Henry Anable

LIFE GOES ON: AN INTRODUCTION

MY GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

THE SIXTEEN FAMILIES

KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER

CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN

CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR

MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

THE WORKHOUSE

WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II

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LIFE GOES ON

Henry Anable
born Toft, Cambridgeshire, 1801
died Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire, 1869

on the Reynolds family tree
part of the Anable family story

married to Elizabeth Constable

father of William Harrison Anable

son of Thomas Anable
and Sarah ?

Henry Anable (1801-1869). My Mother's Mother's Mother's Father's Father's Father. My Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather.

1801: Henry was born in Toft, Cambridgeshire. He was baptised at St Andrew's church on 6th September, the son of Thomas and Sarah Annable.

1823: Henry married Elizabeth Constable on 1st May at St Andrew and St Mary's church, Grantchester, Cambridgeshire. A few months later, their first son William was born. His baptism was recorded on Christmas Day at the same church, when Henry was recorded as a bricklayer and his origin as Toft.

1826: In March, Henry's wife Elizabeth died. She was buried in Grantchester churchyard on 30th March. She was 26 years old.

1827: Henry married Mary Markham at St Peter and St Paul's church, Dry Drayton. He was a widower, she was a spinster. From this point onwards,Henry's children are baptised at Dry Drayton, so the family had moved there.

1834: On 5th July, Henry is listed in the Cambridge Independent Press as an insolvent debtor whose case was to come before the court. He is recorded as a bricklayer of Dry Drayton, formerly of Grantchester. However, the Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette reported on 2nd August that Henry had been discharged from bankruptcy.

1841 census:

Henry was forty years old at the time of the 1841 census. The Anable family were living at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

Henry was a bricklayer. His wife Mary was 35. There were seven children in the household on the night of the census. William was 19, Henry was 13, Sarah was 12, Samuel was 10, Thomas was 8, Francis was 2 and Mary was 3 months old. Also in the household was Mary's mother Ann Markham, aged 65.

1851 census:

Henry was forty-nine years old at the time of the 1851 census. The Anable family were living at the Cottages, Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

Henry is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Mary was 47 years old.

Henry had seven children at home at the time of the 1851 census: Henry was 23, Samuel was 20, Thomas was 18, Francis was 11, Mary was 10, George was 8 and Martha was 7. Also living in the house at the time of the census was Mary's mother Ann Markham, 77.

The census records that Henry was born at Toft in Cambridgeshire. His wife and children were born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

1861 census:

Henry was sixty years old at the time of the 1851 census. The Anable family were living at Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire.

Henry is shown as a bricklayer. His wife Mary was 58 years old. Also living in the house at the time of the census were their children Francis 21, Mary 20, George 18, and Martha 17. Also living in the house at the time of the census was Mary's mother Ann Markham, 90.

The census records that Henry was born at Toft in Cambridgeshire. His wife and children were born in Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire. The transcript for the entry is here.

1869: at the end of May, Henry died. He was buried in Dry Drayton churchyard on 1st June, and his age was recorded as 68.