At the time of the 1851 England Census Ann E Brett Colbran, age 4, born in Herstmonceux, was with her [great-]uncle Samuel Avery in Park Cottage, Wartling Sussex.
At the time of the 1861 England Census Ann Eliz Colbran, age 14, born in Herstmonceux, was with her [great-]uncle Samuel Avery in Avery Hill, Wartling Hill Road, Wartling.
At the time of the 1871 England Census Ann Smith, age 24, born in Herstmonceux, and husband George Smith, age 34, born in Herstmonceux, basket maker, were living in Gardner Street, Herstmonceux. With them were daughters (born in Herstmonceux): Annie (4) and Mabel (1).
At the time of the 1881 England Census Ann Smith, age 36, born in Herstmonceux, basket maker's wife, and husband George Smith, age 46, born in Herstmonceux, basket maker, were living in Lewes Road Gardner St. Herstmonceux. Present were daughters (born in Herstmonceux): Anne A (13), scholar, Mabel A (10), scholar, Gertrude (4 mo).
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SMITH.—March 25, at Agates House, Gardner street, Hurstmonceux, Ann, the beloved wife of George Smith, aged 41.
Surrey Gazette, 28 Mar 1889, p. 3; Eastbourne Chronicle, 30 Mar 1889, p. 4
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Ann Elizabeth Smith, wife of George Smith of Agates House, died of consumption aged 41 years (M. I.). 3
Note that Ann's age when she died (41) gives her a birth year of 1848, a year after her parents were married. Ann gave her age as 18 when she married in 1864, meaning she was born about a year before her parents' marriage. The latter would appear to be correct given she was known as Ann Elizabeth Brett Colbran, Colbran being her mother's maiden-surname. The GROE index for Ann's children all show the mother's maiden-surname as either Colbran or Collbran. There are no entries in either the Herstmonceux or Wartling baptismal registers for Ann or her sister Caroline, nor in the GROE birth index. Ann was probably 42 or 43 when she died.
Marriage Information:
Ann married George Smith, son of Thomas Smith and Ann Shadwell, on 8 Aug 1864 in Herstmonceux, Sussex, England. (George Smith was born about 1836 in Herstmonceux, Sussex, England, christened there on 18 Apr 1862, and died on 27 Jun 1911 in Agates House, Gardner St., Herstmonceux, Sussex, England, aged 74 years.)
Marriage Notes:
George Smith, age 28, bachelor, basket maker, resident of Windmill Hill Herstmonceux, son of Thomas Smith, basket maker, and
Ann Elizabeth Brett Collbran, age 18, spinster, resident of Wartling, daughter of William Brett, miller
Married after Banns
Witnesses: Thomas Smith, Sarah Smith
