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Welcome to the boards, Barbara.


Unfortunately, Mary Ann Johnson in 1871 posted above is not Mary Ann nee Honey.

1871 gives her birth as c1823, in Middlesex.

So does 1861 - when Mary Ann nee Honey (born Ireland) is on the 1861 census as Peek/Peck:

Mary Ann Johnson
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Mary Ann Johnson
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: 1823
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas Johnson
Gender: Female
Where born: Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Bethnal Green
Ecclesiastical parish: St Jude
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration District: Bethnal Green
Sub-registration District: Hackney Road
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 154
Piece: 253
Folio: 88
Page Number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Johnson 27
Mary Ann Johnson 38

I see the poster has been doing some editing - without acknowledging the responses

I'm outa here :-( :-(

She'd knocked off a few years...................she was actually old enough to be his mother

1871
Name: Mary Ann Johnson
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: 1823
Relation: Wife
Gender: Female
Where born: Marylebone Middlesex England
Civil Parish: Tottenham
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Tottenham
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration District: Edmonton
Sub-registration District: Tottenham
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household Schedule Number: 198
Piece: 1338
Folio: 105
Page Number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Johnson 36
Mary Ann Johnson 48

Based on Mary's info.....................................

for ref
Name: Mary Ann Honey
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1831
Marriage Place: St James, Piccadilly (St James, Westminster), London, Westminster, England
Parish as it Appears: St James, Westminster
Search Photos: Search for 'St James, Piccadilly (St James, Westminster)' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Spouse George Peek

Name: Mary Ann Peek
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland
Civil Parish: Heston
Hundred: Isleworth
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
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Registration District: Brentford
Sub-registration District: Isleworth
Neighbors:
Piece: 658
Book: 2
Folio: 10
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
George Peek 40 ---- 1801 middlesex
Mary Ann Peek 25
John Peek 9
Ann Peek 8
Jane Peek 5
Sarah Peek 4
Mar Ann Peek 3
Priscilla Peek

Get a copy of the cert of the marriage to Johnson to see whether she named a father.

Only the Banns are online, so no help there


Name: Mary Ann Peek
Gender: Female
Record Type: Banns (Bann)
Marriage Banns Date: 12 Oct 1862
Marriage Banns Place: St Mary, Lambeth, Lambeth, England
Spouse: Thomas Johnson
Register Type: Parish Register

Name: Thomas Johnson
Gender: Male
Record Type: Banns (Bann)
Marriage Banns Date: 8 Dec 1861
Marriage Banns Place: St Mary, Lambeth, Lambeth, England
Spouse: Mary Ann Peek


I can't see a marriage, so you may be at a dead end, as you've no way of identifying her father.


Your suggestion of her birth having been in the 1840's is not borne out by the facts

1841
Name: George Peek
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Gender: Male
Where born: Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Heston
Hundred: Isleworth
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
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Registration District: Brentford
Sub-registration District: Isleworth
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 658
Book: 2
Folio: 10
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
George Peek 40
Mary Ann Peek 25
John Peek 9
Ann Peek 8
Jane Peek 5
Sarah Peek 4
Mar Ann Peek 3
Priscilla Peek 1

She married George Peek 24/4/1831 in Middlesex and Thomas Johnson in 1862

She was born about 1814/16 in Ireland according to census returns died 1885

Maryb

1861

Name: Mary Ann Peck
[Mary Ann Peek]
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: 1814
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Ireland
Civil Parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: Heston St Leonard
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration District: Brentford
Sub-registration District: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 48
Piece: 773
Folio: 8
Page Number: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Ann Peck 47
John Peck 29
Precilla Peck 21
George Peck 17
Elizabeth J Peck 13
Ellen Peck 2
Thomas Johnson 20

Marriages Dec 1886 (>99%)
Channell William Lambeth 1d 773 S
PEEK Ellen Lambeth 1d 773


Name: William Channell
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 33
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1853
Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1886
Marriage Place: St Mary, Lambeth, Lambeth, England
Father: Alfred Channell
Spouse: Ellen Peek
Birth Date: abt 1858
Father: John Peek

NOT the1890's

CHANNELL, MONTAGUE (MMN) PEEK
GRO Reference: 1888 S Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 685

Working backwards...........

Name: Montague Channell...........Postman
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 27
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1888
Marriage Date: 6 Jun 1915
Marriage Place: St Luke, South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, England
Father: William Channell............brass furbisher
Spouse: Mabel Florence Fisher
Register Type: Parish Register

Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone can help?
I'm currently researching the Irish side of my family, and I know that Mary-Ann Honey came to London, England when she was a teenager.
She was born around 1815.
She married George Peek in 1831, who was much older, and they went on to have about 9 children, one of whom was Jane Peek. Jane gave birth to Ellen Peek (Jane was unmarried) who went on to marry a Channell. Montague Channell was their son (my maternal grandfather). He was born in the 1880s.
Will have more information once my cousin gets back to me.
We do have quite an extensive tree, but finding it difficult to find out Mary-Ann Honey's background in Ireland.
Many thanks.
Barbara.