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| Ann Waterfall was born in Deptford in 1845, the
6th child of John and Martha Waterfall. Her mother died when she was 9 years
old. Her father remarried 5 years later when she was 14. By the age of 15
Ann was working as a servant at the 5 Bells Public House in Deptford,
lodging away from home. In 1863, when she was 18, her father emigrated to
Salt Lake City with his 2nd wife.
Ann continued working as a servant until she married John Gibson, a sailor, about 9 years her senior in 1874. In both the 1881 and 1891 Census records she is head of the family - John presumably away at sea - living in Deptford. By 1901, they are living with their married daughter in East Ham - John is with her, occupation Ship's Steward. The photo on the right shows 3 Waterfall sisters - at a guess from the ages, Ann may be on the right but not certain! WH Fawn was at 13 Evelyn Street, Deptford from 1887-1902 according to this directory. Ann would have been aged 42 in 1887. Her sisters were all older than her: Martha (b.1834), Eliza Emma (b.1838), Elizabeth (b.1843) and also potentially her step-sister Emma Vine (b.1843, daughter of Rebecca Langdon who married John Waterfall in 1859). Martha Waterfall died in 1874 so it is Eliza Emma (49?) and Elizabeth (54?) who are most likely shown with Ann. |
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| Date | Event | Source |
| 1845 | Born in Deptford. Her birth is registered
Dec 1845, Greenwich (5 189).
Her parents seem to have been John Waterfall and Martha Perry. |
Census |
| 1851 | Census: aged 5 with father John (41, bootmaker) and mother Martha (36), son John (14), Elizabeth (12), Henry (10) and Benjamin (4). | 1851 Census |
| 1854 | Her mother dies in childbirth. | |
| 1859 | Father John remarries Rebecca Mary Langdown. | |
| 1861 | Aged 15, a housemaid, born Deptford, for a William Walker at the 5 Bells Public House, Deptford. There was also an Elizabeth Waterfall, 20, the cook. | 1861 Census |
| 1871 | Aged 25, single, a General Servant living in St Pauls Deptford with the Cooper family. He was a "Clerk HM Proctor" in Florence St. | 1871 Census |
| 1874 | Married John Gibson in Deptford (Greenwich 1d 1106). He was a mariner. She would have been 29. | FreeBMD / 1861 Census |
| 1876 | Daughter Annie born in Deptford. | 1881 Census |
| 1878 | Son John Nathaniel born at 9 James Street, Deptford. He registered the birth on 29 April 1878. | Birth certificate |
| 1881 | Living at 59 Berthon Street, Deptford St Nicholas, London, England, aged 35, head of the family. With daughter Annie (5), son John (3) and Herbert (7m). Husband John presumably at sea. | Ancestry.Com (1881 Census) |
| 1886 | Daughter Eliza born in Deptford | 1891 Census |
| 1891 | Aged 45, head of the family at 69 Milton Court Road, St Paul, Deptford. Annie (15), John (13) and Eliza (5). | 1891 Census |
| 1900 | Son John Nathaniel marries Susan Jones, registered at Greenwich June 1900 (1d 1716). | FreeBMD |
| 1901 | Living at 222 Red Post Lane, East Ham, aged 55. With son-in-law Alfred Tyler, daughter Annie and their 3 children. Also with husband John aged 64, occupation Ships Steward (Seas). | 1901 Census |
| After 1901 | Dies. Exact date not known as yet. | |
Created by: Sam Edwards, 2005.
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