January 25 1831
Ann Mayersbach Wd. resides 144 Hoxton O:T says that she is the Widow of Alexander Mayersbach to whom she was married in the Parish Church of S. Bartholomew the Great London 26 years ago and he died 23d. December 1830. That about 1797 he took a House No 9 Bloomsbury Square in the Parish of Saint George Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex at £160 a year or thereabouts and he rented and occupied same 18 years or thereabouts, and never afterwards rented any place or by any means gained any other Settlement. That about 2½ years before his death he applied to the Overseers of the Poor of the sd. Parish of S. George and they allowed him 5/- per week for nearly 2 years which he received whilst living out of that Parish
The Examination of Ann Mayersbach Widow Middlesex to Wit. This Examination on her Oath saith, that she is the Widow of Alexander Mayersbach to whom she was married in the Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great London 26 years ago and he died 23d. December 1830. That about 1797 he took a House No. 9 Bloomsbury Square in the Parish of Saint George Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex at £160 a year or thereabouts and he rented and occupied same 18 years or thereabouts, and never afterwards rented any place, or by any means gained any other Settlement. That about 2½ Years before his death he applied to the Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint George and they allowed him 5/- per week for nearly 2 years which he received whilst living out of that Parish and Examinant is now chargeable to the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch
Sworn before us 25 January 1831
Source: London Metropolitan Archives; London Poor Law Registers
Source: Ancestry.com. London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal
and Settlement Records, 1698-1930