Mary (Hulin) Shorney (1867 - 1935)

Born 1867 in St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Shorney — married 1896 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom

Died 1935 at about age 68 in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary (Hulin) Shorney was born in Wales.

The Forest of Dean, where Mary was born and grew up is currently at the western edge of Gloucestershire in an area between the Rivers Severn and Wye, on the border with Wales. Through the census periods it has been included in both England and Wales. The registration districts were Chepstow and Monmouth, giving the impression that that area is in Wales, however it has mainly been Gloucestershire, England.

Mary was born in 1867^[1] She was the daughter of Isaac Hulin and Leah Robbins. She was born in St Briavels, Gloucestershire and was registered in the local town of Chepstow.

She was living with her parents and siblings in Monmouthshire, Wales and she was attending school in 1871^[2]

She was still living with her parents and siblings still in St Briavels (Gloucs), Monmouthshire, Wales and she was still attending school in 1881^[3]

She was still living at home with her parents and siblings in Monmouthshire, Wales in 1891^[4]

She married Thomas Shorney in 1896 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales^[5]

She was living with her husband and daughter Elsie in Newport, Gloucestershire, England in 1901^[6]

She was still living with her husband and daughter Elsie in Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire, Wales in 1911^[7]

She passed away in 1935^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X3K-JXH : 1 October 2014), Mary Hulin, 1867; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V554-16Z : 28 September 2019), Mary Hulin in entry for Isaac Hulin, 1871.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WM-5FQW : 11 December 2017), Mary Hulin in household of Isaac Hulin, St Briavels (Gloucs), Monmouthshire, Wales; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 10, Piece/Folio 5222/27, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,439.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4K9D-53Z : 8 May 2019), Mary Hulin in household of Isaac Hulin, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Monmouthshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D1N-V8R : 13 December 2014), Mary Hulin, 1896; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1896, quarter 2, vol. 11A, p. 440, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9YS-85X : 21 May 2019), Mary Shorney in household of Thomas Shorney, Newport, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Newport subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7PW-5WF : 18 July 2019), Mary Shorney in household of Thomas Shorney, Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHV-PGJV : 4 September 2014), Mary Shorney, 1935; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Notes

• Some census records have a born in Gloucestershire but her birth has Chepstow.