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HUDSON, Frances Ann
1837 - 1873 (35 years) Has 12 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1816 - Yes, date unknown-
Name HUDSON, Frances Ann Birth 11 Jul 1837 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire 
Christening 6 Aug 1837 West Walton, Norfolk Gender Female Death 7 Mar 1873 Rotherhithe Registration District, London Person ID I9220 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father HINES, Henry, b. 1816, Upwell, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother HUDSON, King Claydon, b. 1813, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1882, Greenwich Registration District, London (Age 69 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1838 Wishbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F657 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BROOKS, John, b. Abt 1825 d. 1870 (Age 45 years) Marriage 27 Jan 1863 Deptford, Kent, England Children 1. BROOKS, Edith Elizabeth, b. 1867, Rotherhithe Registration District, London d. 1937, Billericay, Essex, England (Age 70 years)Family ID F3159 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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FRANCES ANN HUDSON or HINES 1937-1873
Frances Ann HUDSON was born on 11 July 1837.
(GRO September Q 1837 Wisbech 14 117)
Frances Ann, daughter of King Claydon HUDSON, was born at West Walton, Norfolk, on 6 August 1937.
(Parish Register transcript)
She has not been traced in the 1841 census.
The 1851 census returns for Cooks Hill, Walsoken, Norfolk, list the following:
Henry HINES, head, aged 34, wheelwright, born Upwell in Cambridgeshire;
H. C. HINES (Mistranscription for K. C. ?), wife, aged 38, born West Walton, Norfolk;
*F. A. HINES, daughter, aged 13, born West Walton, Norfolk;
Emma HINES, daughter, aged 12, born Walpole, Norfolk;
Charles HINES, son, aged 9, born Walton, Norfolk;
Alfred HINES, son, aged 7, a scholar, born Upwell, Norfolk (sic);
Edith HINES, daughter, aged 2, born Walsoken, Norfolk.
(HO107/1767/215/41)
She gave birth to an illegitimate daughter Anne HUDSON in 1858.
(GRO December Q 1858 Rotherhithe 1d 525)
Elizabeth BROOK, daughter of Frances Anne HUDSON (1837-1873), was born at 6 William Terrace, Rotherhithe, on 19 November 1860. The informant was Frances Anne HUDSON, mother, 6 William Terrace, nr. Red Lion, Rotherhithe.
(GRO December Q. 1860 Rotherhithe 1d 538)
She died within 6 weeks of birth, i.e. before the end of December 1860.
(GRO December Q. 1860 Rotherhithe 1d 358)
The 1861 census of 6 William Terrace, Rotherhithe, Surrey:
King C. HINES, head, aged 48, widow, laundress, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Frances A HUDSON, daughter, aged 23, needlewoman, born at West Walton;
Anne HUDSON, grandddaughter, aged 2, born at Rotherhithe;
Alfred HINES, son, aged 17, labourer in charcoal works, born at Northdelph, Norfolk;
Thirza HINES, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Rotherhithe, Surrey.
Samuel BREWSTER, boarder, aged 32, bricklayer, born at Calius (?), Suffolk;
Herbert James BREWSTER, boarder, aged 7, scholar, born at Rotherhithe.
(RG9/390/179/22)
She gave birth to an illegitimate daughter Agnes Brooks HUDSON at 2 Norman Road, Greenwich, Kent, on 8 June 1862.
Frances Ann HUDSON married John BROOKS at the parish Church of St. Paul, Deptford, in the County of Kent and Surrey on 27 January 1863. John BROOKS was described as a bachelor of full age, a police constable of this parish, and son of Elijah BROOKS farmer. Frances Ann HUDSON was described as a spinster of full age, of this parish, daughter of Henry Hines HUDSON, carpenter. Witnesses were Joseph DAWKINS and Rebecca MASTERS.
(GRO March 1863 Greenwich 1d 698)
The 1871 census of 2 Maynard Road, Rotherhithe, Surrey:
*Frances A. BROOK (sic), head, aged 33, manger (?), born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Ann HUDSON, daughter, aged 12, born at Rotherhithe, Surrey;
Ed(ith) BROOK, daughter, aged 4, born at Rotherhithe;
Emma S. BROOK, daughter, aged 2, born at Rotherhithe;
T. Maria BROOK, daughter, aged 1 month, born at Rotherhithe;
E(dith) HINES, sister, aged 22, unmarried, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Saml FRANCIS, boarder, aged 32, unmarried, labourer, born at Rotherhithe.
Also at the same address:
Ann BROWN, head, aged 44, widow, charwoman, born at Stonehouse, Devonport;
Marie BROWN, daughter, aged 18, gold thread spinner, born at Bradford, Yorkshire.
(RG10/643/46/30)
Frances Anne (sic) BROOKS died at 2 Maynard Road, Rotherhithe, Surrey, on 7 March 1873.
(GRO March Q 1873 St. Olave (which includes Rotherhithe) 1d 202)
(revised 13.04.2008)