Person:Mary Harry (9)

Mary Ann Watson was baptised on 5th December 1813 at Saltash in Cornwall, daughter of Elizabeth Harry, formerly Worth, and her husband Robert Harry, a fisherman and waterman. She was the second of five children, although her older brother had died as a baby, making her effectively the eldest.

In 1835 Mary's mother Elizabeth died.

The following year, aged 23, Mary married James Watson at Saltash's parish church of St Stephen. They appear to have had two or three children, but apparently only one who survived infancy: Sarah Mary, born in 1841.

Mary died in 1843, aged 29. The 1851 census finds her daughter Sarah Mary living with Mary's father Robert and his second wife, whilst Mary's widower James was living with Mary's sister Sarah and her husband.

1. ↑ Saltash (St Nicholas & St Faith) baptisms, in United Kingdom. FreeREG Parish Register Transcripts and Indexes. (Free UK Genealogy).

   ch. 5 Dec 1813: Mary Ann daughter of Robert & Elisabeth Harry, Fisherman

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

   d. Mary Ann WATSON, September Quarter 1843, St Germans Registration District, Volume 9, page 63

   This is the only death of a Mary Ann Watson in the St Germans district between the birth of her daughter Sarah Mary in 1841 and 1851 when her husband James appears as a widower.