Wife of
W.P. 'Bill' Richardson's Great Uncle,
James Howey
Annie was born in
the first quarter of 1876, her parents were Stephen
Hodgson and his wife Isabella and her birth was
registered in the Gateshead Registration District.
The census of 1881 recorded the family living at 6,The
Square, Little Usworth. Dad, Stephen, was 40 and listed
as a Colliery Mechanic. Mam, Isabella, was 34.
Annie was 6 and listed as a scholar. She had a brother,
John (10) and two sisters Isabella (3) and
Margaret (1). Annie's father died in
1885. She was recorded again in the 1891
census, still in Little Usworth, but now at 46 Colliery
Square. Her Mam was listed as a 45 year old widow and
she'd had more children in the time since the last
census (at least one of them long after her husband had
died).
Annie was 16 and the census return said she worked as a
servant. Her brother John (20) was a Brakesman at the
colliery. Her sisters Isabella (10) and Margaret (11)
were scholars. Her new brothers were Heath (8), James
(6) and Charles (3 months). There was also a boarder in
the house, James Huntley (53) who was a stoneman at the
colliery. On 27th August 1896, Annie
married James Howey at Usworth Parish Church. James was
20 and Annie was 21, he worked as a miner. Their
witnesses were John Southern and Isabella Hodgson
(Annie's sister). The census of 1901
recorded them at Wash Houses , Birtley, Co. Durham.
James was listed as the head of the household, he was 25
and working in the colliery. Annie was 26, her mother
Isabella and her sister Margaret also lived there, along
three of her brothers, James, Heath and Charles.
Annie and James had a son in 1902, Stephen Hodgson
Howey, named for his maternal grandfather. Sadly he died
soon after birth. Their second son Thomas
was born in 1904. Annie and her family
were recorded on the 1911 census. They lived at 11
Westgarth Terrace, New Washington. Annie was 36 and her
husband James was 33, he was still working in the
colliery. Their son Thomas was 6. Annie
had her last child, who they also called Annie, on 26th
July 1915, They were living at 25 Front Street.
There must have been problems with the birth as though
the baby was fine, Annie died a few weeks later on 19th
August 1915. She was 40 years old.
Annie was buried at Holy Trinity, Usworth on 22nd August
1915, the record in the parish register shows that the
family's address was 25 Frnt Street. |
