Hannah Pennance 1860-1908

Hannah is a lovely name but this one is confusing me. One day I'll get it sorted. It looks like she might have lived a troubled life but I hope there were some moments of joy for her somewhere along the way.

There is this Hannah from1840 in Stone, Staffordshire.  Possibly the same one we find in the 1851 Census age10, daughter of John Pennance and Sarah Bott? 

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name:	Hannah Pennance
Registration Year:	1840
Registration Quarter:	Apr-May-Jun
Registration district:	Stone
Parishes for this Registration District:	Stone
Inferred County:	Staffordshire
Volume:	17
Page:	196

Source Information:

FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Original Data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall.

1851 England Census

Name:	Hannah Pennance
Age:	10
Estimated Birth Year:	1841
Relation:	Daughter
Father's Name:	John Pennance
Mother's Name:	Sarah Pennance
Gender:	Female
Where born:	Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England
Civil parish:	Eccleshall
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:	10466
Town:	Eccleshall
County/Island:	Staffordshire
Country:	England
Registration district:	Stone
Sub-registration district:	Stone
ED, institution, or vessel:	03b
Household schedule number:	139
Piece:	2000
Folio:	366
Page number:	36
Household Members:	Name Age Frances Pennance 7 Mo John Pennance 40 Sarah Pennance 39 Arthur Pennance 31 Levi Pennance 12 Hannah Pennance 10 Thomas Pennance 8 George Pennance 5 Margrate Pennance 2

but this cannot be the one that we find in the Stoke workhouse in 1881 Census as it records her age as 20yrs on entry which would place her birth around 1860 or thereabouts. This particular Hannah would be about 40yrs old by 1881 so it can't be her.

Well then, how about this one?

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915

Name:	Lydia Hannah Pennance
Registration Year:	1860
Registration Quarter:	Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district:	Stone
Parishes for this Registration District:	Stone
Inferred County:	Staffordshire
Volume:	6b
Page:	32

But note the name here is Lydia Hannah rather than just Hannah. But it IS the right date range for our workhouse Hannah.

Also, we have the following from the 1871 Census which places her in a household with her uncle Frederick Pennance age 14 and Hannah at age 10 - again the right age to be the workhouse Hannah!  but NO other adults are listed! So which Frederick is this?? Hannah must be the child of one of Frederick's brothers who is a fair bit older that him...say by about ten years or so. Also note again..it does not say Lydia Hannah.

Hannah Pennance

England and Wales Census, 1871

Name	Hannah Pennance
Event Type	Census
Event Date	1871
Event Place	Eccleshall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England
Enumeration District	1
Gender	Female
Age	10
Occupation	Scholar
Relationship to Head of Household	Niece
Birth Year (Estimated)	1861
Birthplace	Eccleshall, Staffordshire
Entry Number	14
Affiliate Image Identifier	GBC/1871/2825/0010

Household	Role	Gender	Age	Birthplace
Frederick Pennance	Son	M	14	Eccleshall, Staffordshire
Hannah Pennance	Niece	F	10	Eccleshall, Staffordshire

Ten years later here she is in the Stoke workhouse in Penkhull...

1881 Census: Residents of Stoke Upon Trent Workhouse, Penkhull, Stoke Upon Trent, Stafford

3	F	Pauper	Scholar		Hanley, Stafford
James PARRY		1	M	Pauper			Hanley, Stafford
Robert Charles PARRY		4	M	Pauper	Scholar		Measbro Dyke, York
Sarah Jane PARRY	M	26	F	Pauper	Domestic Servant		Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales
Thomas PARRY	W	47	M	Pauper	Coal Miner		Westbromwich, Stafford
John PASS	M	42	M	Pauper	Ornament Maker (Coach)		Manchester, Lancashire
Hannah PENNANCE	U	20	F	Pauper	Domestic Servant		Ecceshall, Stafford
George PEPPER	U	41	M	Pauper	General Labourer		Keele, Stafford
Christopher PERRY	W	76	M	Pauper	Coal Miner		Brymbe, Denbigh, Wales
Emma PETTS		11	F	Pauper	Scholar		Hanley, Stafford
Hannah PETTS		13	F	Pauper	Scholar		Hanley, Stafford
Henry PETTS	W	40	M	Pauper	Coal Miner		Ubberly, Stafford
Sarah PETTS		7	F	Pauper	Scholar		Hanley, Stafford
Rose PILDSBY		5	F	Pauper	Scholar		Stoke, Stafford
Elizabeth PITMAN	U	19	F	Pauper	Domestic Servant		Tunstall, Stafford

This is possibly the record or our Hannah's demise in 1908. The date certainly fits.

