Ann Prior was born into a prosperous family in East London, but the family was reduced to poverty through a series of misfortunes including the death of her father. When Ann was eleven, she acted against her Scottish mother’s wishes and left school to become a dressmaker so she could help support the family. She worked as a dressmaker for several years, and then when she was almost seventeen, she married George Jarvis, a sailor who had tra...
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