Martha (Pitman) Usher (1824 - 1907)

Born 1824 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Benjamin Usher — married 1846 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1907 at about age 83 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Martha was born in 1824. She was the daughter of John Pitman Sarah Unknown. She was christened 11th April 1824 at St Philip and St Jacob's, Bristol, Gloucester. She married in 1846. She was living with her husband and children at York Street, Bedminster, Somerset in 1851. She was living with her children at St Mary Redcliff, Gloucestershire and working as a laundress in 1871. She was widowed and living with her children at Dean Crescent (South), Bedminster, Somerset in 1881. She was living with her children at Philip Street, Bedminster, Somerset in 1891. She passed away in 1907.

Sources

• Christening record

• Census records

• Marriage record

• Death record

• FamilySearch

• Christening: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL9G-2SW : 30 December 2014, Martha Pitman, 11 Apr 1824); citing St Philip and St Jacob's, Bristol, Gloucester, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,595,982.

• Marriage: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26W5-Q9J : 13 December 2014), Martha Pitman, 1846; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1846, quarter 4, vol. 11, p. 249, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• 1851 census: "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGP9-NXG : 29 July 2017), Martha Usher in household of Benjamin Usher, Bedminster, Somerset, England; citing Bedminster, Somerset, England, p. 14, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• 1871 census: "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5TX-X7N : 23 June 2017), Martha Usher, 1871.

• 1881 census: "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q276-JPWM : 20 August 2016), Martha Usher, Bedminster, Somerset, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 14, Piece/Folio 2452/94, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,737.

• 1891 census: "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WR7W-GT2 : 1 April 2016), Martha Usher in household of Alfred Hale, Bedminster, Somerset, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Somerset county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

Death: "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NBN-THZ : 31 December 2014), Martha Usher, 1907; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.