Person:Maria Marshall (6)

Maria Marshall was baptised on 25th February 1810 at Kimpton in Hertfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Marshall, formerly Bent, and her husband William Marshall, an agricultural labourer. Maria's younger siblings' baptisms record that the family lived in the hamlet of Peters Green, and later moved to the neighbouring parish of King's Walden.

Maria's mother died in 1826, when Maria was only sixteen years old.

Maria was married in 1830 at King's Walden to James Mardell, a bricklayer. James and Maria appear to have had at least nine children together between 1831 and 1854. The censuses from 1841 to 1861 each find the family living at Breachwood Green, the largest village in the parish of King's Walden, with James working as a bricklayer, whilst Maria was a plaiter, presumably in the straw plaiting industry which dominated the area. Maria's father died in 1847 at The Heath, an adjoining hamlet to Breachwood Green.

James died in 1862, aged 53. Maria survived him by nearly twelve years, and appears in the 1871 census living with two of her children at Breachwood Green. She died in 1874, aged about 64.

1. ↑ Church of England. Kimpton Parish Registers.

   Baptisms:
   1810: Feb 25 Maria Dr of William Marshall & Elizth his Wife

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 36; Page 4, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Breachwood Green, Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   James Mardle, male, 35 [1801-6], Brick la, born in county
   Maria Mardle, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   Elizabeth Mardle, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   William Mardle, male, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Eli Mardle, male, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Mary Mardle, female, 3 [1837/8], born in county
   Jesse Mardle, male, 3 mon [1841], 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 1710; Folio 455; Page 19, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   James Mardle, head, married, male, 41 [1809/10], Bricklayer, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Maria Mardle, wife, married, female, 40 [1810/11], b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   William Mardle, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1832/3], Bricklayer, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Mary Mardle, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1837/8], Straw Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Jesse Mardle, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Emma Mardle, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Mardle, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire

   No exact address given, but the enumerator's book shows this as being in the Breachwood Green / Colemans Green part of King's Walden parish. Listed next door to the Baptist Chapel.

   Listed next door to the family of a Baptist Minister.

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 104; Page 10, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Breachwood Green, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   James Mardle, head, married, male, 55 [1805/6], Bricklayer, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Maria Mardle, wife, married, female, 52 [1808/9], Plaitter, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Eli Mardle, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1834/5], Ag Lab, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Jesse Mardle, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1840/1], Bricklayers Lab, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Emma Mardle, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1844/5], Plaitter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Mardle, daughter, female, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Eliza Mardle, daughter, female, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Esau Mardle, son, male, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire

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 132; Page 16, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Breachwood Green, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Maria Mardle, head, widow, female, 62 [1808/9], Plaiter, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Jesse Mardle, son, unmarried, male, 29 [1841/2], Bricklayer, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Eliza Mardle, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire

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

   d. Maria MARDELL, March Quarter 1874, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 221, aged 63 [1810/11]