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JOSEPH PITTS
JOSEPH PITTS
JOSEPH PITTS
& Mary Reesby
& Mary Reesby
Joseph Pitts 1733 - (Our Gt. Gt. Gt. Gt. Gt Grandfather)
Married Mary Reesby 1739 -
They had ? children including:
Joseph Pitts 1763 - 1837
JOSEPH PITTS
JOSEPH PITTS
JOSEPH PITTS
& Maria Pidd
& Maria Pidd
Joseph Pitts 1763 - 26th February 1837 (our Gt. Gt. Gt. Gt. Grandfather)
Married Maria Pidd 1775 - 1842
Joseph Pitts was buried at Whaplode Drove
They had ? children including
William Pitts 1803 - 1861 (possibly February)
WILLIAM PITTS
WILLIAM PITTS
WILLIAM PITTS
& Mary Warrington
& Mary Warrington
William Pitts 1803 - ? February 1861 (our Gt. Gt. Gt. Grandfather)
Married Mary Ann Warrington 1816 -
Mary remarried in 1864 to William Pleasants 1814 - (a widower of Feltwell, Norfolk)
William Pitts was born in Whaplode Drove, and was an Agricultural Labourer
They had 5 children.
Mary Ann Warrington's parents were Thomas & Esther Warrington
William's siblings will be added later if information becomes available
Some information about William and Mary
(Our Gt Gt Gt Grandparents)
1841 Census
William is shown as 35 years old (should be 38)
Mary is 25 years old
Their first 2 children - William and Matthew are listed
1851 Census
William Pitts is 48 years old
His wife, Mary Ann, is staying with her parents
Their children Matthew, Samuel, John and Esther are listed
Their other son, William, (now 13 years old) shows as a lodger at Hale Fen, Littleport
1851 Census
Mary Ann (34) is staying with her parents Thomas and Esther Warrington in Upwell, Norfolk
Census 1861
William Pitts may have died before the census was taken
Mary Ann (44) is now shown as 'Margaret' (Petts)
Daughter Rebecca is now shown as 'Emma'
Another son, Nathan, is shown as being 7 years old - born in Littleport
Mary Ann Pitts remarried on 15th March 1865 to William Pleasants (b1814) at Littleport Parish Church
On the marriage certificate it states that Mary Ann Pitts was a widow of Littleport.
Thomas Warrington - a gardener - (Mary Ann's Father) was present
William Pleasants was a widower of Feltwell (labourer)
Click on a name below to view details of any of William Pitts and Mary's children:
Matthew 1840 - 1877 - our Gt. Gt. Grandfather (See information below)
MATTHEW PITTS
MATTHEW PITTS
MATTHEW PITTS
& Frances Fryatt
& Frances Fryatt
Matthew Pitts 1840 - 1887
Matthew was an agricultural labourer
He married Frances Fyatt (or Fryett)
They had 10 children
1841 Census Matthew was 1 year old
1851 Census
Mary Ann was listed as staying with her parents
Matthew was 11 years old
Their son William shows as a lodger at Hale Fen, Littleport aged 14
1861 Census shows Matthew aged 22 as an Agricultural Labourer living with the Lee Family
Click below to find out more about any of Matthew's Children:
George Henry (our ancestor) 1870 - 1906 (our Gt. Grandfather)
Jenny [No records found]
Census Record in 1871
Matthew was 31 years old (says 28)
Children listed: Mary Ann, John William and George Henry
Census Record in 1881
Matthew was 41 years old (says 40)
Children listed: Emma, Elizabeth, Esther, John W, George H, and Nathan
When Matthew Pitts died in 1887, his wife Frances married John Olney in 1889
Marriage of Frances to John Olney
Gender incorrect - should be female ..
Census 1891
Shows John Olney
Frances Pitts - now remarried to John Olney
+ the Pitts children: Elizabeth, Jane, Nathan and Samuel
Frances died in 1900, and in 1911 John Olney was a widower, and was boarding at The Plough Inn, Deeping St Nicholas, aged 74. John Olney died in 1912
Death of Frances Olney (previously Pitts, nee Fryatt)
Death of John Olney (Frances's second husband)
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