Family Tree
John and Mary Ann Ainsley Branch
I am indebted to Roger Clayton for the information on this page. Roger's main area of interest is CLAYTON family history, he can be contacted at rogerbclayton@aol.com
The numbering system is that of William Cyril Ainsley.
| JOHN (87) 1817
- 1859 m 1846 MARY ANN CLAYTON 1818 - 1894 |
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| Jane
Ann 1849 - 1850 |
John Thomas 05/1852 - 11/1852 |
William John
1853 - 1936 m 1876 Mary Riley 1856 - 1935 |
Emily Ann 1856 - 1860 |
Francis
Joseph 1858 - m 1894 Mary Ann Cook |
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| Emily 1895 - |
Frank 1898 - |
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John Ainsley married Mary Ann Clayton (widow, née Williamson) on 9/12/1846 in Middlesbrough (Parish Church of St Hilda's). John and his father Joseph are both cited as "draper" on the marriage certificate, John was living in Stokesley, Mary Ann in Middlesbrough.
John
and Mary Ann are living in Stokesley at the time of the 1851 British
Census. They are shown living together with John Clayton, the only
surviving child of Mary Ann's first marriage to George Clayton. John
Ainsley is listed as a 'grocer/draper's asistant'.
The two youngest of John and Mary Ann's children died in infancy,
these were
Jane Ann bap: 11/4/1849 bur: 21/2/1850 at Stokesley
John Thomas: bap: 2/5/1852 bur: 21/11/1852 at Stokesley
The third child, William John, born 2nd November 1853, was baptised
21/5/1854 also at Stokesley - although born in Bradford the family
must have returned to Stokesley for the baptism. William John, a
clothier's assistant living in Asquith Street, Leeds, married Mary
Riley on the
24th July 1876 at St Mark's church in the parish of Woodhouse, Leeds.
In 1901 William John and his family are living at 3 St John's Grove,
Leeds.
John and Mary Ann (née Clayton) had a fourth child who died
aged 4. She was born on the 26th of January 1856 and was named Emily
Ann. At the time of her birth registration in Bradford - 8th March
1856 - her father is a linen draper, and her mother is cited as "Mary
Ann Ainsley, formerly Clayton". Her father was deceased when
Emily Ann died and the informant of the child's death was her grandfather,
Joseph (10).
John and Mary Ann had a fifth child, Francis Joseph, born on the
7th September 1858. John is now cited as a Master Linen Draper and
the
family are at 66 Leeds Road, Bradford.
At the time of the 1861 British Census, Mary Ann was listed as a widow, aged 43, living with her two sons, William John aged 7 (a scholar) and Francis Joseph aged 2 (a scholar) at 92-94 Leeds Road Bradford.
Francis Joseph married Mary Ann Cook in June quarter of 1894 and by the time of the 1901 British census they had two children, Emily aged 6 born Wakefield, and Frank aged 3, born Leeds.