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WRIGHT, Mary Ann
1839 - 1893 (54 years) Has one ancestor and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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Name WRIGHT, Mary Ann Birth 2 Aug 1839 Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire. England 
Gender Female Death 5 Dec 1893 Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, USA Person ID I2053 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father WRIGHT, Aaron d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1080 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LEWIN, John Elson, b. 1833, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England d. 21 Sep 1912, Wayne County, Illinois, USA (Age 79 years) Marriage 19 Oct 1863 Providence Chapel, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Children 1. LEWIN, Eliza Jane, b. 1866, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 28 Mar 1938, Wayne County, Illinois, USA (Age 72 years)2. LEWIN, John William, b. 1868, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. UNKNOWN3. LEWIN, George Henry, b. 1870, Elm, Cambridgeshire, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1066 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY ANN LEWIN nee WRIGHT 1839-1893
The information below came by e-mail from Kntgregory@aol.com:
Mary Ann WRIGHT was born on 2 August 1839, daughter of Aaron WRIGHT, a bricklayer.
She married John Elson LEWIN at the Providence Chapel, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, according to Primitive Methodist rites on 19 October 1863.
He married Mary Ann WRIGHT at the Providence Chapel, Wisbech, with Primitive Methodist rites on 19 October 1863.
(Source: Kntgregory@aol.com)
The 1871 census of High Road, Elm, Cambridgeshire:
John LEWIN, head, aged 38, agricultural labourer, born at Leverington, Cambridgeshire;
*Mary A. LEWIN, wife, aged 30, field labourer, born at Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire;
Eliza J. LEWIN, aged 4, daughter, scholar, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
John W. LEWIN, aged 2, son, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
George H. LEWIN, aged 5 months, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire.
(RG10/1620/38/12)
The 1881 census of Sand Bank, Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire:
John LEWIN, head, aged 48, agricultural labourer, born at Leverington, Cambridgeshire;
*Mary Ann LEWIN, wife, aged 47, born at Parson Drove, Lincolnshire;
Eliza Jane LEWIN, daughter, aged 14, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
John William LEWIN, son, aged 12, scholar, born at Emneth;
George H. LEWIN, son, aged 10, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire;
Henry SNASEDALE, boarder, aged 20, agricultural labourer, no place of birth given;
Benjamin SNASEDALE, boarder, aged 15, agricultural labourer, no place of birth given.
(RG11/1694/55/3)
They emigrated to the USA in 1882.
She died on 5 December 1893 in Downers Grove, Illinois, and was buried in Downers Grove, Cemetery.