Summary
Parents and family
From her Marriage Certificate her father was
George GREGORY,
Labourer. From the 1861 Census and the marriage dates of George GREGORY
her mother is assumed to be George's second wife Elizabeth (maiden name
as yet unknown).
Birth
1861 Census suggests that this was about 1855 and at
Stratton St Margaret, in the Highworth registration district. The
probable registration is GREGORY, Hannah Maria, Dec Quarter,
1854, Highworth, Vol 5a, Pg 5.
Childhood and education
On the 1861 Census they are listed at Reeds Cottages,
Stratton Green, Stratton St Margaret, nr Swindon, Wiltshire. At that
time the family comprised:
- George GREGORY, Head, Mar[ried], 40, Railway Lab, Wilts, Chiseldon
- Elizabeth GREGORY, Wife, Mar, 47, Ag Lab, Wilts, Purton
- Thomas GREGORY, Son, , 16, Ag Lab, Wilts, Stratton
- George GREGORY, Son, , 14, Ag Lab, Wilts, Stratton
- Jane GREGORY, Daughter, 11, , Wilts, Stratton
- Sarah GREGORY, Daughter, 9, , Wilts, Stratton
- Hannah GREGORY, Daughter, 6, , Wilts, Stratton
- George SIMS, Son, 13, , Berks, Hendred
- Henry SIMS, Son, 10, , Berks, Hendred
- Jane SIMS, Daughter, 8, , Berks, Hendred
Employment
On the 1871 Census she is listed at 1 London Street, New Swindon, Wiltshire. She is in service.
- Robert JOHNSON, Head, Mar[ried], 31, Draper, Leicter's, Leicester
- Anna M. JOHNSON, Wife, 33, Draper, Glouster's, Henbury
- Will'm H. JOHNSON, Son, 8, Bristol, Bedminster
- Albert [K?] JOHNSON, Son 7, Bristol, Bedminster
- Alexander R. JOHNSON, Son, 5, Bristol
- Mildred M. JOHNSON, daur, 1, Wilts, Swindon
- Hannah GREGORY, Servant, Un m[arried], 17 , Maid of all work, Wilts, Stratton
In the June Quarter of 1875 she registered the birth to her daughter
Ellen Sharp GREGORY
outside of wedlock. (Highworth, Vol 5a, Pg 8). Mother's name Hannah,
Father's name not given. Highworth is just NE of Swindon so fits with
1901 census place of birth for Ellen which is given as Swindon. Family
tradition held that Ellen was raised near Bath, Somerset.
Marriage
On 4 July 1875, at the Parish Church (St Mary Magdelene) in
Langridge, Somerset, Hannah appears to have married John SHARP (GRO ref 1875 Sep Q, Bath,
Vol 5c, Pg 971). The details of their marriage and very brief life together may be found in the
biography of John Edmund SHARP.
Last Will and Testament
Unknown.
Death
No candidate for Hannah has been found on the 1881 Census and there is a
death for a Hannah SHARP, age 20, i.e born abt 1856, registered in
the June Quarter
1876 at Bath, Somerset (Vol 5c pg 471). Therefore in 1876 Hannah appears to have died.
Burial
Unknown.
Descendants and notable relations