Person:Mary McDonald (125)

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Mary McDonald
 
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Name Mary McDonald
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1847 Sunderland, Durham, England
Census[2] 30 Mar 1851 Sunderland, Durham, England40 Burleigh Street
Census[3] 7 Apr 1861 Sunderland, Durham, England15 George Street
Census[4] 2 Apr 1871 Sunderland, Durham, England5 Walker Street, Bishopwearmouth
Marriage 16 Dec 1873 Sunderland, Durham, EnglandMonkwearmouth Church
to Robert Hutchinson
Census[5] 3 Apr 1881 Sunderland, Durham, EnglandBack East Cross Street, Bishopwearmouth
Census[6] 5 Apr 1891 Sunderland, Durham, England25 Covent Garden Street, Bishopwearmouth

Mary McDonald was born in 1847 at Sunderland in County Durham. She was the daughter of a ship yard labourer named Francis McDonald and his wife Jane. Mary appears in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses living at home with her parents and siblings in Sunderland.

In the 1871 census, Mary appears living with a paper maker named Robert Hutchinson, who was a widower twice over and 22 years her senior. Mary was described as Mary Hutchinson and recorded as his wife, although they were not yet married. In fact they had two sons together before they married, although sadly both died as infants. Mary did eventually marry Robert in 1873. All together, Mary and Robert had six sons together, although only three of them survived infancy. In the 1881 census Mary and Robert were living with two of their sons, some of his children from his previous wife and Mary's sister Esther. In the 1891 census Mary and Robert were living in Sunderland with the three children they had together who survived infancy.

Robert died in 1893, aged 67. Mary has yet to be traced after the 1891 census.

References
  1. Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    b. Mary McDONALD, December Quarter 1847, Sunderland Registration District, Vol. 24, page 326

  2. 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 2397; Folio 181; Page 44, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: 40 Burleigh Street, Sunderland, Durham
    Francis McDonald, head, married, male, 40 [1810/11], Labourer, b. Ireland
    Jane McDonald, wife, married, female, 34 [1816/7], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Joe McDonald, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1834/5], Sailor App, b. Sunderland, Durham
    Jane McDonald, daughter, female, 9 [1841/2], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Mary McDonald, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Eliza McDonald, daughter, female, 7mo [1850], b. Sunderland, Durham

  3. 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 3779; Folio 40; Page 7, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: 15 George Street, Sunderland, Durham
    Francis McDonald, head, married, male, 50 [1810/11], Lab in Ship Yard, b. Ireland
    Jane McDonald, wife, married, female, 46 [1814/5], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Mary McDonald, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
    John McDonald, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Deptford, Durham
    Esther McDonald, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Sunderland, Durham

  4. 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 4999; Folio 102; Page 1, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: 5 Walker Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham
    Robert Hutchinson, head, married, male, 47 [1823/4], Paper maker (finisher), b. Richmond, Yorkshire
    Mary Hutchinson, wife, married, female, 23 [1847/8], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Catherine Hutchinson, daughter, female, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
    Alex. Robt. Hutchinson, son, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
    Mary Jane Hutchinson, daughter, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
    Isabella Hutchinson, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham

  5. 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 4986; Folio 58; Page 2, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: Bk. East Cross Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham
    Robert Hutchinson, head, married, male, 57 [1823/4], Paper maker, b. Richmond, Yorkshire
    Mary Hutchinson, wife, married, female, 34 [1846/7], b. Sunderland, Durham
    A.R. Hutchinson, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1862/3], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Isabella Hutchinson, daughter, female, 14 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
    Robt. Jas. Hutchinson, son, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
    George W. Hutchinson, male, 1 [1879/80], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Esther McDonald, boarder, unmarried, female, 20 [1860/1], Domestic Servant, b. Sunderland, Durham

  6. England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 4143; Folio 14; Page 20, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: 25 Covent Garden St., Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham
    Two rooms occupied
    Robert Hutchinson, head, married, male, 67 [1823/4], Paper maker, employed, b. Richmond, Yorkshire
    Mary Hutchinson, wife, married, female, 40 [1850/1], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Robert J. Hutchinson, son, male, 15 [1875/6], b. Sunderland, Durham
    George W. Hutchinson, son, male, 12 [1878/9], b. Sunderland, Durham
    Septimus Hutchinson, son, male, 7 [1883/4], b. Sunderland, Durham