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Facts and Events
Name |
Mary Ann Nicholls |
Gender |
Female |
Birth[1] |
1863 |
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England |
Christening[2] |
31 May 1863 |
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, EnglandSt Helen |
Census[3] |
2 Apr 1871 |
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, EnglandNomansland |
Census[4] |
3 Apr 1881 |
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, EnglandBrewhouse Hill |
Census[5] |
5 Apr 1891 |
Luton, Bedfordshire, England13 Brook Street |
Census[6] |
31 Mar 1901 |
Luton, Bedfordshire, England17 Milton Road |
Census[7] |
2 Apr 1911 |
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England43 Watson's Row |
Death[8][9] |
11 Feb 1935 |
St Albans, Hertfordshire, EnglandOster House Infirmary |
Mary Ann Nicholls was born in 1863 at Nomansland in the parish of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. She was the daughter of a straw plaiter called Susan Warner and an agricultural labourer called Daniel William Nicholls. As Susan and Daniel were not married, Mary's birth was registered as 'Mary Ann Nichols Warner', although in all other records she used her father's surname.
The 1871 census finds Mary living with her parents and siblings at Nomansland. She was described as a straw plaiter. Shortly afterwards, when Mary was about eight years old, her mother died. Later that same year, Daniel married Susan's half-sister, Maria Wright (formerly Hornet), who thus went from being Mary's aunt to also being her stepmother.
The 1881 census finds the family living at Brewhouse Hill in Wheathampstead, with Mary still working as a straw plaiter. Through the 1880s, several of Mary's siblings emigrated to Australia. Mary stayed behind in England.
By 1891 Mary had moved to the nearby town of Luton, where she worked as a domestic servant for a straw hat merchant. She was still living in Luton in the 1901 census, but working as a straw hat sewer. A few days after the 1901 census, Mary's father died.
By 1911, Mary had moved to St Albans, a few miles south of Luton. Here she lived at 43 Watsons Row, also known as 43 Keyfield. She had living with her May Wright, who was daughter of her step-sister and cousin Sarah Wright. Mary was working in laundry as an ironer.
Mary lived at 43 Keyfield for the rest of her life. She died on 11th February 1935 at Oster House Infirmary in St Albans, aged 71. Her estate was administered by her half-sister Clara Seabrook, who lived in Harpenden.
References
- ↑ Birth index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. Mary Ann Nichols WARNER, June Quarter 1863, St Albans Registration District, Volume 3a, page 283, mother's maiden name blank
- ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).
BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Wheathampstead in the County of Hertford in the Year 1863 | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parent's Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | Christian | Surname | 165 | 1863 May 31 | Mary Ann | Daniel & Susan | Nichols
Warner | Nomansland, Wheathampstead | Laborer
Single woman | Owen W. Davys, Rector |
Baptised the same day as her brother Jesse.
- ↑ 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 1376; Folio 51; Page 18, 2 Apr 1871.
Address: No Man's Land, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Daniel Nichols, head, married, male, 37 [1833/4], Ag Labourer, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Susan Nichols, wife, married, female, 36 [1834/5], Straw plaiter, b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire William Nichols, son, male, 13 [1857/8], Ag Labourer, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Jessie Nichols, son, male, 11 [1859/60], Ag Labourer, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Frederick Nichols, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Ag Labourer, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Mary Ann Nichols, daughter, female, 7 [1863/4], Straw plaiter, b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Alfred Nichols, son, male, 5 [1865/6], b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Sarah Nichols, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Arthur Nichols, son, male, 1m [1871], b. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
- ↑ 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 1429; Piece 48; Page 7, 3 Apr 1881.
Address: Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Daniel Nichols, head, married, male, 47 [1833/4], Farm labourer, b. Gustard Wood, Hertfordshire Maria Nichols, wife, married, female, 48 [1832/3], Straw plaiter, b. Batford Mills, Hertfordshire Frederick Nichols, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1861/2], Farm labourer, b. Nomansland, Hertfordshire Mary Ann Nichols, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1863/4], Straw plaiter, b. Nomansland, Hertfordshire Sarah Nichols, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Nomansland, Hertfordshire Arthur Nichols, son, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Nomansland, Hertfordshire Clara Nichols, daughter, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Nomansland, Hertfordshire George Nichols, son, male, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Nomansland, Hertfordshire Sarah Wright, daughter, female, 13 [1867/8], Scholar (2nd family), b. Folly, Hertfordshire
- ↑ 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 1271; Folio 75; Page 17, 5 Apr 1891.
Address: 13 Brook Street, Luton, Bedfordshire Five or more rooms occupied Frank Arnold, head, widower, male, 68 [1822/3], Straw Hat Merchant, employer, b. Ireland Mary Nichols, servant, single, 28 [1862/3], General Servant (domestic), b. St Albans, Hertfordshire
- ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 1514; Folio 132; Page 33, 31 Mar 1901.
Address: 17 Milton Road, Luton, Bedfordshire Five or more rooms occupied Martha Mardell, head, widow, female, 64 [1836/7], Straw hat sewer, worker, at home, b. Hertford, Hertfordshire Emily Mardell, daughter, single, female, 31 [1869/70], Straw hat sewer, worker, at home, b. Luton, Bedfordshire Florence A. Mardell, daughter, single, female, 20 [1880/1], Straw hat finisher, worker, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire Mary Nicholls, boarder, single, female, 40 [1860/1], Straw hat sewer, worker, b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
- ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 7674; Schedule 26, 2 Apr 1911.
Address: 43 Watson's Row, St Albans, Hertfordshire 2 rooms occupied Mary Nicholls, head, female, 39 [1871/2], single, Laundry work (ironer), b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire May Wright, cousin, female, 18 [1892/3], Laundry work (collar machine), b. Harpenden, Hertfordshire
43 Watson's Row appears to have been the same property as 43 Keyfield, which was Mary's home at the time of her death in 1935. Old maps show that Watson's Row was the same street as the modern road Keyfield Terrace. The name presumably changed some time between 1911 and 1935.
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Mary Ann NICHOLLS, March Quarter 1935, St Albans Registration District, Volume 3a, page 1125, aged 71 [1863/4]
- ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).
NICHOLLS Mary Ann of 43 Keyfield St. Albans Hertfordshire spinster died 11 February 1935 at Oster House Infirmary St. Albans Administration London 3 May to Clara Seabrook widow. Effects £126 7s. 4d.
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