Annie SARGENT, 1873 – 1944

A probable photo of Annie Sargent by Trevor Jessop in Exmouth

Annie Sarah J was born on the 1^st of November 1873 at Gloucester, England. Her father was Charles Sargent, a ginger beer maker who had been blind since his childhood. Her mother was Mary Ann Hamlet, who had already had one child, out of wedlock and with Joseph Lodge, before she married Charles Sargent in 1859. Annie was the fourth child from this union.

In the 1881 census she was found at Lower Barton St, Barton St Mary, Gloucester, with her parents and five siblings. Charles was still showing as a ginger beer maker. By 1991 they were at 218 Barton St, which may have been the same address. The family had become more complicated, with one more daughter a son and a grandson living in the house. Annie was showing as unoccupied, but at 16 she could have still been studying. The remarkable think is that the youngest boy, Tom, would have been born when Mary Ann was 52 years old.

In the third quarter of 1893 Annie married Charles Lindsay Walker a machine fitter from the Gloucester Wagon Works and the son of Charles Palmer Walker and Sarah Bridges. This must have been a hurried marriage as Annie was at least five months pregnant at the time. They eventually had four children:

· Marion Annie Walker (Musset) – born at 218 Barton St on 20^th October 1893

· Jack Walker – born 2^nd quarter1898

· Ruth Walker – born 9^th June 1904, died 1^st quarter 1974

· Sidney Gordon Walker – born 1^st June 1909, died 2^nd quarter 1970

By 1901 the family were found at 19 Tweenbrook Avenue Gloucester.

By 1911 the family were found at 11 Tweenbrook Avenue Gloucester.

Charles and Annie were found at 11 Tweenbrook Avenue Gloucester in the 1939 census. Annie died in the fourth quarter of 1944.

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