Ann LEESE was born at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordhsire, on 16 May 1812; her birth details, with that of her siblings, were recorded in the Nonconformist Registers, now held in Dr WILLIAMS's Library in Redcross Street, near Cripplegate, London.
A silhouette of Ann LEESE, aged 11, cut "...with common scissors... without drawing or machine" in 1823 by the 13 year old child-prodigy, Master William James HUBARD - the original is in the possession of Jules DRAKE.
The image attached to this memorial is of a portrait in oils identified as Anne LEESE, which was posted on-line to the Brookmans Park Newsletter in 2002, and re-posted on a U.S. pedigree for a family related to William Leese GILES, Ann's second son. The original painting, then in the holdings of the Flagler Museum, Florida, was de-accessioned in 2002.
Ann was married at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, in 1832, as his second wife, to Rev John Eustace GILES, with issue (see his separate posting).
Ann GILES (formerly LEESE) died at her residence, York Cottage, Nether Hallam, near Sheffield, on 30 November 1852 [Statutory Registration; Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Saturday 4 December]; she was buried on 4 December 1852, by Rev W.M. McKERROW, in Rusholme Road Cemetery, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, aged 40 years, cause of death "...consumption" [Cemetery Register, Findmypast]; she was buried in the same grave (No 1164) as her mother (Ann LEESE formerly HARRISON in 1837), and mother-in-law (Elizabeth GILES formerly PIKE in 1844). Her infant twin children, Arthur (died November 1848) and Eliza (died March 1851), had been buried in Sheffield General Cemetery.
A silhouette of Ann LEESE, aged 11, cut "...with common scissors... without drawing or machine" in 1823 by the 13 year old child-prodigy, Master William James HUBARD - the original is in the possession of Jules DRAKE.
The image attached to this memorial is of a portrait in oils identified as Anne LEESE, which was posted on-line to the Brookmans Park Newsletter in 2002, and re-posted on a U.S. pedigree for a family related to William Leese GILES, Ann's second son. The original painting, then in the holdings of the Flagler Museum, Florida, was de-accessioned in 2002.
Ann was married at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, in 1832, as his second wife, to Rev John Eustace GILES, with issue (see his separate posting).
Ann GILES (formerly LEESE) died at her residence, York Cottage, Nether Hallam, near Sheffield, on 30 November 1852 [Statutory Registration; Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Saturday 4 December]; she was buried on 4 December 1852, by Rev W.M. McKERROW, in Rusholme Road Cemetery, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, aged 40 years, cause of death "...consumption" [Cemetery Register, Findmypast]; she was buried in the same grave (No 1164) as her mother (Ann LEESE formerly HARRISON in 1837), and mother-in-law (Elizabeth GILES formerly PIKE in 1844). Her infant twin children, Arthur (died November 1848) and Eliza (died March 1851), had been buried in Sheffield General Cemetery.
Ann LEESE was born at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordhsire, on 16 May 1812; her birth details, with that of her siblings, were recorded in the Nonconformist Registers, now held in Dr WILLIAMS's Library in Redcross Street, near Cripplegate, London.
A silhouette of Ann LEESE, aged 11, cut "...with common scissors... without drawing or machine" in 1823 by the 13 year old child-prodigy, Master William James HUBARD - the original is in the possession of Jules DRAKE.
The image attached to this memorial is of a portrait in oils identified as Anne LEESE, which was posted on-line to the Brookmans Park Newsletter in 2002, and re-posted on a U.S. pedigree for a family related to William Leese GILES, Ann's second son. The original painting, then in the holdings of the Flagler Museum, Florida, was de-accessioned in 2002.
Ann was married at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, in 1832, as his second wife, to Rev John Eustace GILES, with issue (see his separate posting).
Ann GILES (formerly LEESE) died at her residence, York Cottage, Nether Hallam, near Sheffield, on 30 November 1852 [Statutory Registration; Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Saturday 4 December]; she was buried on 4 December 1852, by Rev W.M. McKERROW, in Rusholme Road Cemetery, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, aged 40 years, cause of death "...consumption" [Cemetery Register, Findmypast]; she was buried in the same grave (No 1164) as her mother (Ann LEESE formerly HARRISON in 1837), and mother-in-law (Elizabeth GILES formerly PIKE in 1844). Her infant twin children, Arthur (died November 1848) and Eliza (died March 1851), had been buried in Sheffield General Cemetery.
A silhouette of Ann LEESE, aged 11, cut "...with common scissors... without drawing or machine" in 1823 by the 13 year old child-prodigy, Master William James HUBARD - the original is in the possession of Jules DRAKE.
The image attached to this memorial is of a portrait in oils identified as Anne LEESE, which was posted on-line to the Brookmans Park Newsletter in 2002, and re-posted on a U.S. pedigree for a family related to William Leese GILES, Ann's second son. The original painting, then in the holdings of the Flagler Museum, Florida, was de-accessioned in 2002.
Ann was married at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, in 1832, as his second wife, to Rev John Eustace GILES, with issue (see his separate posting).
Ann GILES (formerly LEESE) died at her residence, York Cottage, Nether Hallam, near Sheffield, on 30 November 1852 [Statutory Registration; Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, Saturday 4 December]; she was buried on 4 December 1852, by Rev W.M. McKERROW, in Rusholme Road Cemetery, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, aged 40 years, cause of death "...consumption" [Cemetery Register, Findmypast]; she was buried in the same grave (No 1164) as her mother (Ann LEESE formerly HARRISON in 1837), and mother-in-law (Elizabeth GILES formerly PIKE in 1844). Her infant twin children, Arthur (died November 1848) and Eliza (died March 1851), had been buried in Sheffield General Cemetery.
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