Hannah Benn 1817-1888

Labourer's wife.

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Date   Event   Source
11 May 1817   Hannah Benn was probably born in Lutterworth. She was the fifth known child of Richard Benn (abt 37) and Mary Murby (abt 35).   Family Birthday Book
17 Aug 1817   She was christened at Lutterworth parish church. Her parents' abode was recorded as Webb's Yard.   Lutterworth parish register
15 Oct 1817   Her father was recorded as a resident at the Lutterworth House of Industry (until 1 Jun 1818).   Lutterworth workhouse register
16 Jun 1820   When she was 3, her sister, Elizabeth, was christened at Lutterworth - she died about 11 months later. Her father was a labourer. The family were still living at Webb's Yard.   Lutterworth parish register
25 Aug 1822   When she was 5, her brother, William, was christened at Lutterworth - he died just over 6 months later.   Lutterworth parish register
31 July 1825   When she was 7, another sister was christened Elizabeth at Lutterworth - she died about 9 months later.   Lutterworth parish register
7 Jun 1841   On census night, she was living in Bakehouse Lane, Lutterworth, with her father - her mother was staying with her son, Joseph, and his family in Leicester. She rounded her age down to 22, although she was actually 24.
(George Manger, a 23-year-old brick-maker's labourer was living in the same street.)		   Census
(1 Dec 1848   George Manger's wife Mary died.)   Lutterworth parish register
24 Mar 1850   At the age of 32, she married George Manger, a widower with 3 children, who was living next door but one. She was about 3 months pregnant on the wedding day.   Marriage certificate
c 1 Oct 1850   Her first child, Eliza, was born   1851 census + BMD + next
20 Oct 1850   6 mths 26 days after the wedding, her first child, Eliza, was christened at Lutterworth.   Lutterworth parish register
30 Mar 1851   At 33, she was living at 132 Bakehouse Lane. Her husband's occupation was labourer, gardens.   Census
13 Jan 1854   Her second child, Benn, was born when she was 36.   Birthday Book
12 Feb 1854   Benn was christened at Lutterworth when he was one month old.   Lutterworth parish register
13 Jan 1856   When she was 38, her father died aged 73 of 'chronic bronchitis'. His occupation was recorded as farm labourer.   Death certificate
22 Jan 1857   Her first child, Eliza, was buried at Lutterworth, aged about six and a half.   Lutterworth parish register
17 Oct 1858   Her third child, George Thomas, was born   Birthday Book
19 Dec 1858   George Thomas was christened at 2 months 2 days old.   Lutterworth parish register
2 Feb 1861   She was 43 when she had her fourth and last child (it was her husband's ninth), Mary Hannah, born at Lutterworth. The certificate suggests she was not able to read and write.   Birth certificate
7 April 1861   Her address was now 31 Bakehouse Lane (the same street as 10 years ago) and her 83-year-old mother, now a widow, was recorded as a boarder. Her husband's occupation was agricultural labourer.   Census
18 Aug 1861   Her daughter, Mary Hannah, was christened at Lutterworth aged 6 months 16 days.   Lutterworth parish register
25 Nov 1861   Her mother died aged 83 of 'natural decay'. Present at the death was Ann Voss. (Since the same person was present at the death of her father, this may be the married name of her older sister, Ann, born 1815 and therefore married between 1830 and 1856.)   Death certificate
About 1870   She had her photograph taken, a carte de visite.   Carte de visite
22 Mar 1880   Her daughter, Mary Hannah, married Alfred Bates at Leicester Register Office.   Marriage certificate
3 Apr 1881   At 63, she was still living in Bakehouse Lane. Her husband's occupation was brick maker's labourer.   Census
29 Mar 1888   She died, aged 70 or 71, of congestive heart failure ('cardiac dropsy, exhaustion').   Death certificate
(c 1 Apr 1888   The date of her burial must have been around the same day as the following entry.)   Assumed
(1 Apr 1888   Her daughter, Mary Hannah, gave birth to her seventh child and named her Mary Hannah.)

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