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Ann Critchley

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Ann Critchley

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Also Known As	Ann Critchley was also known as Ann Edwardson.
User Reference Number	She; 18336
Birth	She was born on 14 November 1811 in Prescot, Lancashire, England, Ann's baptism record says she was the daughter of John Critchley a file cutter and his wife Margaret. According to her death certificate, she was aged 85 years on her death in 1897, so born c. 1811/1812.1,2
Christening	Ann was christened on 8 December 1811 in Prescot.3
Marriage	Ann Critchley and Thomas Edwardson were married on 24 May 1833 in Rainford in the parish of Prescot Address: All Saints.1
	Her son John Edwardson was born on 16 May 1834 in Prescot.
	Her daughter Ann Edwardson was born about 1835.
	Her daughter Alice Edwardson was born about 1836.
	Her daughter Ellen Edwardson was born on 6 June 1836 in Prescot, England.
	Her son William T. Edwardson was born about January 1838 in Prescot.
	Her son John Edwardson was born about 1839.
	Her son Thomas Edwardson was born about August 1843 in Prescot.
	Her daughter Mary Ann Edwardson was born about 1846 in Prescot, England.
	Her daughter Margaret Edwardson was born in 1847.
	Her daughter Eliza Edwardson was born about 1850.
	Her mother Margaret Mollineux died on 13 March 1851 in The Holt, Huyton, England.
	Her son James Edwardson was born about 1853.
	Her husband Thomas Edwardson died on 27 April 1882 in Siddons Brow (Row), Eccleston, Prescot.
	Her son Thomas Edwardson died on 19 December 1893 in Widnes, Lancashire, England.
Residence	Ann Critchley resided in Alms Houses, Warrington Road, Whiston, in 1897 Whiston Workhouse was originally opened in 1843 as a result of the Board of Guardians of the Poor of Prescot buying land at the corner of Warrington Road and Dragon Lane with the intention of building an Institution and Workhouse. The opening in 1843 resulted in the closure of the workhouses of Bold, Prescot, Much Woolton, Sutton and Windle whose inmates were transferred to Whiston. In the nineteenth century it also housed the mentally ill but also developed as a Poor Law Infirmary to care for the sick in the days before the National Health Service.2
	Her son William T. Edwardson died in 1897.
Death	She died on 18 January 1897, at age 85, in Alms Houses, Warrington Road, Whiston, Lancashire, England, England, Ann is recorded as being the Widow of Thomas Edwardson, watch wheel cutter. Ann’s son-in-law Joseph Preston of Portico Lane was present at her death. She died aged 85 years old.2
Burial	Ann's remains were buried on 21 January 1897 in Prescot Address: St. Mary the Virgin.1

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Label and Year	Manual
Census 1841	Ann Critchley Id #4,466 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1841 at New Road, Prescot; [[Witness Role: Wife]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1851	Ann Critchley Id #4,466 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1851 at New Road, Prescot; Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role [[Witness Role: Wife]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here4
Census 1871	Ann Critchley Id #4,466 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1871 at Prescot; Address: 62 New Road [[Witness Role: Wife]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1881	Ann Critchley Id #4,466 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at Prescot Lane House, Huyton-with-Roby, Lancashire; Visitor in home of Mrs Parkinson, Servant Head - possibly at St Michael’s Vicarage Original Documents, Source and Citations here5
Census 1891	Ann Critchley Id #4,466 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1891 at Warrington Road, Whiston; Address: The Alms House, St Nicholas Parish Original Documents, Source and Citations here

Citations

1. [S1315] Critchley of Prescot
2. [S1459] GRO Online Digitised (DR) Deaths, Prescot, Lancashire, England. 1897 Jul-Sept. EDWARDSON, Anne. Vol 08B Page 458. https://www.gro.uk/ : accessed 07 Mar 2025.
3. [S1314] Emails
4. [S1095] Census 1851 Lancashire Thomas Edwardson a.40
5. [S1477] Census

Emily Chadwin¹

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1. [S1180] Pierce Family - Email from Margaret Howlett (Webb)