Hannah Pennance

England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007

Name	Hannah Pennance
Event Type	Death
Registration Quarter	Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year	1908
Registration District	Wolstanton
County	Staffordshire
Event Place	Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England
Age (available after 1866)	47
Birth Year (Estimated)	1861
Volume	6B
Page	52
Line Number	94

Citing this Record

"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JS2-5C2 : 31 December 2014), Hannah Pennance, 1908; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, 

Burial: Hannah Pennance

Tonge Cemetery

Bolton

Metropolitan Borough of Bolton

Greater Manchester, England

Created by: Memorium

Record added: Jun 03, 2016

Find A Grave Memorial# 163812377

Regulations relating to the admission and searching of inmates

Every person on admission to the Institution shall be searched by the Officer appointed for the purpose providing that a male shall only be searched by a male Officer and a female only by an Officer of that sex.
Any articles prohibited by the Regulation of the Guardians shall be taken from the inmate, and disposed of in accordance with those Regulations.
Any articles of value found upon the inmate shall at once be deposited with the Master for safe custody. Every inmate admitted shall be informed that any money or value security in his possession will, if the Guardians so direct, be taken for his maintenance in the Institution.
A careful record of the clothes and articles taken from the inmate shall be made and entered in the 'Inmates Property Register', and the entry in respect of each inmate shall, when completed, be read over to him.
The following articles are prohibited from being brought into the Institution and if found in the possession of an inmate will be immediately confiscated:
Cards or Dice, Letters, Cards, articles or written or printed matter of an obscene or improper character. Matches or other combustible articles. Spirituous or fermented liquors or any drug or poisonous matter.

Regulations regarding bathing of inmates

Every inmate shall be bathed on admission to the Institution unless the Medical Officer gives direction to the contrary.
Except in cases which the Medical Officer considers that it is undesirable, every inmate shall be bathed at least as frequently as once a week.
No inmate shall be bathed except under the direct supervision of an Officer of the same sex, excepting that children of either sex, under the care of female Officers, may be bathed under the supervision of such Officers.
A bath for each inmate shall be prepared as follows: The cold water shall be turned on first and the water shall be thoroughly mixed. The temperature shall then be taken and no inmate shall be bathed in water of less than 88 Fahrenheit and no more than 98. No additional water, hot or cold, must be added while the inmate is in the bath. In case of a thermometer being inefficient from injury etc., all bathing operations shall be suspended until another is obtained.
The inmate is to be well cleansed with soap. The head of the inmate shall not be held under water. A clean towel must be provided for each inmate and the bath towels must always be washed before being used again. Fresh water must be used for each inmate.
The keys of the hot water taps where provided, shall on no account be let out of the possession of the Officers. They shall not be used by the inmates and shall not be allowed to remain on the taps.

Regulations regarding hours and places of meals and work, and the hours of rising and going to bed

MealsMeals shall be taken in the Dining Hall by all the inmates except the sick, the children and infants, persons of unsound mind, persons too infirm, inmates of the Receiving Wards or Vagrant Wards, and save and excepting any other class of inmates in respect of whom the Guardians by resolution otherwise direct.
 Hours of Rising Etc.
                  Rise:   Breakfast:   Work:   Dinner:   Work:   Supper:   Bedtime:
April -
Sept          5:45       6:30-7       7-12       12-1       1-6       6-6:30         8
Oct -
March       6:45       7:30-8       8-12        12-1       1-6      6-6:30         8
The male inmates shall be employed in such places and at such work as the Master or the Labour Master may direct, and the female inmates in accordance with the directions of the Matron or Labour Mistress.
Only the necessary work shall be performed by inmates on Sunday, Good Friday and Christmas Day. An inmate who is pregnant or recently confined or suckling an infant shall only be employed at such work and for such hours as the Medical Officer may approve.
An inmate who shall refuse or neglect to work after being required to do so, shall be deemed disorderly and may be punished accordingly.