1851 Mary Ann Floyd Schoolmistress
From Lacey Green History
Research by Joan West
MARY ANN FLOYD. Schoolmistress in census of 30th March 1851
Research by Joan West
One person caught my attention in the 1851 census (the first complete census in Lacey Green) This was Mary Ann Floyd, schoolmistress. After that there was no trace of her.
It had been widely believed that Ann Floyd was the first teacher because she had lived into her nineties and her grandson, Harry Floyd remembered her well. See Ann & Peter Floyd. She spoke as if she was the first. So who was Mary Ann Floyd and what became of her?
1851 Census of Lacey Green
John Floyd 31 agricultural labourer
Mary Ann Floyd 36 schoolmistress
Jane Floyd 9 scholar
Mary Ann Floyd 6 scholar
Albert Joseph Floyd 4 scholar
At the time there were 24 “scholars” aged from 4 to 10 years.
Robert Floyd was born in 1849. He was baptised on 8th September 1849. He died and was buried in Lacey Green 3rd March 1851. before the census was taken.
John and the children were all born in Lacey Green but Mary Ann came from Thorncombe on the Devon/ Dorset border. She had come to Lacey Green in service at Grymsdyke. Her maiden name was Cook.