**Originally posted 28th August 2012**
Monument to Ann Green, All Saints Churchyard, Bisham Berkshire.
"In Memory of Ann Green. For many years the faithful housekepper at Temple House. Who departed this life the 4th of February 1862 aged 106 years."
Ann Green was born in Ireland around 1756 which makes researching her ealry life very difficult. She appears on the 1861 Bisham cenus aged 105 as a widow boarding with Thomas and Maragret Smith near Temple Lodge, Bisham Berkshire. As I don't have a maiden name for Ann and I haven't been able to find her on the 1841 and 1851 census returns, my research has hit a brick wall.
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| Temple House, Bisham |
Temple house was a large manor house built by Samuel Wyatt for the mill owner Thomas Williams in the late 18th century. The Williams were a very important family in Bisham with many of the men entering into politics. It seems that they were very fond of Ann, making sure she had a beautiful marker for her final resting place.
whew, if she's on the census as a 'widow', then I guess we can safely assume the Smiths did not have her working as a centenarian!
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