Hannah Hyde

Born:

Died: 24th March 1907

Married: John Francis

Mother: Hannah

Father: William Hyde

Descendant: Edwin Francis

Census

1841

1851

1861

1871

1881

1891

1901

1911

1921

Hannah Hyde (or Hide) was born on the 5th October 1837 in Thatcham (near Newbury), in Berkshire, England.

Her marriage register entry says that her father was William Hyde. There was a christening in Thatcham around the correct time for a Hannah Hide:

Christening Date:	29 Oct 1837
Christening Place:	Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Father's Name:	William Hide
Mother's Name:	Hannah Hide

In 1841 she is living in Shaw, Newbury, her father is a corn porter (although in this census she is listed as Hellen - but she has the right age, and there is no Hellen Hyde in the 1851 census).

In 1851 she is living at the White House pub in Speen, Newbury, Berkshire. Her father is the publican there, and she was 13 years old and living with her 7 brothers and sisters.

She married George Willis in 1860 (Marriages Mar 1860, Newbury v.2c p.301: Hannah Hyde & George Willis), and she then has a daughter Katherine Ann Willis (Jun Q 1860 Henley v.3a p.498)

But her husband George Willis died one year later in 1861 (Mar 1861 George Willis, Henley v.3a p.355).

So she was a widow when she married John Francis, a blacksmith.

In 1901 Hannah is 62 and still living with John in Ipsden, at a place called the Grove. She is there with her husband, and her son Edwin who is 22. Her other children (William, Sarah, John) have moved to Reading where they are running a butcher's shop.

Marriage

On the 21st January 1865 she married John Francis, in the parish church of Nuffield. The register of her marriage says that she was a widow from Nuffield whose father was William Hyde, a corn dealer.

John's occupation is given as blacksmith, and his father is listed as William Francis (also a blacksmith).

The witnesses who signed the register were a Henry Francis and a Jane Willis.

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  Marriage register entry

Death

Hannah died on the 24th March 1907, and was buried at St John the Evangelist, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire. Her husband died 9 years later in 1916 and was buried in the same grave.

Grave of Hannah Francis (Hyde)

       In
   Loving Memory 
       of
     Hannah
The beloved wife of
  John Francis
   who died 
 March 24, 1907
 Aged 69 years
God called her home, it was his will
But in our hearts she dwelleth still
Her memory is as dear to-day
As in the hour she passed away

Also of our dear father
  John Francis
Who died Dec. 15th, 1916
  Aged 77 years
Gone from our home, but not
  from our hearts

Her death was registered at Henley v.3a, p.644.