GRESTY Annie M (New Brighton, Cheshire)

[robgen1]

Hello All,

I have hit a brick wall with following person

Annie M Gresty
born 1862 New Brighton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

I can locate her on the following UK Census Records 1891, 1901 and 1911 after this she migrated to Australia in 1912, maybe there is some one else doing research on same family (yes I know, long-shot)

I am able to locate her in the 1891 Census, however she was not listed with her family as she was in service

From the 1891 Census it lists her only as domestic Housemaid see below
© Crown copyright Government Records Office of the United Kingdom
 
Name:    Annie M Gresty
Age (Original):    19
Gender:    Female
Birth Year:    1862
Birthplace:    New Brighton, Cheshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household:    Servant
Marital Status:    Single
Occupation:    Housemaid (Domestic)
Address:    Osborne Place 2 Stretford Road
Event Place:    Stretford, Lancashire, England
Record Type:    Household
Affiliate Publication Number:    RG11
Piece/Folio:    3886 / 93
Page Number:    8
Household    Role    Gender    Age    Birthplace
William Black    Head    M    72    Scotland
Elizabeth Black    Wife    F    58    Scotland
Robert Black    Son    M    21    Syria
James E Black    Son    M    15    Scotland
Ada Campbell    Servant    F    23    Bristol, Somerset, England
Annie M Gresty    Servant    F    19    New Brighton, Cheshire, England

after this she is listed with her husband Frederick Henry Willis

her death certificate NSW (Australia) parents not known advised by informant however maiden name was listed GRESTY

© Crown copyright Government Records Office of the United Kingdom
Surname     First name(s)          District     Vol     Page
Marriages Jun 1885   (>99%)
WILLIS    Fred Henry        Warrington    8c   237

© Crown copyright Government Records Office of the United Kingdom
Surname     First name(s)          District     Vol     Page
Marriages Jun 1885   (>99%)
Gresty    Annie        Warrington    8c   237


Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

Cheers
Greg

[rolnora]

Hi Greg,
Cheshirebmd shows the marriage of Annie and Fred as a Warrington Civil Marriage so you would have to invest in the marriage certificate to be certain of the name of her father.
 http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi

You would be able to buy the cert from the GRO it will cost you £9.25
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

[rolnora]

This looks Possible for 1871. Living at 6 Bentwick? St Birkenhead.
Thomas Gresty 38 Head born Chester
Margaret 34 Wife born Eccles Lancashire
Annie 9 born New Brighton
James 7 born Hoylake Cheshire
Thomas 5 born Birkenhead
Hester 1     "          "

RG10 Piece 3746 Folio 70 Page 17

[KGarrad]

I am able to locate her in the 1891 Census, however she was not listed with her family as she was in service

From the 1891 Census it lists her only as domestic Housemaid see below
© Crown copyright Government Records Office of the United Kingdom
 
Name:    Annie M Gresty
Age (Original):    19
Gender:    Female
Birth Year:    1862
Birthplace:    New Brighton, Cheshire, England
Relationship to Head of Household:    Servant
Marital Status:    Single
Occupation:    Housemaid (Domestic)
Address:    Osborne Place 2 Stretford Road
Event Place:    Stretford, Lancashire, England
Record Type:    Household
Affiliate Publication Number:    RG11
Piece/Folio:    3886 / 93
Page Number:    8

Surely that's the 1881 census?

[rolnora]

Yes it is, think it was just a mistake
I haven't found her yet on the 1891

[rolnora]

Think I need to wake up, Greg did say he has her with her husband on subsequent records 
1891
RG12; Piece: 3154; Folio: 26; Page: 46

[garstonite]

1862 - new brighton ??...I would have thought that New Brighton would have been under Wallasey / Birkenhead at that period ...the Promfrom Seacombe to New Brighton wasn`t built until 1890`s when New Brighton became a huge holliday resort ....a merchant in 1830-40 bought all the land that is now New Brighton and he built Perch Rock etc ...so - 1891 census - it would have been in "vogue"for a young lady to say she was born in New Brighton when she was born in Birkenhead area  - cos it sounded more upper class .........I am going to find out when New Brighton became a town - I will be amazed if it was 1862 era...back soon
ADDED...ha ha- well I got that wrong ....Perch Rock was built by the government 1829 and it had 18 guns / canons to prevent Smuggling up and down the River Mersey ....
a merchant did purchase all the land around that area in 1830 and it wasn`t until the 1860`s that he built the pier ...it looks like it was named New Brighton in the early 1860`s by the mercnat who wanted it to resemble Brighton in Sussex
I think that the family Rolnora  has found in 1871 will almost certainly be your Annie M Gresty ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brighton,_Merseyside

[KGarrad]

New Brighton was a hamlet in Liscard parish, which itself was formed in 1866 from Wallasey Ancient Parish.

[garstonite]

New Brighton was a hamlet in Liscard parish, which itself was formed in 1866 from Wallasey Ancient Parish.

Thanks KGarrad ...I was pretty sure it didn`t exist in 1862...

mar qtr 1861 Thomas Gresty to Margaret Lee - Liverpool 8b 290  I think there is a good chance these are the parents of Annie M Gresty b 1862 New Brighton ...
www.lancashirebmd.org.uk has the marriage at St Peter and IGI has a baptism at the same church 8 years later for Esther
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NYD1-8QX
so even though they are having children in New Brighton / Birkenhead - they are still baptising their children at St Peter in Liverpool ....