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Fanny INMAN
1853 - 1893 (39 years)
Has 14 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Fanny INMAN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 24 Dec 1853 Harrogate, Yorkshire, England 
- GRO ref: Inman, Fanny q1 1854 Knaresbro' RD 9a 77; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Clark
Baptised 16 Apr 1854 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England - From PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 7 Aug 2023)
Gender Female Occupation 1871 Bilton with Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Domestic servant - In a lodging house
Residence 1881 84, Mabgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, England In the census and at the time of her marriage - Fanny appears in the 1881 census as 'Fannie Turner'.
I believe it was Fanny Inman as:
1. There seems to be no other entry in the census that could be Fanny Inman's.
2. There seems to be no Fanny Turner born in Harrogate c. 1854 who could be the person in the census.
3. When Fanny married a couple of weeks after the census she chose to spell her Christian name 'Fannie'.
4. I can see how an enumerator could misread Fanny's surname as Turner when it was Inman. 'I's and 'T's of the time were similar, 'u' and 'n' often only distinguishable by what makes sense, and in some hands an 'r' followed by an 'n' could have appeared to be an 'm', which just leaves 'an' being misread as 'er'. Easy, if the householder or whoever filled in the original form did not write clearly. The entries for the head of the household and his wife suggest the enumerator struggled to read the entry; they seem to be recorded with the surname 'Hamskin', a surname which does not exist; Christiana the wife was recorded with the surname 'Hanakin' when she was a witness at the marriage of Robert and Fanny, and 'Hannakin' when she died (in the death registration index).
In addition, when Fanny married fifteen days later it was to the other boarder in the house - to Robert Thornton, the other boarder in the house, and they were both then said to be resident in Mabgate.
Occupation 3 Apr 1881 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Machinist Occupation 18 Apr 1881 Servant - At the time of her marriage, according to the PR entry. Had she really changed her occupation since the census, only a couple of weeks before? I think it unlikely, more likely a mistake by the clergyman in completing the register entry, although Fannie did sign and so might have spotted it.
Residence 1893 13, Haymount Place, Leeds, Yorkshire, England At the time of her death Died 3 Dec 1893 13, Haymount Place, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Cause: Phthisis - GRO ref: Thornton, Fanny q4 1893 aged 39 Leeds RD 9b 326
Details from death registration (GRO register entry)
Buried 6 Dec 1893 Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds, Kent, England - From cemetery register (image on Ancestry, viewed 7 Aug 2023)
Is it this Fanny Inman? I think it probably is, unless she had emigrated. No further sign of her in England, right age, right place (city). But she is shown as a widow, and there is no sign of a death / burial of a Robert Thornton in an appropriate place and right sort of age. There are census entries for one who seems to fit with the one who married Fanny, shown as married but not with his wife. I think, therefore, that he and Fanny had separated before her death, and she had passed herself off as a widow, or was mistakenly thought to be one by whoever arranged her burial.
Siblings5 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John INMAN, [Parents?], b. Abt 1753, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, d. Between 1834 and 1836 (Age ~ 81 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth CLARK, b. Abt 1829, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, d. Mar Q 1896, Leeds Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 67 years) (Mother) Notes - With parents and other family in the 1861 census, a servant in 1871.
- (Research):Not found as Fanny Inman in 1881, I believe she is the person recorded as 'Fannie Turner' in the same house as husband-to-be, both shown as boarders. It is easy to imagine how a not very clear 'Inman' could be mis-read as 'Turner'. She was clearly not the 'Frances Inman' who married William Turner in Hunslet RD in 1880 (q4 9b 382); the PR entry for that marriage (image on Ancestry, viewed 18 Jan 2024) shows Frances was a 57 year old widow.
Person ID I1673 All | The Inman eighth - ancestors and descendants of Philip Inman and Sarah née Craven Last Modified 20 Jan 2024
Father Daniel INMAN, b. 1 May 1811, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. Mar Q 1872, Knaresborough Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age 60 years) Mother Elizabeth CLARK, b. Abt 1829, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England , d. Mar Q 1896, Leeds Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 67 years) Married Dec Q 1846 Knaresborough Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: q4 1846 Knaresborough RD 23 415
Family ID F1187 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Robert THORNTON, b. Abt 1833, Wortley, Leeds, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 18 Apr 1881 St. Mary’s Church, Leeds, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: THORNTON, Robert to INMAN, Fannie q2 1881 Leeds RD 9b 514
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 6 Aug 2023)
Names Fannie's father as Daniel Inman, a tailor, and age suggests born 1853 or 4, both pointing to it being the marriage of this Fannie Inman.
The witnesses were Christiana Hanakin (who made her mark) and Martin Johnson.
Fifteen days before the marriage Fannie and Robert were both boarders in the home of William and Christiana Han(n)akin.
Robert and Fanny were not toegether at the time of the 1891 census, so it looks like the marriage may not have lasted.
There do not appear to have been any children from the marriage.
Misc. 1883 Stabbed and attempted murder - A week after Fanny left Robert, he met up with her, stabbed her in the back a number of times with a pocket knife, was tried for stabbing with intention to murder and found guilty and jailed.
Separated 1883 - Fanny left Robert due to his cruelty to her.
Last Modified 20 Jan 2024 Family ID F5121 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - 24 Dec 1853 - Harrogate, Yorkshire, England 
Baptised - 16 Apr 1854 - St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England 
Occupation - Domestic servant - 1871 - Bilton with Harrogate, Yorkshire, England 
Occupation - Machinist - 3 Apr 1881 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
