Ann (Annie) Topham was the daughter of John Topham and Ellen Frankland.

Annie was born on Sunday 28 April 1872 in Slaidburn, Yorkshire.

Annie married John Graham Sewell in 1893 in the Rochdale Registration District, Lancashire.

She had the following children from her marriage to John Graham Sewell:

- Mary Ellen (Nellie) Sewell	born on 7 March 1895 in Rochdale, Lancashire.
- John Graham Sewell	born on 5 October 1896 in Rochdale, Lancashire.
- Sarah Jane (Sally) Sewell	born on 2 December 1897 in Rochdale, Lancashire.
- William Henry Sewell	born on 16 September 1899 in Rochdale, Lancashire.
- Charlie Topham Sewell	born on 26 May 1901 in Rochdale, Lancashire.
- Annie Elizabeth Sewell	born on 25 November 1902 in the Rochdale Registration District (Mar. quarter 1903).
- Isabelle Sewell	born on 26 September 1904 in Littleborough, Lancashire.
- Ernest Sewell	born on 22 July 1906 in Littleborough, Lancashire.
- Alice Sewell	born on 30 June 1910 in Littleborough, Lancashire.
- Jessie Sewell	born on 15 November 1912 in the Rochdale Registration District.

The places where she lived have been identified as:

From	To	Place	Source of Information
1872		Slaidburn, Yorkshire.	Note 1.
1881		Woodchurch Lane, Mary's Cottage, Tranmere, Cheshire.	Census Data.
1894	1899	Rochdale, Lancashire.	Note 3.
1901		Foxholes Farm, Foxholes Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire.	Census Data.
1911		Higher Eafield Farm, Smithy Bridge, Near Rochdale, Lancashire.	Census Data.

Annie died when she was 78 years old, on Friday 1 September 1950.  

Notes - Sources of information:

1.	See 1881 Census. Ann's birthplace.
3.	See 1901 Census. Birthplace of her children Mary, John, Sarah and William.
4.	Information supplied by Marian Fuller (nee Sewell).

Census Data:

Year	Address
1881	Woodchurch Lane, Mary's Cottage, Tranmere, Cheshire.
1901	Foxholes Farm, Foxholes Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire.
1911	Higher Eafield Farm, Smithy Bridge, Near Rochdale, Lancashire.
1939	Higher Eafield Farm, Littleborough, Lancashire.