Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMary Ann HOUCHEN
Birth1788, Hingham
Death6 Mar 1885, Hingham
FatherEdmund HOUCHEN (1762-1838)
MotherRebecca KING (1762-1861)
Spouses
Birth1786, Burlingham St. Peter
Death28 Apr 1864, Hingham
FatherThomas POMFREY (1760-)
MotherSarah GOLDER (1758-)
Marriage11 Mar 1809, St. Augustine, Norwich
ChildrenEdmund (1809-1880)
 Robert (1816-1893)
 Charles (1828-1871)
Notes for Mary Ann HOUCHEN
Mary Houchen was born around 1788 in Hingham and was the daughter of Edmund Houchen (1762), a Hingham butcher, and Rebecca King. She married Thomas Pomfrey (1786) at St Augustine's church, Norwich, on 11th March 1809. Mary was present at the death of her father in 1838. In 1841 she was living at Fleeters Hill, Hingham. In 1851 she was listed as a servant's wife and was living at Hall Moor, Hingham. In 1861 she was listed as living at Fleeter's Hill in Hingham. She was present at the death of her mother, Rebecca, in Hingham in 1861. In 1871 she was living with her son Charles in the Market Place, Hingham. She was also present at the death of her husband in Hingham in 1864. In 1881 she was living in Church Yard, Hingham. She died in Hingham on 6th March 1885, aged 97.

Sources
• 1. 1851 Census on CD-ROM. Hall Moor, Forehoe, Hingham Forehoe, Norfolk. Mary Pomphrey. Head. Wife. Age 62. Servant's wife. Born Hingham. [Thomas, her husband, was listed at Street, Forehoe, as Philip C. Gilman's groom]. • 2. International Genealogical Index. Mary Houchen married Thomas Pomfrey 11. 3. 1809, St. Augustine, Norwich. (As "Howchin"). • 3. 1881 Census. Church Yard, Hingham. Mary Pomfrey. Widow. Age 92. Born Hingham. • 4. 1841 Census. Fleeters Hill, Hingham. Mary Pomfrey. Wife. Age 50. • 5. Death Registers. Pomfrey, Mary. Mar. 1885. 4b. 15[4] - Aged 97. • 6. Death Certificate. Mary Pomfrey. Died 6th March 1885, Hingham. Age 97. Widow of Thomas Pomfrey, late of Hingham, labourer. Cause of death: Senile decay, certified by T. L. Lack, MRCS. Informant: Thos. Kingaby, Nephew, present at death, Hingham. Registered 25th March 1895, Arthur Glasspoole. • 7. Death Certificate. Rebecca Howchen. Died 8th November 1861, Hingham. Age 99. Widow of Edmund Houchen, Butcher. Cause of death: Old age, not certified. Informant: Mary Pomfrey, present at death. Registered 4th December, Robert James Finiaby. • 8. Death Certificate. Thomas Pomfrey. Died twentyeighth 28th April 1864, Hingham. Age 85. Formerly a domestic servant. Cause of death: Old age, not certified. Informant, Mary Pomfrey, present at death, Hingham. Registered 29th May 1864, Robert James Finiaby. • 9. Death Certificate. Present at the death of Edmund Houchin, 22nd August 1838, Hingham. • 10. Bernie Houchin's data. Mary Ann Houchen. Born 1789; died 6 Mar 1885; married Thomas Pomfrey 11 Mar 1809, St. Augustine's, Norwich. • 11. 1861 Census. Fleeter's Hill, Hingham. Mary Pomfrey. Head. Married. Age 71. Born Hingham. {Husband Thomas was listed at Parsonage House, Hingham, as a servant]. • 12. 1871 Census. Market Place, Hingham. Mary Pomfrey. Head. Age 81. Annuitant. Born Hingham.
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