Anne Jagger was baptized January 20th 1822 at St. Helen’s Church in Yorkshire, England. Her parents were John Jagger, a coal miner and Elizabeth Totty. Anne was the eldest child in the family and her mother died when she was 12. Her father remarried and her step mother was Grace Sefton.
Anne was married in 1847 ar Sanda Magna St Helen’s to James Heath. St Helen’s church was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday book. It was named for the first Christian Roman Emperor Constantine’s mother. Anne’s signature was an X mark which meant she was illiterate. Her husband was a servant as was his father. Her only child Albert Heath was born in 1848.
In the 1851 England census Anne was listed as a cook living in the house of her employer. Albert was living with his grandparents. Her husband had likely died by then. Anne landed in New York in 1851 with her son. By 1861 she was listed in the Canadian census living in Galt Ontario with her Albert. She appeared in the 1871 census as a housekeeper. At age 54 she married Daniel Allen age 75 in Waterloo. It’s hard to confirm her death but the only Ann Allen born 1822 died in York in 1909 in York due to senility.
Anne seems an incredibly resilient person who despite few financial resources raised her son and provided them both new opportunities in Canada.
