1871 census entry - but already dead? - completed

[Kg]

Hi all.

I'm normally a lurker, but have decided to post about a detail in my family tree that has been annoying me lately!

I have a printed family tree that was passed down to me, it's quite old and very sparse on details. my 4 times great grandfather is Francis Wilson Heath, born 1808. He has two sisters Ann Eliza Heath who married William Gresham and Maria Heath who married Edgar Wickham.

Francis appears on the 1871 census as visitor to William and Ann Gresham. However, I found an Ann Eliza Heath on the probate calendar released on Ancestry recently who died in 1864 and named her brother, Francis, as executor.

Do you think the printed family tree I have is wrong? As surely they wouldn't enter her on a census after she died? The probate entry must be correct as they name Ann and Francis as siblings. I apologise for the long post, I have a lot of missing links on my family tree so lots of questions to ask!

What is everyone's take on this?

Thanks, Kirsty

[Dazey999]

Haven't checked any records yet, but my first thought is that wouldn't Ann Eliza be on the probate calendar under her maiden name of Gresham?

[Dazey999]

Sorry Kirsty - should have said Welcome to Rootschat!  Very remiss of me!!  I'm sure you'll get lots of help here.  Dazey

[rosie99]

Hi

Welcome to rootschat 

It certainly looks like the right probate as it names Francis Wilson Heath - I presume the address means something to you. 

If she had married William Gresham surely the probate would name her as Ann Eliza Gresham    When and where is she supposed to have married William ?

Rosie

[avm228]

Francis W HEATH is with William and "Anne" GRESHAM in 1861 as well: RG9/5/2/4

The 1871 where he is with William and "Anna" GRESHAM is at RG10/10/64/34.

She's "Anna" in 1881 as well: RG11/1076/87/31, and also in 1851: HO107/1527/99/76.

Anna/Anne was born about 1812 in London (1871 specifies Islington; 1851 specifies St Andrew [Holborn]).

[Tati]

And her children's christenings and her death show her as Anna Maria 

[avm228]

Ann Eliza HEATH was baptised 12 Jan 1803 at St Mary, Lambeth, according to an IGI extracted record, daughter of Richard and Ann (same parents as Francis Wilson HEATH).

[avm228]

He has two sisters Ann Eliza Heath who married William Gresham and Maria Heath who married Edgar Wickham.

Ann E HEATH, 58 b Surrey, was enumerated as "sister" in the household of Edgar and Maria WICKHAM in Croydon in 1861: RG9/451/33/1.

She was with them in 1851 as well: HO107/1601/570/52.

[Dazey999]

Maria & Edgar Wickham both died in Clapton (1879 and 1878 respectively) - late of Beulah Hill, Norwood.  So it certainly looks as though Ann Eliza Heath remained single until her death in 1864