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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Banton
Forenames	Ann
Epithet	Mrs
Dates	1790-1892
Gender Identity	Female
Biography	She worked at a dairy maid at Calke Abbey. In the 1851 census she is recorded as being married to George Banton, agricultural labourer, and living in Ticknall. In the 1861 census she is described as a widow. She became as Old Nancy. On her 100th birthday the occasion was celebrated by the Harpur Crewe family and people at Calke Abbey, when she was paraded in a carriage and treated with her descendants to a hearty meal. A newspaper article recording the anniversary event mentioned that her faculties of sight and hearing were preserved and that she was able to walk with ease: she lived with her son-in-law [Thomas Dunnicliff, husband of Selina] in a cottage at Ticknall; she could remember what went on during the time of the Napoleonic wars and celebrated two Golden Jubilees, namely of King George III and Queen Victoria
Key Events	8 August 1790: Born at Ticknall 27 February 1892: Died at Ticknall
Source	Twitter post by Derbyshire Record Office 8 Aug 2023 and response by descendant. Newspaper cutting at D2375/J/A/2/4/9.
Authorised Form of Name	Banton; Ann (1790-1892); Mrs

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