Ann (Nanny) Townend (1816 - 1888)

FATHER:
MOTHER:
SPOUSE:
OFFSPRING:
Samuel Townend
Elizabeth (Unknown)
John Crossland (b.1810)
Charles Crossland (b. 2 Apr 1835)
Robert Crossland (b. 19 Feb 1837)
Harriet Crossland (b. 26 Nov 1838)
Hannah Crossland (b. 14 Mar 1840)
Eliza Crossland (b. 1 Jan 1842)
John Crossland (b. 8 Oct 1843)
Emma Crossland (b. 11 Aug 1845)
Elizabeth Crossland (b. 20 May 1847)
Frederick Crossland (b. 1 Nov 1848)
Job Crossland (b. 1 Aug 1850)
Mary Crossland (b. 29 Jul 1852)
Ann Crossland (b. 19 May 1854)
Sam Crossland (b. 22 May 1855)
Everett Crossland (b. 24 Jan 1857)
Arthur Crossland (b. 12 Jan 1859)
BIRTH: 27 December 1816 - Barnsley, Yorkshire
MARRIAGE: 17 August 1834 - Silkstone Parish Church, Barnsley, Yorkshire
DEATH: 17 August 1888
KNOWN ADDRESSES: George Yard, Barnsley - 1841
14 School Street, Barnsley - 1881
BIOGRAPHY:
Ann (or "Nanny" as she seems to have always been called) was born on 27 December 1816, in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Her parents were Samuel and Elizabeth Townend and she had five sisters and one brother.

In 1834 she marries John Crossland and they go on to have fifteen children though mainly as a result of T.B. they outlived many of them. Their first child, Charles only lives to the age of 55 before dying of T.B. in 1890. Their second child, Robert, died at the age of 21 in 1858. Their third child Harriet lived to one week short of her 87th birthday before dying in 1925. However, her husband died prematurely in 1873. Their fourth child, Hannah, was the longest living, finally dying at the age of 100 in June 1940. However, their seventh child, Emma, and twelfth child, Ann, both died before reaching their first birthdays.

All censuses record Ann's husband, John, as a Linen Warehouseman. William Bayldon owned a Linen Manufacturers in George Yard, Barnsley and is listed in Baines's Directory and Gazzetteer Directory of 1822 and both Pigot's Directories of 1829 and 1834.

They always appears to be living with their large family, often including their children's wives and husbands and grandchildren. In the 1881 census they are recorded as living with their daughter (Harriet Crossland b.1838), their son and his wife (Sam and Eliza Crossland), and their grandchildren (Jane Robinson, Ann Robinson, Harriet Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson and Andrew Crossland).

On 25 March 1887 John dies closely followed by his wife, 14 months later. They are both buried in Barnsley Cemetary in Grave No. R567 19.8.1888.

IMAGES: (click to enlarge)

"Nanny's" baptism recorded in the Barnsley Parish Register.

An image of the Crossland family bible which shows Ann's family.

Another image of the Crossland family bible, showing Ann's family.

Two recent pictures of George Yard, Barnsley, where Ann lived in 1841.

Another picture of George Yard, Barnsley.

All Saints Church, Silkstone, Barnsley, where John and Ann married in 1834.

John and Ann Crossland in the 1881 census.

A picture of John and Ann Crossland estimated to have been taken in the early 1880's.

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