Hannah Mellor (1819-1889)

Hannah Mellor (1819-1889) is my 3rd great grandmother.

I am descended through:

*      her son, Isaac Wain (1850-1932) who married Mary Sigley (1849-1890)

*      his son, William Wain (1877-1963) who married Bertha Taylor (1885-1925)

*      their son, William Wain (1909-1957) who married Freda Hassall (1909-1974)

*      their son, John Stanton Wain who married Sheila Hooley

*      Judith Yvonne Wain

June 1841

I have not been able to find the 1841 census for Hannah. I thought that she might have some siblings, so tried to find them. In all the census records, it is clearly given that she was born in Hartington, so I tried searching for others who gave Hartington as their birthplace. There are a few possibilities, but so far, they do not seem to match.

14 December 1846

Hannah married Isaac Wain at St Peter, Alstonefield, Staffordshire

Isaac Wain, age 21, bachelor, silk weaver, living in Alstonefield. Father: Michael Wain, farmer

Hannah Mellor, age 21, spinster, living in Alstonefield. Father: William Mellor, labourer

Witnesses: Jed Woods and Joseph Brindley (relationship to the couple not known)

I have been looking into the witnesses, as I thought they may be related in some way.

Jedediah Wood on 1841 and 1851 census, living in Wetton, Staffordshire, born in 1797 in Alstonefield, Staffordshire, died 1871 (address given as Turnditch). Married to Elizabeth Wadsworth, who died 1848. Looks as if he was probably a neighbour and/or friend given that he was born in Alstonefield, the same area as Isaac.

Joseph Brindley, 2 possibilites, one born in Alstonefield and another with connections to Hartington.

January 1847

Birth of son William Micah (1847-1928)

January 1850

Birth of son Isaac (1850-1932)

March 1851

Living at Moor Side, Leek, Staffordshire.

*      Isaac Wain – age 34, silk weaver, born in Hollinsclough, Staffordshire

*      Hannah Wain – age 32, born in Hartington, Derbyshire

*      Micah Wain – age 4, born in Hartington, Derbyshire

*      Isaac Wain, age 1, born in Hollinsclough, Staffordshire

1858

Birth of daughter Eliza (1858-1922)

April 1861

By 1861, the family had moved to Heathylee, Staffordshire and Micah was working away from home as an agricultural labourer.

April 1871

In the 1871 census, the family remained in Heathylee.

April 1881

Living at New Stone, Heathylee, Staffordshire with daughter Eliza, her husband Solomon Mellor and Isaac Mellor, their son.

16 May 1889

Hannah died on 16 May 1889, age 70, she was buried in St Paul’s Church, Quarnford, Staffordshire on 20 May 1889.