Ann Prior was born on 30 December 1829. She was the daughter of William and Kitty Prior of Charles Street, St George in the East, Middlesex, England. William was a carpenter. Ann was baptised on 30 October 1831 at the parish church of St George in the East, Middlesex. [1]
1831 Oct 30, Ann, daughter of William and Kitty Prior, abode Charles Street, father a carpenter [margin note, Born 30 Dec. 1829]
In 1841, 11 year old Ann was living at Fair Place, Stepney, Middlesex, with her mother Catherine Prior, age 50 and born in Scotland. Catherine was a Fruitier. There were no other members of the household listed. [2] [3]
On 19 October 1846, Ann married George Jarvis, a mariner, at the church of St Saviour in the parish of Southwark, just south of the River Thames in what then was Surrey, but is now London. She was living in Stepney on the north side of the River Thames at the time. [4]
1846 Marriage Solemnized at the parish church of St Saviour Southwark in the County of Surrey
19th October 1846
George Jarvis, full age, Bachelor, Mariner, residence Bridge Place
Father Thomas Jarvis, Laborer
Ann Prior, full age, spinster, residence Charles Street Stepney Midd[lese]x
Father William Prior, Carpenter
After Banns
Both parties signed
Witnesses: John Jarvis, John Garvie [was this a badly written Jarvis?]
In 1851, Ann, age 21, was living at 2 Gardon Place, Poplar, Middlesex with her children George (4), Ann (2) and Brigham (4 month). [5] [6] The family entry runs over two pages - George is at the foot of the first page.
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
George Jarvis | head | Mar | M | 28 | Mariner | blank |
Ann Jarvis | wife | Mar | F | 21 | illegible | Mddx Poplar |
George Jarvis | son | M | 4 | Mddx Poplar | ||
Ann Jarvis | dau | F | 2 | Mddx Poplar | ||
Brigham Jarvis | son | M | 4 months | Mddx Poplar |
Ann emigrated to the United States with her husband and children in 1857. They travelled by wagon train to the Utah Territory in 1860 with the Jesse Murphy Company.[7]
Children: George Frederick Jarvis 1847–1919 Ann Catherine Jarvis Milne 1848–1956 Brigham Jarvis 1850–1933 Amelia Jarvis Webb 1853–1908 Samuel Walter Jarvis 1855–1923 Margaret Jarvis 1857–1934 Heber Jarvis 1860–1953 Emmaline Jarvis Cottam 1863–1944 Victoria Josephine J Miles 1866–1941 Thomas William Jarvis 1873–1881
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