Life History

Notes

• From a Web  Noticeboard for Budleigh Salterton:
  "He told us the Anniss family name derives from a sailor in the Spanish Armada whose vessel was shipwrecked in the Bristol Channel. The family was first established in North Devon before relocating to Budleigh Salterton
  
  Ada's Marriage certificate: Brentford Middlesex:
  Alfred is shown as 27 yrs; bachelor; Motor Salesman; living at: 21, Ravenscourt Road, Ravenscourt Park.
  Ada is 30 yrs; spinster; living at: 46 Eccleston Road, West Ealing.
  The marriage is witnessed by Julia T. Drewery (sic) and H. Anniss. (Julia T. was Alfred's sister. Was 'H. Anniss' Ada's brother or her father?)
  
  Ada was unfortunately a bit strange in that she never ever mentioned her family and had a fondness for burning personal documents and papers. It has always been rumoured that Ada was from a Plymouth Brethren family and this seems to be the case.
  
  Ada's original birth certificate exists but appears to have been torn in 3 pieces and the piece with details regarding her parents lost. A copy of the birth certificate from the Registrar shows her father as Henry Anniss and her mother as Elizabeth Hannah Terry (formerly Crossley) There is a '26'  which I guess is Elizabeth's age - though no age is shown for the father!
  
  My mother tells me that once Ada received a letter about a female missionary  who had been in China for many years since before 1900, and who needed to be repatriated (sometime around the 2nd WW.) I believe Ada was her nearest relative. (It was suggested that the missionary was an aunt  - if so that would have to be her father's sister, Ada) Unfortunately the letter went straight on the fire. My mother, Mary, suggests that Ada was disgusted that the woman had had a baby when she was 40! - possibly during her time in China. At the time of the letter the 'aunt' could have been in her 80's or 90's.
  
  
  

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