Annie Mary Wadey

     Annie Mary Wadey was born on 11 March 1872 at Frederick Terrace, Portslade, Sussex, England.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Wadey and Mary Packham.
Annie Mary Wadey was baptized on 28 April 1872 at Portslade, Sussex, England, Father's name "Harry."²
Annie Mary Wadey worked in domestic service in Portslade where she met George Taylor her future husband.
Annie Mary Wadey married George Taylor, son of Moses Taylor and Harriet Terry, on 3 January 1897 at St Nicholas Church, Portslade, Sussex, England.³
On 6 February 1899 Annie Mary Wadey and George Taylor lived at 47 Elm Grove, Brighton, Sussex, England.
In 1901 Annie Mary Wadey and George Taylor lived at 11 London St, Brighton West, Sussex, England.
Circa 1908 George and Annie separated, but never got divorced.
On 29 October 1909 Annie Mary Wadey lived at 11 London St, Brighton, Sussex, England.⁴
Annie Mary Wadey witnessed the birth of Florence Amy Taylor on 29 October 1909 at 11 London St, Brighton, Sussex, England; father unknown and not disclosed on the birth certificate.⁴
After the separation, Annie had a daughter Florence Amy (Midge) on 29 Oct 1909. Midge once asked her mother who her father was but she wouldn't say. Midge later had an illegitimate daughter who was adopted out (Midge paid a lot of money to ensure it went to a "well to do" family). The father was a soldier who she wanted to marry but her mother said that she "didn't know him well enough". Midge worked in London but it is thought she returned to Brighton.
Annie Mary Wadey was a shopkeeper on 2 April 1911.
On 2 April 1911 Annie Mary Wadey lived at 12 London St, Brighton, Sussex, England.
Annie also had two sons, Bob and Reg, to a man called Daniel who died about 1936/37.⁵
Annie Mary Wadey witnessed the death of Henry Wadey on 3 January 1922 at 19 Yardley St, Preston, Brighton, Sussex, England; He died of cerebral haemorrhage (5 days) and exhaustion.⁶
Annie Mary Wadey lived at 19 Yardley St, Brighton, Sussex, England.
Ada never liked Arthur's mother Annie. She disagreed with the separation, having Midge, etc. Also, Annie disagreed with Arthur marrying Ada. Arthur's elder sister Winifred once said to Ada "I'll tell you her story one day" (but never did !). During WW II Ada made plans to evacuate her children to Australia while Arthur was away. This caused such an argument with Annie and her son Reg that she was asked to leave. She didn't want anything to do with them after this.
The Taylor children enjoyed visiting her however ("she was the most hospitable of all the relations"). Freda Amy Taylor (Arthur's daughter) can remember staying with Annie when she was twelve years old.
Freda also remembers that when she was about ten years old she went to Portslade with her father and Annie Mary Wadey to visit one of Annie's relatives. While there they went to the cemetery and Annie showed them the plot of land that she had purchased for her grave.
Annie lived with her daughter Winifred in Viaduct Rd before she died in 1953. She did write a letter to Ada and Arthur after they had moved to Australia but Ada burnt the letter and Arthur never found out about it.⁵
Annie Mary Wadey died on 11 December 1953 at 14 Viaduct Rd, Brighton, Sussex, England, at age 81. She died of myocardial degeneration.^7,8