Mary Shaw was born in 1858[1] at Kilburn, Derbyshire, England. She was baptised on 1st September 1861 at St Clement's Church, Horsley, Derbyshire, the daughter of Samuel & Martha Shaw.[2]
On the 1861 census, Mary Shaw (aged 2) lived at Rawson Green, Kilburn, with her parents Samuel & Martha Shaw and her eight older siblings.[3]
In 1871, Mary (aged 13) was living with her parents Samuel & Martha Shaw at Chapel Street, Kilburn, with four siblings.[4]
In 1874, Mary had an illegitimate child, Alice Shaw.
She married Thomas Thorpe, after banns[5], on the 18th April 1878 at St Clement's Church, Horsley.[6] Thomas was a bachelor and coal miner, of Denby, and his father was Thomas Thorpe, coal miner. Mary was a spinster of Kilburne, the daughter of Samuel Shaw, coal miner. The witnesses were Herbert Shaw and Harriett Shaw.
On the 1881 census, Thomas & Mary Thorpe were living at Denby, with two children, Agnes (aged 2) and Samuel O.(1) who were both born in Denby.[7]
The 1891 census records Thomas & Mary still living at Denby, now with seven children.[8]
In 1901, Thomas & Mary lived at the Common, Denby, where they lived with six of their children.[9]
Mary died in July 1904[10] and was buried at Denby on 12th July 1904, aged 48 years. Her address at the time of her death was "Denby (Common)".[11]
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7XJ-TC3 : 3 March 2021), Mary Shaw in household of Samuel Shaw, Kilburn, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJC-Z893 : 8 September 2021), Thomas Thorpe and Mary Shaw, 7 Apr 1878; citing 7 Apr 1878; citing Marriage, Horsley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire Record Office, England.
↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJX-4642 : 8 September 2021), Thomas Thorpe and Mary Shaw, 18 Apr 1878; citing 18 Apr 1878; citing Marriage, Horsley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire Record Office, England.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27K-RKJB : 12 December 2017), Mary Thorpe in household of Thomas Thorpe, Denby, Derbyshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 29, Piece/Folio 3411/103, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,996.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:46LC-GZM : 5 May 2019), Mary Thorpe in household of Thomas Thorpe, Denby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Derbyshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSJJ-Y1D : 21 May 2019), Mary Thorpe in household of Thomas Thorpe, Denby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Horsley subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ "Derbyshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1991"
Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Diocese: Diocese of Derby; Reference Number: D 1428 5/2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61410 #3220395 (accessed 3 August 2023)
Mary Thorpe burial (died age 48) on 12 Jul 1904 in Denby, Derbyshire, England.
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