Person:Mary Garrett (45)

Mary Ann Garrett was born on 6th November 1857 at Slaugham in Sussex, daughter of Patience Garrett, formerly Godsmark or Rowland^[11], and her husband William Garrett, an agricultural labourer and farm bailiff. When Mary was still quite young the family moved about five miles south to the village of Bolney, where they appear in the 1861 census. As an adult Mary generally gave her place of birth as Bolney.

The family moved again in the 1860s, firstly to Worth, then to Lingfield in Surrey. The 1871 census finds the family living at Pelthams, a hamlet to the east of Lingfield village.

By 1881 Mary Ann was working as cook for a clergyman and schoolmaster in Brighton, living in a big house on Sussex Square in the centre of the town with 23 schoolboys boarding there.

On 14th April 1884, Mary Ann married Richard Singleton at Reigate in Surrey. For reasons which are not clear he gave his name as George when they married, yet in all other records appears as Richard. They went on to have one daughter, Mary Edith, the following year, who was born in the Dulwich / Tulse Hill area of the southern suburbs of London.

The 1891 census finds the family living in Dulwich, with Richard working as a coachman and groom.

By 1901 the family was living at 44 Tamworth Road in Croydon, a shop on the west side of the town centre, where Richard worked as a general grocery dealer. They were still at 44 Tamworth Road in 1911, when Mary was described as the shopkeeper, their daughter was assisting the business, and Richard was working as a coachman for the livery stables of a cab proprietor.

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Mary and Richard were living at 2 Windborough Road in Carshalton, a relatively recently built semi-detached house. They were living there with their daughter and her husband (who do not appear to have had any children). Both Mary and Richard were described as incapacitated.

Mary died in 1940, aged 82. She was buried at London's South Metropolitan Cemetery at West Norwood on 29th August 1940. Richard survived her by nearly nine years.

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 27 Nov 1857, Slaugham, Sussex: Mary Ann / William & Patien / Garret

   Needs to be confirmed at West Sussex Record Office.

2. ↑ 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 582; Folio 131; Page 20, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Bolney House, Bolney, Sussex
   William Garrett, head, married, male, 30 [1830/1], Farm Bailif [sic], b. Lindfield, Sussex
   Patience Garrett, wife, married, female, 23 [1837/8], b. Bolney, Sussex
   Mary Ann Garrett, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], b. Slaugham, Sussex
   Thomas W. Garrett, son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. Slaugham, Sussex

3. ↑ 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 1057; Folio 32; Page 5, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Pelthams, Lingfield, Surrey
   William Garrett, head, married, male, 40 [1830/1], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Lingfield, Surrey
   Patience Garrett, wife, married, female, 35 [1835/6], Ag[ricultural Lab[ourer] Wife, b. Cuckfield, Sussex
   Mary Ann Garrett, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1857/8], b. Slaugham, Sussex
   Thomas W. Garrett, son, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Slaugham, Sussex
   Frederick J. Garrett, son, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Boney [sic], Sussex
   Elizabeth J. Garrett, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], b. Worth, Sussex
   Emma E. Garrett, daughter, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Lingfield, Surrey
   Louisa Garrett, daughter, female, 5 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Lingfield, Surrey
   Charity Garrett, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Lingfield, Surrey
   Albert Garrett, son, male, 3m [1870/1], b. Lingfield, Surrey

4. ↑ 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 1079; Folio 22; Page 38, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 11 Sussex Square, Brighton, Sussex
   Henry A. Barclay, head, married, male, 48 [1832/3], Clergyman M.A. with cure of souls Schoolmaster, b. York
   Lucinda C. Barclay, wife, married, female, 47 [1833/4], b. Backwell, Somerset
   Ethel F. Barclay, daughter, female, 16 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Backwell, Somerset
   23 boarders - all boys between 8 and 15 years old, described as scholars
   8 servants, including:
   Mary A. Garrett, servant, unmarried, female, 23 [1857/8], Cook domestic servant, b. Bolney, Sussex

5. ↑ 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 461; Folio 17; Page 31, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Tenwood Stables, Sydenham Hill, Dulwich, Camberwell, London
   1 room occupied
   Richard Singleton, head, married, male, 32 [1858/9], Coachman groom, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Mary Singleton, wife, married, female, 34 [1856/7], b. Bonington, Sussex
   Edith Singleton, daughter, female, single, 5 [1885/6], b. Dulwich, Surrey

6. ↑ 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 639; Folio 7; Page 6, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 44 Tamworth Road, Croydon, Surrey
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Richard Singleton, head, married, male, 42 [1858/9], General Grocery Dealer, own account, working at home, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Mary Ann Singleton, wife, married, female, 43 [1857/8], b. Boney, Sussex
   Mary E. Singleton, daughter, female, 15 [1885/6], Board School Teacher, worker, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey

7. ↑ 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 3300; Schedule 169, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 44 Tamworth Road, Croydon, Surrey [described as a shop in enumerator's schedule]
   4 rooms occupied
   Richard Singleton, head, male, 52 [1858/9], married, Coachman (Livery Stables) - Cab Proprietor, worker, b. Derbyshire
   Mary Singleton, wife, female, 53 [1857/8], married 26 years, 1 child born alive, 1 child still living, General Shopkeeper, own account, working at home, b. Boney, Sussex
   Edith Singleton, daughter, female, 25 [1885/6], single, Assisting in business, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey
   Cecil Garrett, nephew, male, 14 [1896/7], School, b. West Norwood, Surrey

8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Carshalton Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 2 Windborough Road, Carshalton, Surrey
   Harris, John / male / 26 Jun 1874 / married / Grocer - Retired
   Harris, Mary E. / female / 13 Oct 1885 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   Singleton, Richard / male / 8 Mar 1859 / married / Incapacitated
   Singleton, Mary A. / female / 6 Nov 1857 / married / Incapacitated

9. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Mary Ann SINGLETON, September Quarter 1940, Surrey Mid Eastern Registration District, Volume 2a, page 328, aged 83 [1856/7]

   Place of death given as Carshalton on the basis that this was in the Surrey Mid Eastern district at the time and Mary's address on her burial record was in Carshalton.

10. ↑ West Norwood Cemetery Registers, in Deceased Online - The central database for UK burials and cremations.

    BURIALS in the Year 1940 in the SOUTH METROPOLITAN CEMETERY, established under Stat. 6 & 7 William IV., c. 129.
    No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
    A74834	Mary Ann Singleton	2 Windborough Road Carshalton	1940 Aug[ust] 29	83 y[ea]rs	Robert Bren

11. ↑ Patience had been born before her parents' marriage, and sometimes used her mother's maiden name of Rowland and sometimes used her father's surname of Godsmark.