Person:Mary Bailey (215)

Mary Bailey was baptised on 4th July 1826 at Pagham on the Sussex coast, daughter of Mary Bailey, formerly Edwards, and her husband Joseph Bailey, an agricultural labourer. Young Mary was the ninth of eleven children. The family lived at the hamlet of Nyetimber in Pagham. Mary's maternal grandmother, Susannah Edwards, lived a short distance away at Lagness. Mary's grandmother died in 1832. The following year Mary's mother died, when Mary was only six years old.

The 1841 census finds Mary living with her father, two brothers, sister-in-law and nephew at Nyetimber.

Mary was married on 7th February 1846, aged 19, to a wheelwright and carpenter named James Twine. They married at Westbourne, a little way west of Pagham along the coast. They settled in the hamlet of Prinsted in the parish of Westbourne, where they appear to have had at least nine children.

James died in 1871, aged 46. Mary survived him by less than nine years, dying in 1880, aged 53.

1. ↑ Pagham baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 478
   When Baptized: 4 Jul 1826
   Name: Mary
   Parents: Joseph & Mary
   Surname: Bailey
   Abode: Nyetimber
   Occupation: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: J. Rhodes

   This baptism has been linked to the Mary Bailey who married James Twine on the basis that their marriage certificate gives her father's name as Joseph Bailey, and in the censuses after their marriage she consistently claimed to have been born at Pagham around 1826.

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 1099; Book 4; Folio 23; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Nytimber, Pagham, Sussex
   Joseph Bailey, male, 55 [1781-6], Ag Lab, born in county
   Emily Bailey, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Mary Bailey, female, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   James Bailey, male, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Lot Bailey, male, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Alfred Bailey, male, 2 [1838/9], 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 1655; Folio 250; Page 18, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Prinsted, Westbourne, Sussex
   James Twine, head, married, male, 25 [1825/6], Wheelwright, b. Westbourne, Sussex
   Mary Twine, wife, married, female, 24 [1826/7], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Mary Ann Twine, daughter, female, 5 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Westbourne, Sussex
   George H. Twine, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Westbourne, Sussex
   William Twine, son, male, 4mo [1850], b. Westbourne, Sussex

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 630; Folio 107; Page 5, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Village of Prinsted, Westbourne, Sussex
   James Twine, head, married, male, 37 [1823/4], Wheelwright, b. Westbourne, Sussex
   Mary Twine, wife, married, female, 34 [1826/7], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Mary Ann Twine, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1845/6], b. Westbourne, Sussex
   George H. Twine, son, male, 12 [1848/9], b. Westbourne, Sussex
   William Twine, son, male, 10 [1850/1], b. Westbourne, Sussex
   Richard E. Twine, son, male, 5 [1855/6], b. Westbourne, Sussex
   Harriett Twine, daughter, female, 8 [1852/3], b. Westbourne, Sussex
   Edward Twine, twin son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. Westbourne, Sussex
   Alice Twine, twin daughter, female, 2 [1858/9], b. Westbourne, Sussex

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 1124; Folio 112; Page 14, 2 Apr 1871.

   Village of Prinsted, Westbourne, Sussex
   James Twine, head, married, male, 47 [1823/4], Carpenter, b. Westbourne, Sussex
   Mary Twine, wife, married, female, 45 [1825/6], wife, b. Pagham, Sussex
   William Twine, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], Carpenter's Son, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Richard E. Twine, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1855/6], Carpenter's Sons, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Alice Twine, daughter, female, 12 [1858/9], Scholar (twins), b. Pagham, Sussex
   Edward Twine, son, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar (twins), b. Pagham, Sussex
   Clara Twine, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Thomas Twine, son, male, 5 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex

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

   d. Mary TWINE, March Quarter 1880, Westbourne Registration District, Volume 2b, page 276, aged 54 [1825/6]