Annie Chance 1855

[bobtonks]

On 22 March 1873 in Cambridge, Annie Chance (sp, fathers name [blank] ) married James Fordham.

The 1839 register suggests Annie was born 10 May 1855.
All the census following the marriage record her birth place as Cambridge.

Can anyone see Annie Chance before her marriage?

[rosie17]

There is an Annie Chance age 13 born about 1858 Cambridge  working as a servant at Newmarket Road

Sub District St Andrew the great Cambridge

I notice  from her marriage that  address and district is the same 

Rosie

[CaroleW]

1861 she is an inmate in Cambridge see 1024/folio 132/page 4  Birthplace not known

She may possibly have been born elsewhere but ended up in Cambridge as a child so thought that is where she was born

[rosie17]

Another possibility 1861 census

Ann Chance age 6 inmate b 1855 birth place unknown
Civil Parish St Andrew the Less
 Cambridge

Rosie

[bobtonks]

Thanks for looking. There are no obvious births in GRO. Most surnames of CHANCE look to be born and living in the West Midlands.
If she was in the Workhouse at six years old with no obvious relation living there, maybe she was just given a name by the authorities.

[rosie17]

Couldn't see any thing on gro either

Did see this baptism 3 Nov 1867 Annie Chance abode Union House Cambridge St Andrew the Less maybe this could be the Ann from the 1861 census
I don't see a birth on gro 1866/1869 for any with the surname Chance

Rosie

[bobtonks]

Just looked at the baptism 3 Nov 1867. Not too many clues there. There were over 190 inmates in the workhouse and maybe it was policy to baptise those children without parents.