Anne GRUBB (c. 1803-1872)

Name:	Anne GRUBB1
Father:	Joseph GRUBB (c. 1768-1843)
Mother:	Mary LINES (c. 1771-1863)
Leonard Raynor's:	great grandmother

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	c. 1803	Laysters, Herefordshire2
Baptism	9 Jan 1803	Laysters, Herefordshire3
Residence	21 May 1830	Avenham Road, Preston, Lancashire4
Residence	3 Apr 1831	Avenham Road, Preston, Lancashire4
Residence	15 Mar 1833	Great Avenham Street, Preston, Lancashire4
Residence	25 Sep 1835	Great Avenham Street, Preston, Lancashire4
Residence	8 Feb 1837	Great Avenham Street, Preston, Lancashire4
Census	6 Jun 1841	Great Avenham Street, Preston, Lancashire5
pawned	8 Mar 1849	pianoforte for 5 shillings; Thomas Talbot's Pawnbrokers, 51 Friargate, Preston, Lancashire6,7
	The pawning of the pianoforte came about after a disagreement with her son-in-law William Blackhurst (eldest daughter Mary Ann's husband) over ownership. Anne claimed her husband Thomas had bought it and so it was hers, William claimed otherwise. As William and Mary Ann were in the process of moving out of the property they shared with Anne, it appears Anne decided pawning it and so getting it out of the house for a while would keep it safe for her. Unfortunately this was not to be, while it was at the pawnbrokers, the pianoforte was forcibly removed by county court bailiffs in regard to a shortfall in William's rent payments for his house.
News Report	9 Mar 1850	The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser6
	Following the loss of the pianoforte, Anne took out a court case against the pawnbroker, Thomas Talbot for failing to return the pianoforte to her. The case was dismissed as the Bench decided that Mr Talbot was only bound to exercise ordinary diligence in the care of pledged articles, and that he was not liable for goods removed by force from his premises.
Census	30 Mar 1851	7 Fishergate Hill, Preston, Lancashire2
Occupation	30 Mar 1851	draper2
Census	7 Apr 1861	Plough Yard, Lea Ashton Ingol & Cottam, Preston, Lancashire8
Occupation	7 Apr 1861	housekeeper8
Census	2 Apr 1871	Woodplumpton Lodge, Woodplumpton, Lancashire9
	Ann was living with daughter Mary Ann and her family.
Death	20 Jun 1872	Woodplumpton Lodge, Woodplumpton, Lancashire4,10,11,12,13
	Cause: chronic bronchitis (2 years), cardiac hypertrophy and exhaustion
Burial	24 Jun 1872	St John, Preston, Lancashire4
News Report	18 Feb 1904	The Lancashire Daily Post14
	The obituary of Anne's son in law, William Blackhurst, husband of eldest daughter, Mary Ann included the briefest mention of Anne and only in as far as it was needed to reference her far more famous brother: "The mother of Mrs. Blackhurst was a Miss Grubb, sister of the famous Edward Grubb, who as Joseph Livesey's disciple, proved one of the most fearless and eloquent protagonists of teetotalism in the days when the movement was founded."

Marriage

Sources

1	IGI: England Marriages, 1538–1973.

2	Census 1851 Preston, Lancashire HO107-2265-20-601 SINFIELD, Anne.

3	IGI: England Births and Christenings 1538 to 1975.

4	Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks Project.

5	Census 1841 Preston, Lancashire HO107-498-11-31 SINFIELD, Thomas.

6	The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser - 9 March 1850 Page 5.

7	1854 History, Topography, and Directory of Mid-Lancashire, with an essay on geology by Mannex & Co.

8	Census 1861 Lea Ashton Ingol & Cottam, Preston, Lancashire RG9-3143-115-5 SINFIELD, Ann.

9	Census 1871 Woodplumpton, Lancashire RG10-4218-68-12 BLACKHURST, William.

10	Lancashire Death Index (from July 1837).

11	England & Wales Death Index (from July 1837).

12	Death Certificate - SINFIELD, Ann (20-Jun-1872).

13	The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser - 29 June 1872 Page 5.

14	The Lancashire Daily Post - 18 February 1904 Page 5.

15	Faculty Office Marriage Licences.