Mary Anne
Rawston was born in 1819 in Little Walsingham and was the daughter
of William Rawston (1784) and Mary Ann Folker. In 1841 she was aged
19 and living in Stonegate Street, Little Walsingham. She married
Robert Pomfrey (1816) by licence on 22nd January 1843 in the church
of St. Gregory, Norwich. In 1851 she was living in Guild Street, Little
Walsingham, next to the Robin Hood inn owned by her brother Richard.
In 1861 and 1871 she was living in East Street, Langham. In 1881 she
was living at 5 Barnard's Yard, High Street, Lowestoft. By 1891 she
and Robert had moved to 37a Crown Street. She was widowed in 1893
and was living at 66 St Peter's Street in Lowestoft In 1901 she was
"living on own means" at 66 St Peter's Street. She died
in St Peter's Street from senile decay on 26th 1903 aged 84 and was
buried on 29th January 1903 in Lowestoft Cemetery, plot 8/97.
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