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Family of James May and Sarah Ann Howard

Husband: James May (c. 1813-1869)
Wife: Sarah Ann Howard (c. 1817- )
Children: Sarah Charlotte May (1837-1907)
James Howard May (1842-1870)
Eliza Ann May (1845- )
Emma May (1849-1935)

Husband: James May

Name: James May
Sex: Male
Father: Unknown May ( - )
Mother: -
Birth c. 1813 Lawford, Essex
Census btw 1841 and 1851 (age 27-38) Miller, Mill House, Lawford, Essex
Census 1861 (age 47-48) Miller, Mill House, Lawford St, Lawford, Essex
Death 14 Feb 1869 (age 55-56) Lawford, Essex

Wife: Sarah Ann Howard

Name: Sarah Ann Howard
Sex: Female
Father: James Howard (c. 1789- )
Mother: Sarah Unknown (c. 1791- )
Birth c. 1817 Mistley, Essex
Census 1871 (age 53-54) Miller, malster & merchant, widow, visitor, Manor Farm, Grantchester, Cambs

Child 1: Sarah Charlotte May

Name: Sarah Charlotte May
Sex: Female
Spouse: John Whitechurch (c. 1838-1925)
Birth 1837 Lawford, Essex
Birth fact 1837 (age 0) 1837 Dec Qtr, Tendring, 12/179
Census 1861 (age 23-24) Living with parents
Death fact 1907 (age 69-70) 1907 Mar Qtr, Chesterton, 3b/328 (aged 69)
Death 1907 (age 69-70) Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

Child 2: James Howard May

Name: James Howard May
Sex: Male
Spouse: Emma Eliza Cracknell (1850- )
Birth 1842 Lawford, Essex
Birth fact 1842 (age 0) 1842 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 12/255
Death fact 1870 (age 27-28) 1870 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 4a/174 (aged 28)
Death 1870 (age 27-28) Tendring, Essex

Child 3: Eliza Ann May

Name: Eliza Ann May
Sex: Female
Birth 1845 Lawford, Essex
Birth fact 1845 (age 0) 1845 Sep Qtr, Tendring, 12/246
Census 1861 (age 15-16) Living with parents

Child 4: Emma May

Name: Emma May
Sex: Female
Spouse: Horace Nevill Brooks (1845-1914)
Birth 6 Sep 1849 Lawford, Essex
Baptism 4 Nov 1849 (age 0) Lawford, Essex (by Rev. C. Merivale, Rector)
Birth fact 1849 (age 0) 1849 D Quarter in TENDRING Volume 12 Page 235
Census 1861 (age 11-12) Living with parents
Census 1871 (age 21-22) Independent lady, visitor, Manor Farm, Grantchester, Cambs (unmarried)
Census 1911 (age 61-62) Wife in household (married 38 years, 4 children, 4 living)
Death fact 1935 (age 85-86) 1935 Mar Q, Lewisham, 1d/1155 (aged 85)
Death 17 Mar 1935 (age 85) Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent

Note on Husband: James May (1)

Lawford, Essex: The charity estate consists of a large house, barn, and 22A. of land, let for £42, a garden let for £4, and 12A. now forming part of Mrs. Greene's park, and held by her on lease, at the yearly rent of £21. Mr. James May is one of the trustees, and a large portion of the income is distributed annually in clothing, and the rest is applied in supporting a dame school.

From William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex

http://www.archipel.demon.co.uk/Tendring/lawford.html

Note on Husband: James May (2)

MAY James. 6 March 1869. The Will with three Codicils of James May late of Lawford in the County of Essex Gentleman deceased who died 14 February 1869 at Lawford aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William May of Brantham in the County of Suffolk Merchant the Nephew and John Matthew Constable of Mistley in the County of Essex aforesaid Gentleman and John May of Mistley aforesaid Gentleman the Brother three of the Executors. Effects under £14,000.