My great-great-great-great grandmother Dionysia Northeast was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Northeast around 1797. She was baptized on June 20, 1797, in North Tidworth, Wiltshire. The parish church was Holy Trinity.
Holy Trinity, North Tidworth, Wiltshire
Dionysia married John Ansted on April 11, 1820 in North Tidworth. They were married by licence and both signed the register, which was witnessed by Thomas Barnes Northeast, Dionysia’s brother, and Eliza Black.
Their first child, son John, was born on May 21, 1821 and baptized on December 28, 1821 at St. Botolph’s, Aldgate in Middlesex. Their first daughter, Rebecca, followed on April 8, 1823 and was baptized at St. Botolph on January 14, 1824. Second daughter, Dionysia (my great-great-great grandmother), was born on July 27, 1827 and baptized a year later on August 6, 1828.
I suspect much of the reason Dionysia’s baptism followed so long after her birth is due to the fact her mother sadly passed away a few days after her birth. She was buried on August 10, 1827 in the parish of St. Botolph.
While I was tracing Dionysia’s life I became interested in her family – particularly her brother Thomas Barnes Northeast, and wondered whether there were any living Northeast relations for me to find. My next post will look at her siblings and what became of them.
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