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Anne Adams 1838-1906

Anne Adams
Born: 1838 Alstonefield, Staffordshire
Died: 1906 Alstonefield, Staffordshire
Father
William Adams 1813-1898
Mother
Hannah Wood 1812-1902
Siblings
Mary Adams
William Adams 1841-1914
James Adams 1843-1886
Charles Adams 1846-1923
Edwin Adams 1850-1917
John Adams 1853-1932
Ellen Elizabeth Adams 1855-1940
Spouse
Thomas Oakden 1837-1903
Children
William Oakden 1865-1945
Elizabeth Oakden 1868-1869
Annie Oakden 1870-1948
Mary Oakden 1874-1875

Anne Adams was born in 1838 at Alstonefield in Staffordshire, the daughter of William Adams and his wife née Hannah Wood 1812-1902. She was baptised at Alstonefield on 5 August 1838.

On 3 September 1865 she was married at Alstonefield to Thomas Oakden 1837-1903, the son of Benjamin Oakden 1793-1870 and his wife née Jane Johnson 1792-1882. They lived at The Rakes in Alstonefield.

When the 1871 Census was taken Thomas Oakden was recorded as working as a shepherd at Hanson Grange for Thomas Gould 1800-1878. By 1881 was back living with his wife at Alstonefield, working as a farm labourer. They lived at The Rakes in Alstonefield. In 1881 he was recorded as being a farm labourer, but by 1891 he was a highway labourer.

They had the following children:

William Oakden. He was born in 1865 at Alstonefield, and was baptised there on 19 September 1865. He married Lucy Harriett Curtis in 1899, and was a joiner on the Osmaston Estate near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. He died in 1945 aged 79 years.

Elizabeth Oakden. She was born in 1868 at Alstonefield, and was baptised there on 22 March 1868. She died in the following year.

Annie Oakden. She was born in 1870 at Alstonefield, and was baptised there on 6 March 1870. She died on 2 November 1948 aged 78 years and was buried at Alstonefield.

Mary Oakden. She was born in 1874 at Alstonefield, and was baptised there on 3 May 1874. She died in the following year.

Their father Thomas Oakden died on 26 August 1903 aged 67 years. He was buried at Alstonefield where there was a memorial inscribed to his memory, and also those of his wife Anne Oakden and daughter Annie Oakden.

His widow Anne Oakden née Adams died on 29 July 1906 aged 68 years, and was buried at Alstonefield.