Biography:
Mary Ann Mead
1855 –1925
Mary Ann Mead
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Unmarked grave Mary Ann Mead (née Guest) (1855-1930)
Mary Ann was born in 1855 in Cambridge to George Guest, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Mary Ann. In 1861 they lived at Russell Street, Cambridge.
Her father died in 1868 when she was 13 and her mother married again to Thomas Barry, a draper.
Her mother and her daughters Mary Ann and Hannah were living with Thomas in Marylebone at the time of the 1871 census. Her mother had another daughter with Thomas.
In 1878 Mary Ann gave birth to her son Henry Ernest Guest. His father is not known. In 1881, living with her mother and step-father, she was employed as a machinist.
Mary Ann became an upholsterer and in 1890 married Charles Mead, an agricultural labourer and they lived in Berkhamsted. In the 1891 census they were living in the High Street and Charles was “living on own means”, which seems unlikely for an agricultural labourer.
Their son, Bertram Charles Mead, was born in 1891.
In 1901 Charles was as “odd man on farm” and they were living at 27 Victoria Road.
By 1911 Mary Ann was working as an upholsterer with Charles as her assistant and this was still the case in 1921.
Charles died in June 1925 aged 56 and is buried in this cemetery, as is their son Bertram who died in 1935.
Mary Ann remained at 27 Victoria Road until her death in June 1930 aged 75.
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Unmarked grave Mary Ann Mead (née Guest) (1855-1930)
Mary Ann was born in 1855 in Cambridge to George Guest, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Mary Ann. In 1861 they lived at Russell Street, Cambridge.
Her father died in 1868 when she was 13 and her mother married again to Thomas Barry, a draper.
Her mother and her daughters Mary Ann and Hannah were living with Thomas in Marylebone at the time of the 1871 census. Her mother had another daughter with Thomas.
In 1878 Mary Ann gave birth to her son Henry Ernest Guest. His father is not known. In 1881, living with her mother and step-father, she was employed as a machinist.
Mary Ann became an upholsterer and in 1890 married Charles Mead, an agricultural labourer and they lived in Berkhamsted. In the 1891 census they were living in the High Street and Charles was “living on own means”, which seems unlikely for an agricultural labourer.
Their son, Bertram Charles Mead, was born in 1891.
In 1901 Charles was as “odd man on farm” and they were living at 27 Victoria Road.
By 1911 Mary Ann was working as an upholsterer with Charles as her assistant and this was still the case in 1921.
Charles died in June 1925 aged 56 and is buried in this cemetery, as is their son Bertram who died in 1935.
Mary Ann remained at 27 Victoria Road until her death in June 1930 aged 75.
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