Mary Ann Fitch was born in Shoreditch in July 1827 to collar maker John Fitch and his wife Sarah. The family was living in Red Lion Court at the time with Mary’s eight year old brother John. The couple’s second son, two year old Joseph, died when Sarah was around five months pregnant with Mary Ann.
By the time Mary Ann’s sister Susanna was born in 1829 the family had moved to Kingsland Road.
[Need to find Mary Ann in the 1841 Census. She would be 14 and most likely to living at home]
Brother John married Hannah Burgines in Stepney in 1836 and is living in Hoddesdon where his occupation is simply listed as a dealer in the 1841 Census.
At 17 years and three months Mary Ann has a son in Hoddesdon and appears to give him up to her brother to raise. Her son John has two birth certificates with her listed as his single mother on one and the other with uncle John Fitch and his wife Hannah listed as parents.
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I am Peter Brett of Melbourne. My great-great gradfather was a “Joseph Brett”, resident at “Georges Hotel” who married “Ann Lidington” resident from “Parish of Turweston County of Berks” (sic) on 9th November 1855 at “The Parish Church, Parish of St Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex”. One of the witnesses was “Mary Ann Fitch”. I am trying to research my family ancestry but come up against a few dead ends. It seems some were in or near Kingsland Road. Does someone have any additional information for me please? For interest/morbid curiosity/clues to the chase our Brett family has inherited high blood cholesterol and few of those affected lived past 47 years of age. (I’m the exception, having it but am 63 years old). I’d really appreciate any solid leads, thanks.
My apologies, I left out one more pice of information. The two witnesses on the Certified copy of an entry of marriage were “Mary Ann Fitch” and “Henry Rule” if that’s of value to you. Peter Brett. (Melbournme Aus)