First children of ten born to her parents (of which only 2 children survived to adulthood). Mary "Molly" Anning and Joseph Anning (b. 1796; d. July 5, 1849) were the children who survived to adulthood.
Died at four years old, after her clothes caught fire, possibly whilst adding wood shavings to the fire.
The incident was reported in the Bath Chronicle on 27 December 1798:
"A child, four years of age of Mr. R. Anning, a cabinetmaker of Lyme, was left by the mother for about five minutes ... in a room where there were some shavings ... The girl's clothes caught fire and she was so dreadfully burnt as to cause her death."
When another daughter was born just five months later, she was named Mary (b. May 21, 1799; d. march 9, 1847 at 47 years) after her dead sister.
*the I after Mary's name is to differentiate and to alleviate any confusion links, between her and the second Mary born after the first Mary's death.
Died at four years old, after her clothes caught fire, possibly whilst adding wood shavings to the fire.
The incident was reported in the Bath Chronicle on 27 December 1798:
"A child, four years of age of Mr. R. Anning, a cabinetmaker of Lyme, was left by the mother for about five minutes ... in a room where there were some shavings ... The girl's clothes caught fire and she was so dreadfully burnt as to cause her death."
When another daughter was born just five months later, she was named Mary (b. May 21, 1799; d. march 9, 1847 at 47 years) after her dead sister.
*the I after Mary's name is to differentiate and to alleviate any confusion links, between her and the second Mary born after the first Mary's death.
First children of ten born to her parents (of which only 2 children survived to adulthood). Mary "Molly" Anning and Joseph Anning (b. 1796; d. July 5, 1849) were the children who survived to adulthood.
Died at four years old, after her clothes caught fire, possibly whilst adding wood shavings to the fire.
The incident was reported in the Bath Chronicle on 27 December 1798:
"A child, four years of age of Mr. R. Anning, a cabinetmaker of Lyme, was left by the mother for about five minutes ... in a room where there were some shavings ... The girl's clothes caught fire and she was so dreadfully burnt as to cause her death."
When another daughter was born just five months later, she was named Mary (b. May 21, 1799; d. march 9, 1847 at 47 years) after her dead sister.
*the I after Mary's name is to differentiate and to alleviate any confusion links, between her and the second Mary born after the first Mary's death.
Died at four years old, after her clothes caught fire, possibly whilst adding wood shavings to the fire.
The incident was reported in the Bath Chronicle on 27 December 1798:
"A child, four years of age of Mr. R. Anning, a cabinetmaker of Lyme, was left by the mother for about five minutes ... in a room where there were some shavings ... The girl's clothes caught fire and she was so dreadfully burnt as to cause her death."
When another daughter was born just five months later, she was named Mary (b. May 21, 1799; d. march 9, 1847 at 47 years) after her dead sister.
*the I after Mary's name is to differentiate and to alleviate any confusion links, between her and the second Mary born after the first Mary's death.
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