Person:Mary Holmes (122)

Mary Holmes was baptised on 5th April 1822 at South Kyme in Lincolnshire, daughter of a cordwainer (shoemaker) called John Holmes and his wife Bridget. The 1841 census finds Mary living at South Kyme with her mother, who was also described as a shoemaker.

On 29th August 1850 Mary was married at South Kyme to Luke Ward, a carpenter from the nearby village of Great Hale. They settled in Great Hale after their marriage, having four children there between 1850 and 1857. The 1851 census finds Mary and Luke living on South Street in Great Hale with their daughter, Luke's mother, one of his sisters, a niece, a nephew, a lodger and an apprentice. The 1861 census finds Mary and Luke and their four children living at 14 South Street in Great Hale with one servant. By this time Luke was described as a farmer of ten acres rather than a carpenter.

Mary's son Christopher died in 1869, aged 16.

The 1871 census finds Mary, Luke and their three surviving children living at an unspecified location in Great Hale. Their farm had grown to 25 acres.

Mary died at Great Hale on 17th May 1873, aged 51. Luke survived her by nearly nineteen years.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of South Kyme (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1654-1964. (Lincoln: Lincolnshire Archives).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of South Kyme in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1822
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   218	5 April	Mary Dau[gh]t[e]r of	John Bridget	Holmes	South Kyme	Cordwainer	Lewis Jones, Curate

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 620; Book 9; Folio 14; Page 23, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Bridgett Holmes, female, 50 [1786-91], Shoe m[aker], born in county
   Mary Holmes, female, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   Joseph Holmes, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county

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 2101; Folio 244; Page 10, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: South Street, Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Ward, head, married, male, 34 [1816/7], Carpenter Master employing 1 man and 1 apprentice, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Mary Ward, wife, married, female, 29 [1821/2], Carpenters Wife, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Ann Ward, daughter, unmarried, female, 5mo [1850], Carpenters Dau[ghte]r, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Ann Ward, mother, widow, female, 62 [1788/9], Annuitant, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Rebecca Ward, sister, unmarried, female, 24 [1826/7], Carpenters Dau[ghte]r, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Ward, niece, unmarried, female, 17 [1833/4], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   William Fletcher, lodger, unmarried, male, 23 [1827/8], Carpenter (Journeyman), b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   William Housley, apprentice, unmarried, male, 19 [1831/2], Carpenters Apprentice, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Walton, nephew, unmarried, male, 10 [1840/1], Errand Boy, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

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 2345; Folio 102; Page 21, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 14 South Street, Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Ward, head, married, male, 44 [1816/17], Farmer of 10 acres, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Mary Ward, wife, married, female, 39 [1821/2], b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Ann Ward, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Benjamin Ward, son, male, 9 [1851/2], scholar, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Cristopher [sic] Ward, son, male, 7 [1853/4], scholar, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Ward, son, male, 3 [1857/8], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Bellamy, servant, female, 13 [1847/8], serv[ant], b. North Kyme, Lincolnshire

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 3352; Folio 112; Page 16, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Ward, head, married, male, 54 [1816/17], Farmer & Landowner of 25 acres, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Mary Ward, wife, married, female, 49 [1821/2], b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Ann Ward, daughter, unmarried, female, 20 [1850/1], Farmer's Daughter, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Benjamin Ward, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], Farmer's Son, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Ward, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Mary WARD, June Quarter 1873, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 276, aged 51 [1821/2]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hale (Lincolnshire). Parish registers for Great Hale, ca.1568-1988. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993-2002).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Hale Magna in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1873
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1100	Mary Ward	Hale Magna	May 20th	51 years	Frank Sugden

8. ↑ Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 4, 23 May 1873.

   DIED.
   At Great Hale, on the 17th inst., Mary wife of Mr. Luke Ward, farmer, aged 51.

9. ↑ Monumental Inscription.

   In / Affectionate Remembrance / OF / MARY / WIFE OF / LUKE WARD / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / MAY 17TH 1873 / AGED 51 YEARS.
   BE YE THEREFORE READY ALSO FOR THE SON OF MAN COMETH AT AN HOUR WHEN YE THINK NOT.