GEORGE EYRE

&

ANN FLETCHER

(HARTLEY)

When George EYRE married Ann FLETCHER at Handsworth, Sheffield, England, in 1822 he was described as a widower and Ann as a widow. 

Ann, born 1798 at Woodhouse, was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary HARTLEY.  On September 4, 1820, Ann Hartley married Thomas FLETCHER.  Four weeks later Thomas died, on October 3, 1820, aged 25, the cause of his death unknown to us.

To date we have been unable to find any information pertaining to George Eyre’s first marriage, his birthplace or parents’ names. 

George and Ann Eyre had six children—Charles, Oswald, Elizabeth, George, Ann and Sarah—but only two survived to adulthood. 

Charles Eyre (1823-1882) married Elizabeth SWIFT (1825-1885) in Sheffield and they brought their large family to New Zealand in 1859.

Elizabeth Eyre (born 1826) married John MOORE and they had six children between 1848-1862—William, George, Herbert, Emma, Arthur and John E.  Elizabeth Moore may have died before 1871 as she does not appear on that year’s census with her husband and children.

George Eyre died in March 1851 and Ann Eyre at Rainbow Forge, Beighton, in January 1859.  They are buried at St Mary’s Church, Handsworth.

George and Ann Eyre’s gravestone at  St Mary’s Church, Handsworth.