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WOLLASTON
family of Ipswich and St Pancras, and POLLARD family of Wing, Bucks
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Ipswich church |
Frederick
William Wollaston
was born in Ipswich, Suffolk around 1836, son of Henry Augustus and Elizabeth
Wollaston
Frederick married Mary Ann Pollard |
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High St, Wing |
Mary Ann Pollard was born in Wing around 1835, daughter of George and Alice Pollard . George Pollard (born 1797) was a soldier (14th regiment of the foot, Herts) He married Alice in 1832 in Wing. | |||||||||
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By the time of the 1841 census George was shown as pensioner, though only in his forties . George died in 1847 leaving a widow and two children Mary Ann and Andrew. In 1851 their mother Alice was working as a charwoman, Mary Ann as a straw plaiter and Andrew as an agricultural labourer. Alice eventually went on to remarry. |
Wing Ancestry Many thanks to Alex Coles whose excellent website and family history book gave us a wonderful insight into the life of the Pollard family from Wing |
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Frederick Wollaston married Mary Ann Pollard on 20 July 1856 at Preston St John. The family lived in Preston for a while. By 1861 Frederick was a letter press printer and the couple had two children Frederick and Alfred. They were living at Baring St, Preston
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Another son George was born in 1864 in Cheddington, Bucks. By 1871 the family had moved to St Pancras, London where two daughters were born Alice and Ellen Jane (born 1871). Frederick was now working as a railway goods porter. The family were living at 2 York Place. Left, Cheapside, London |
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(left to right from back, James, May, James (senior), Frederick, Alice, Lily, Ellen Jane, Winifred, Wally, Dolcie, George) |
By 1891 both Frederick and Mary Ann had died. Ellen Jane was living with her brother Alfred and his wife and six sons Ellen Jane Wollaston married James Bass in 1893 and they had nine children (pictured left). James worked as a printer/compositor
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| This page was last updated: | September 12, 2006 |