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Facts and Events
Mary Ann Hemmings was baptised on 30th January 1820 at Tilsworth in Bedfordshire, daughter of a straw plaiter called Charlotte Hemmings, formerly Sinfield, and her husband James Hemmings, an agricultural labourer.
In 1836, aged 16, she married a Joseph Kempson from the nearby village of Totternhoe. They married at Totternhoe, but then returned to Tilsworth where their first two children were born.
The 1841 census finds Mary living with Joseph and two children at Billington (then a hamlet in the parish of Leighton Buzzard, but later a parish in its own right). She is also listed on census night with her daughter staying with her parents back at Tilsworth.
In March 1843, Joseph was convicted of stealing pears and sentenced to a year in Bedford Gaol. Mary gave birth to her third child about the same time that Joseph was convicted.
Whilst Joseph was still in jail Mary died, aged just 24. She was buried at Stanbridge on Christmas Eve 1843.
References
- ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).
ch. 30 Jan 1820, Tilsworth, Bedfordshire: Mary Ann daughter of James & Caroline Hemings
This baptism has been identified on the basis that Mary said she was born between 1816 and 1821 in Bedfordshire in the 1841 census and her burial record implies she was born about 1819. Also, her first two children were baptised at Tilsworth, and her daughter Mary Ann appears in the 1851 census living with Mary's mother. Although Mary's mother's name is here recorded as Caroline, the sequence of baptisms at Tilsworth around this time suggest her name was actually Charlotte.
- ↑ 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 5; Book 22; Folio 5; Page 5, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Great Billington East Side, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Joseph Kempston, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag Labourer, born in county
Mary Kempston, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
Mary Ann Kempston, female, 4 [1836/7], born in county
David Kempston, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
Mary also appears to have been recorded at her parent's home in Tilsworth on census night:
Class HO107; Piece 5; Book 32; Folio 6; Page 6
Address: Tilsworth, Bedfordshire
James Emmings, male, 60 [1776-81], Ag[ricultural] lab[ourer], not born in county
Charlotte Emmings, female, 50 [1786-91], not born in county
Jane Emmings, female, 18 [1822/3], born in county
William Emmings, male, 14 [1826/7], born in county
Phebe Emmings, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
Susanna Emmings, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county
William Emmings, male, 8 months [1840], born in county
Mary Kempson, female, 21 [1819/20], born in county
Ann Kempson, female, 3 [1837/8], born in county
- Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Mary KEMPSON, December Quarter 1843, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Volume 6, page 63, aged 24 [1818/19]
- ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Stanbridge Parish Registers, 1561-1961. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).
BURIALS in the Parish of Stanbridge in the County of Bedford in the Year 1843
No.232
Name: Mary Kempson
Abode: Stanbridge
When buried: Dec[embe]r 24
Age: 24
By whom the Ceremony was performed: G.W. Hayley?, Vicar
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