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Eleanor Ann Rankin Man was born on 13 June 1788 at Fenchurch Street, London, the youngest daughter of Henry and Eleanor (Thompson) Man, and was baptized in November 1788 at St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London. Eleanor Ann died on 28 January 1873 at 2 Elm Villas, Carshalton, Surrey, aged 85, and was buried on 1 February at St. Margaret, Halstead, Kent. Eleanor Ann belongs to Generation Four. [References: Birth and baptism - FHL Film # 0394830; death based on a copy of her death certificate; and her burial from a copy of record of film viewed at Kent RO (below).]
Notes for Eleanor: See FHL Film 0394830 Between the entries for June and July 1788, there is a note : "NB a baptism omitted of Mr. Man's daughter is noted in Feb 1796." After an entry for 25th October 1795 there is the following: "Item: Eleanor Rankin Man, daughter of Henry Man and Eleanora - his wife was born June 13th 1788 and Baptized some day in November following by Rev. M. Whalley, the Rector, at which ceremony the Rev. George Neale then Curate was present. The proper entrance was omitted". The Parish Register for St. Gabriel Fenchurch Street shows an incomplete record for an offspring of Eleanor and Henry Man in Feb / Mar 1786.
Hubert Man's notes
on Ann Man. Morrice Man wrote in his diary:
'She, Aunt Ann[e] was very plain (she had a goitre) but was very witty and helped
to keep the varied household together. She always said that her epitaph should
be "Here lies Anne Man who lived an old maid and died an old Man". She was
described as having a face like a pug's.
She was unmarried. Tradition has it
that one night as she climbed the stairs at Halstead Hall she caught a glimpse
of herself in a mirror and screamed not realizing at that moment that it was her
own reflection. She was known as 'Aunt Ann'.
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