Wife of
W.P. 'Bill' Richardson's Great Great Uncle, Thomas
RIchardson
Hannah was born in
the first quarter of 1851, her parents were George
Wilson, a miner, and his wife Hannah ( possible maiden
name of Porter). Her birth was registered in the
Houghton le Spring Registration District.
The census of 1851 recorded Hannah as age 1, living with
her family at West Rainton. Her Dad, George, was 42 and
worked as a miner, Mam, Hannah, was 39. Hannah had an
older sister, Mary (12) and two brothers George (9) and
Thomas (7). Ten years later, on the 1861
census, the family were still in West Rainton. Hannah's
Dad, George, was 53 and a coal miner, her Mam, Hannah,
was 49. The older children , Mary and George were no
longer listed in the family home, Hannah was 11, her
brother Thomas was 17 and working as a shoemaker's
apprentice. They had a new younger brother, Robert, who
was 8. In the second quarter of 1870,
Hannah married Thomas Richardson, their marriage was
registered in the South Shields Registration District.
Hannah was 20 and Thomas was 30. The
census of 1871 showed the couple at 30, North St.,
Jarrow. Hannah was 21, her husband, Thomas, was 31 and
he was listed as an 'engineman at works'. Hannah's
mother, also called Hannah, lived with them she was 59.
1881, the census showed the family still in North St.,
Jarrow but in a different ( and possibly larger) house.
Hannah was 31 and she now had two children, Hannah Mary
(8) and Elizabeth Ellen (5). Her husband, Thomas, was 40
and his occupation was listed as brakesman/steam
hammerman. Her Mam, Hannah (69), still lived with them
and they also had two lodgers Daniel Commersale and
Thomas Gillespy. Hannah's mother died in
1888, aged 76. When the 1891 census was
taken, Hannah was 41, she and her family were living at
5, Lime St., Jarrow. Her husband, Thomas, was recorded
as a 53 year old engineman. Their daughters Hannah Mary
(18) and Elizabeth Ellen (16) were both working as
domestic servants. They still had lodgers, though
different ones to the previous census, John Harrison
(55) who was a coal miner and George William Lamb (18) a
hydraulic crane driver. George William was to marry
their daughter Hannah Mary a few months later.
By 1901 Hannah and Thomas had moved to 17 Hibernian
Road, Jarrow. Hannah was 51 and Thomas was 62, he worked
as an engineman in the railway works. For the first time
in their marriage, there were just the two of them in
the house, the children had married and left home and
they no longer had lodgers. Hannah's
husband, Thomas Richardson, died in 1910, aged 70.
Hannah was recorded on the census of 1911,
at number 19, Hibernian Road, Jarrow. She was 62 and
listed as a widow. She wasn't supposed to ( it was
crossed out by the enumerator) but she had completed the
columns stating that she had 2 children and they were
both still alive. Hannah died in the last
quarter of 1918, she was 69 years old and her death was
registered in the South Shields Registration District. |
