Ann Shears1,2,3,4,5
#55, b. circa September 1780, d. 17 August 1859
| Birth* | Ann Shears was born circa September 1780 at Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.1,2,5,6,7 |
| Bap/Christ | She was bap/christ on 20 October 1780 at Presbysterian (Unitarian) Church, Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.3,5,6 |
| Marriage* | She married William Woodley on 18 December 1814 at Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.3,4,5,6,8,1 |
| Son* | Ann and William's son Samuel Sheares Woodley was born on 9 July 1815 at Moretonhampstead, Devon, England. |
| Son | Ann and William's son William was born in 1816 at Moretonhampstead, Devon, England. |
| Census1841FedForeign* | She and William Woodley appeared on the 1841 Federal Census of Moretonhampstead, Devon, England at Cross Street, enumerated 7 June 1841. Their children William and Samuel Sheares were listed as living with them.1 |
| (Widow) Death | She was widowed when William Woodley died before 1851 Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.2,7 |
| Occupation* | She was a former weaver on 30 March 1851.2 |
| (Witness) Census1851FedForeign | She appeared on the 1851 Federal Census of Moretonhampstead, Devon, England in the household of William Woodley and Jane Hole, her son and daughter-in-law.2 |
| Illness* | She was ill with cancer between 1856 and 1859 at Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.7 |
| Death* | She died on 17 August 1859 at Eagle Court, Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.7 |
Citations:
- [S402] Census of 1841 for England and Wales, population schedule, Household of William Woodley, Cross Street, Moretonhampstead, folio 5 [Ancestry index reads folio 4], page 3, HO 107/254/4.
- [S401] Census of 1851 for England and Wales, population schedule, Household of William Woodley, Eagle Court, Moretonhampstead, Devon, folio 60, page 01 (or 10?), #60.
- [S41] International Genealogical Index (IGI).
- [S57] Email, Tim Kelly to Margaret May Bailey, 4 June 1998.
- [S180] Email, Alison Simkins to Margaret May Bailey, 17 March 1999.
- [S392] MH Parish Baptisms, http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/frames.htm
- [S420] Ann Woodley, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death 1859, September Quarter, Newton Abbot, Vol 5b, p. 91, #283; certified copy #DYB 022543 (Original date 20 August 1859; this copy 9 May 2006).
- [S393] MH Parish Marriages, http://www.moretonhampstead.org.uk/frames.htm
- [S41] International Genealogical Index (IGI), p. 45456; Source: Batch/Film No. 0063771; Serial/Sheet: 1737.
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