Anne Lister
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Anne Lister (1791 - 1840)

Anne Lister
Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 30 Mar 1834 in Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Died at age 49 in Koutais, Georgiamap
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Anne Lister was born on 3 April 1791, daughter of Jeremy Lister and Rebecca nee Battle (1770-1817).[1] and was baptised on 12 September 1791 at St John the Baptist, Halifax.[2]

In 1834 she took communion with her partner, Ann Walker at Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York, which in their view married them. Their union is considered to be the first lesbian marriage to be held in Britain.[3]

In his history of the Sutherlands of Skibo Castle, Tony Savory[citation needed] notes that Anne Lister died in Russia in 1840 while she and Ann Walker were touring the country. He was a descendant of Ann Walker's sister Elizabeth.

Monumental inscription in Halifax parish church: "In memory of Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, who died the 22d Septr 1840 at KOUTAIS in GEORGIA, and was interred here the 29th April 1841, AEt 49".[4]

Sources

  1. Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish, Baptism 12 Sep 1791; Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England; Father: Jeremy Lister
  2. Baptism:- West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 Ancestry Image
  3. Harriet Sherwood (28 July 2018). "Recognition at last for Gentleman Jack, Britain's 'first modern lesbian'". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. The monumental and other inscriptions in Halifax parish church, Crossley, E. W; Leeds : John Whitehead, 1909, page 133, https://archive.org/details/monumentalotheri00cros/page/133

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