Mary Ann (Gane) Lambert (abt. 1817 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1817 in England

Wife of John (Lambrecht) Lambert — married 9 Oct 1838 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died after 1880 after about age 63 in NY State, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: M. Scott Manning [send private message]

Biography

Born somewhere in England about 1817, Mary Ann Gane arrived in Canada a young woman. She married the widower John Lambert at Kingston, Ontario on 9 Oct 1838 as reported in the Kingston Chronicle and Gazette newspaper. John's first wife Ursula died in 1837.

Mary Ann and John's four children were all born and baptised at Kingston: Sarah Ann, Amelia Ann, William Henry & Eliza Jane. Their home on Ordnance Street was a short walk from the Town of Kingston police offices where John worked as a constable. When Kingston’s new City Hall opened in 1844, the police force occupied the basement level.

After John's death in 1857, Mary Ann moved her family to Syracuse, NY where they are found in the 1860 census. She worked as a seamstress. Mary Ann later appears in the 1875 and 1880 censuses living with her son William Lambert at Salina, a small town beside Syracuse. A possible brother, George B. Gane, is living beside her in 1880.

One anomaly: 1860 census shows Mary Ann had another son, John Lambert, age 23, born Canada c.1837. This predates her marriage to John Lambert, plus he already had a son John with his first wife, Ursula. So John Lambert-c.1837 could have been Mary Ann's son from a prior relationship, given the Lambert name when his mother married.

Brief bio by M. S. Manning.

Sources

• 1838 marriage notice in Kingston Chronicle & Gazette newspaper;
• Census records: 1860 US, 1875 NY State & 1880 US.
• Plus extensive family history research.