England. ³

Ann married David Thompson, son of Benjamin Thompson and Rebecca Sillett.¹ (David Thompson was born about 1785 in Ubbeston, , Suffolk, England ¹ and was christened on 27 Feb 1785 in Ubbeston, , Suffolk, England ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

Family home: 25 Colchester Road, Great Coggeshall, Essex (1861 & 1871), 1861. ²

  Marriage Notes:

David and Mary Thompson bring up their daughter's daughter Clara Thompson. On the 1861 Census she is with them aged 3. By the 1871 Census she is aged 13 and a visitor to a seed grower in Feering, Essex.