Charles Adams of Brighton
(1816-1888)
Ruth Louisa Rowe
(1819-1892)
George Geall
(-)
Ann Allen
(-)
Charles Henry William Adams of Brighton
(1847-1918)
Mary Jane Geall
(Abt 1846-By 1911)
Martha Elizabeth Adams
(1868-1958)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Horace Manser

  • Helena Ada Manser
  • Horace Patrick Manser
  • Edith Lucy Manser
  • Stanley John Manser

Martha Elizabeth Adams

  • Born: 20 Dec 1868, Nelson Row, Brighton, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 21 Mar 1869, St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 21 Aug 1893, St. Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 1958, Brighton, Sussex, England 3

  Research Notes:

Martha Elizabeth daughter of Henry Adams of Nelson Row, bricklayer, and Mary Jane (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1901 England Census Martha Manser, age 31, born in Brighton, married, husband a sailor at sea, was living at 17 Park Crescent Place, Brighton. With her were children (born in Brighton): Helena (7), Horace (2), and Edith (4 mo).

At the time of the 1911 England Census Martha Manser, age 41, born in Brighton, widow, charwoman, and children (born in Brighton) Helena Manser (17), general domestic servant, Horace Manser (12), school, Edith Manser (10), school, and Stanley Manser (6) who was born in Cawsand Cornwall, were with Martha's widowed father Charles Adams at 11 Hollingbury Rd., Brighton.

In the 1939 Register Martha Manser (b. 20 Dec 1869*), widowed, domestic duties, was living at 54 Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton. With her were daughters Helena (A) Manser (b. 18 Feb 1894), incapacitated, and Edith Lucy Simmonds (Manser) (b. 1 Nov 1900), working housekeeper, and others.

* Given Martha was christened in March 1869 it is evident that she was born in 1868.

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Martha E Manser died aged 89 years. 3

  Marriage Information:

Martha married Horace Manser, son of John William Manser and Sarah Ann Geall, on 21 Aug 1893 in St. Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England. (Horace Manser was born about 1868 in Brighton, Sussex, England and died in 1906 in the St. Germans district, Cornwall, aged 38 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

Horace Manser, age 25, bachelor, G. B. in H. M. Navy, resident of 36 Carlton Row, son of John William Manser (deceased), plumber, and
Martha Elizabeth Adams, age 23, spinster, of 49 Newhaven Pl., daughter of Henry Adams, bricklayer

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Henry Adams, Jane Stringer

Sources


1 Brighton St. Nicholas Parish Registers, Baptisms, p. 346, no. 2763.

2 Brighton St. Peter Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 67, no. 134.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Brighton district, 2nd Quarter, vol. 5h, p. 48.


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