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| Date | Event | Source |
| 1835ish | Born in Southwark. | 1861 Census |
| 1841 | She would have been 5 or so. | 1841 Census |
| 1851 | She would have been 15 or so. | 1851 Census |
| ? 1853 | Married James Longton in Newington, Surrey Dec 1853 (1d 245) : the spouse seems to be a Mary Ann Harrington! (detective work!!!!). She must have been barely 18? | FreeBMD |
| 1855 | Daughter Mary Ann born in Southwark | 1861 Census |
| 1857 | Did they have a son James who died? There is a James Longton died Southwark | FreeBMD |
| 1858 | Son John born in Southwark | 1861 Census |
| 1860 | Daughter Ellen born in Southwark | 1861 Census |
| 1861 | Living at 1 Ladds Court, St Saviour, Southwark. James was 29, a carman from wharf, born Southwark. With wife Mary Ann (25) and children Mary Ann (6), John (2) and Ellen (8m), all born Southwark. Also 2 lodgers (an Irish labourer and his wife). | 1861 Census |
| Daughter Charlotte born in Southwark.
NB Charlotte marries in Dec 1886, Greenwich, |
1871 Census | |
| 1867-1868 | His wife is a widow by the 1871 Census. There is a James Longton who dies Sept 1867 Greenwich (1d 400), aged
38.
Daughter Annie born in Deptford. According to the 1891 Census, Mary Ann went blind around this time too. |
1871 Census |
| 1871 | Widowed, 38, formerly laundress, born Bow Middx with daughter Mary Ann aged 16, a dressmaker, living at home in 18 Greenfield St, Deptford , brother John (13) and sisters Charlotte (8) and Amy/Annie (3, born Deptford). | |
| 1881 | Aged 50, blind, living in Barnes Alley(?), St Paul, Deptford, a laundress, born Southwark. Living with her children John (23, Lab), Charlotte (18, Wood Cutter), Anne (13). | 1881 Census |
| 1891 | Aged 60, a widow, born London Boro, it says she was blind for 24 years. Living with married daughter Annie (23) and her husband Michael (27, dock labourer), granddaughter Mary Ann (18) and her husband John Jones (20, dock labourer) plus 2 grandchildren James (15, Wood Chipper) & Ellen Wallis (11). All living at 11 Blackhorse Road, Deptford, Greenwich. | 1891 Census |
| 1901 | Aged 68, widowed, born Surrey, blind, living at 1 Hanlon Street, St Paul Deptford with son-in-law Michael Howard, her son John and wife, various grandchildren. | 1901 Census |
| 1906 | ? Died. There is a Mary Ann Longton registered in Greenwich (1d 549), she was 69 in Sep 1906. | FreeBMD |
Created by: Sam Edwards, 2006.
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