Mary (Smith) Knighton was born in Cambridgeshire, England.
Mary Ann Smith was born on November 15, 1864 in Glassmoor Fen, Whittlesey. She was the fifth child of William Smith and Jemima Willmot.[1]
In the 1871 census, Mary is living with her family at Slate Barn Drove, Whittlesey.[2]
In the 1881 census, Mary is working as a domestic servant for the Shepperson family of London Street, Whittlesey.[3] Interestingly, her daughter Sarah would also work as a servant for this family in 1901.
In 1891, Mary lived with her family at Exhibition Road in Holme.[5]
Mary was baptised at St Giles' Church in Holme as an adult on March 11, 1898.[6] She died less than a month later on April 7, aged only 33 years old. Did Mary know that she was deathly ill, prompting her baptism? Her cause of death as noted on her death certificate was 'syncope, embolism and paralysis'.[7] She was buried at Holme on April 9, 1898.[8]
Sources
↑ General Register Office, birth certificate for Mary Ann Smith, registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1864, Whittlesey registration district, Volume 3b, Page 584.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27C-P812 : 11 December 2017), Mary A Smith in household of William Shepperson, St Mary And St Andrew Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 18, Piece/Folio 1692/39, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,506.
↑ General Register Office, marriage certificate for Jabez Knighton and Mary Ann Smith, registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1883, Peterborough registration district, Volume 3b, Page 409.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L8D-BZM : 2 May 2019), Mary A Knighton in household of Jabez Knighton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Northamptonshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
↑ Huntingdonshire Family History Society, Holme St Giles, Parish Registers 1604-2000, Page 66. 1898, Mar 11; KNIGHTON Mary Ann (wife of Jabez) d of William & Jemima SMITH (deceased) Privately. Adult baptism.
↑ General Register Office, death certificate for Mary Ann Knighton, age 33, registered Apr-May-Jun 1898, Peterborough registration district, Volume 3b, Page 123.
↑ Huntingdonshire Family History Society, Holme St Giles, Parish Registers 1604-2000, Page 219. 1898, Apr 09; KNIGHTON Mary Ann of Holme Fen 33.
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