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Mary Ann CORNWELL
1868 - 1927 (~ 59 years)
Has 185 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Mary Ann CORNWELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Sep Q 1868 Bredgar, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: q3 1868 Milton RD 2a 739
Baptised 29 Nov 1868 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR data transcribed on KFHS CD 19
Shows Mary Ann, Daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Ann CORNWELL, abode Borden, father a Labourer
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3483 1868 Nov 29 Mary Ann D of Jeremiah & Mary Ann CORNWELL Borden(Labourer) ]]
Gender Female Education 1881 Scholar Residence 1921 Corner House, Henstridge, Somerset, England Residence Abt 1925 Mottisfont, Hampshire, England - Recorded as son Ralph's next-of-kin by the CWGC in the 1920s. They don't seem to have had a reply re wording for gravestone - maybe Mary was ill or even had died when they were trying to communicate with her.
Died 22 Aug 1927 Mottisfont, Hampshire, England Cause: Ia. Cerebral Haemorrhage, b Arterio Sclerosis (No P.M.) - GRO ref: Wood, Mary A aged 59 q3 1927 Romsey RD 2c 106; GRO online index shows middle name as AnnDetails from death registration (image of GRO copy)
Half-siblings1 half brother (family of [ - ? - ] and Mary Ann HUNT) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Jeremiah CORNWELL, b. Abt 1831, Newnham, Kent, England, d. Dec Q 1899, Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England (Age ~ 68 years) (Father) 
Susanna, b. Est 1702, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandmother)Notes - 1891 - Mary was living with her Uncle Peter Cornwell, a farmer, and his family in Primrose Lane, Bredgar. (Her mother was in the county lunatic asylum, her father possibly in the workhouse!)
According to the book "Wood: A Family of Kent" (Charles Woo, 2015) both of her parents were alcoholics, though as it also wrongly claims they were both ultimately in the workhouse, whereas in fact both died in the lunatic asylum, it is not clear that this is trustworthy information. It certainly seems possible though - Mary Ann's mother's grandmother (and my 3 x gt grandmother) died of liver disease, with an excessive consumption of alcohol the most likely cause. Mary Ann's mother's grandmother may have been a bad influence on Mary Ann's mother: the latter was living with her grandmother as a girl of 14 at the time of the 1841 census. I don't know what happened to Mary Ann's grandmother - as an unmarried mother she may have needed to work to support herself, and so passed her child to her mother to look after, or she may have married a man who did not want her illegitimate child as part of the family, or a combination of the two. Alternatively, she may have died. With such a common name it is hard to be sure.
The following year she married Thomas Stephen WOOD. Thomas' father was a farmer of 359 acres, employing 9 men & 7 boys in 1861. The family lived at the Farm House, Swan St., Bredgar.
Person ID I3773 All | The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 17 Oct 2024
Father Jeremiah CORNWELL, b. Abt 1831, Newnham, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1899, Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England (Age ~ 68 years) Mother Mary Ann HUNT, b. 1826, Wormshill, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1891, Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Chartham, Kent, England (Age 65 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ]Married 26 Nov 1863 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - GRO ref: Cornwell, Jeremiah to Hunt, Mary q4 1863 Medway RD 2a 598
PR entry:
No. 440, Novr 26 Jeremiah Cornwell, age 31, Bachelor, Fruiterer, residence at time of Marriage: Chatham, father John Cornwell; occupation: Dealer
Mary Hunt, age 32, Spinster, [no occupation given], residence at time of Marriage: Chatham, father Edward Hunt, occupation: Dealer
Marriage after banns by George Slutford Bidwell Curate
Jeremiah signed, Mary made her mark; witnesses Thos Walter, Mary Anne K(?)emp
(from image on CityArk website)
Family ID F438 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Thomas Stephen WOOD, b. Jun Q 1855, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England , d. 23 Nov 1897, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 42 years)
Other Partners: Mary Ann GOODHEW m. Dec Q 1884Married 15 Oct 1892 Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: WOOD, Thomas Stephen q4 1892 Milton RD 2a 1750
Actual date and place from descendant (tree on GRU)
Children2 children Last Modified 8 Jul 2016 Family ID F2882 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Sep Q 1868 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised - 29 Nov 1868 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
Married - 15 Oct 1892 - Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
Child - Ralph Reader WOOD - Jun Q 1893 - Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Walter Stephen WOOD - 3 Jul 1896 - Bredgar, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
