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Ann Ashcroft

Female 1827 -


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  • Name Ann Ashcroft 
    Born 1827  Wigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation Charwoman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I02356  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2026 

    Father Thomas Ashcroft,   d. Bef 1861 
    Family ID F10101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Henry Alty,   b. 1823, Haskayne Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt May 1891, Culcheth, Leigh Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Partners Bef 1844 
    Notes 
    • Couple apparently unmarried when daughter Martha was born. Henry was single when he married Catherine Bradshaw in 1857, but is named as Martha's father in her marriage to Thomas Spencer..
    Children 
     1. Martha Ashcroft,   b. 17 Dec 1844, Standish Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2026 
    Family ID F02921  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Caroline Bond Ashcroft,   b. Abt May 1852, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Rebecca Ashcroft,   b. Abt Nov 1853, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt May 1872, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     3. Thomas Ashcroft,   b. Abt Nov 1856, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2026 
    Family ID F10044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Henry Stephenson,   b. 1840, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 7 Jan 1862  St Mary, Hunslet Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2026 
    Family ID F10048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Probably one of three Ann Ashcrofts baptised in 1826 at St Thomas the Martyr, Upholland.
      In 1861 census age 34 (birthplace unclear) as singlewoman in Hunslet with children Caroline, 7, Rebecca, 7, and Thomas, 4, all born in Hunslet.
      In 1871 census as Ann Stephenson, married (husband absent) b Orrell, with daughters Caroline and Rebecca (surname given as Asquith) and their husband-to-be Robert Hanson.
      In 1881 as Ann Ashcroft, married, b Wigan.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010069] MC.



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