Person:Mary Almond (4)

Mary Almond was born on 11th August 1832 at King's Walden in Hertfordshire, daughter of Hannah and Joseph Almond, an agricultural labourer and carpenter. The family lived in the hamlet of Diamond End, where they were still living by the time of the 1841 census. Ten years later they had moved a short distance to Pond Farm in the neighbouring parish of Kimpton, before returning to Diamond End by 1861. Mary worked as a straw plaiter.

In 1862 Mary was married to a widower called George Marshall. She would have known him since childhood, as his family lived next door to hers at Diamond End in the 1841 census, although he was about fourteen years older than her. Mary and George did not marry in the King's Walden area, but in the northern suburbs of London, over thirty miles away. They later returned to King's Walden, where George was the master of a plaiting school in Breachwood Green, the largest village in the parish of King's Walden. The 1871 census find Mary and George living there with two of George's daughters from his first marriage.

Mary died in 1890, aged 57. George survived her by about four years.

1. ↑ Colemans Green Baptist Church. Births Register, 1825-1837.

   Date of Registry: Sep[tembe]r 27th 1835
   Child's name: Mary Almond
   Sex: Daughter of
   Parent's names: Joseph and Hannah Almond
   Residence: Diamond End
   Time of Birth: 11th August 1832
   Registrar's Signature: Henry Biggs

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 445; Book 10; Folio 28; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Diamond End, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   Joseph Alman, male, 30 [1806-11], Ag Lab, born in county
   Hannah Alman, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   Elizabeth Alman, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Mary Alman, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Louisa Alman, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Emma Alman, female, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Charles Alman, male, 7m [1840], born in county

   Living next door to her future husband George Marshall.

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1710; Folio 507; Page 13, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Pond Farm [listed between Lawrence End and Peters Green], Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Joseph Almonds, head, married, male, 42 [1808/9], Carpenter, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Almonds, wife, married, female, 40 [1810/11], Straw Plaiter, b. St Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Mary Almonds, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1832/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Louisa Almonds, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1835/6], Straw Plaiter, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Emma Almonds, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1838/9], Straw Plaiter, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Charles Almonds, son, unmarried, male, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Charlotte Almonds, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1842/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Alice Almonds, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   Ebenezar Almonds, son, unmarried, male, 1 [1849/50], b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 820; Folio 113; Page 27, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Diamond End, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   Joseph Almond, head, married, male, 53 [1807/8], Carpenter Journeyman, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Hannah Almond, wife, married, female, 50 [1810/11], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Mary Almond, daughter, unmarried, female, 28 [1832/3], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Charlotte Almond, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1842/3], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Alice Almond, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1844/5], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1369; Folio 134; Page 20, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Breachwood Green, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   George Marshall, head, married, male, 52 [1818/9], School Master (Plaiting School), b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Mary Marshall, wife, married, female, 38 [1832/3], School Master Wife, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Annie Marshall, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1846/7], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Emily Marshall, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1849/50], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1420; Folio 123; Page 29, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Breachwood Green, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   George Marshall, head, married, male, 62 [1818/9], Retired School Master, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Mary Marshal [sic], wife, married, female, 48 [1832/3], Wife, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   James A. Saddington, grandson, male, 4 [1876/7], b. St Albans, Hertfordshire
   Richard C. Morgan, visitor, married, male, 53 [1827/8], Publisher, b. Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
   George E. Morgan, visitor, male, 19 [1861/2], Student Undergraduate of Cambs, b. London

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Mary MARSHALL, March Quarter 1890, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 337, aged 58 [1831/2]