Person:Mary Nicholls (7)

Mary Nicholls was born on 19th May 1823 and baptised a couple of months later at Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. She was the daughter of a straw plaiter called Hannah Nicholls, formerly Filby, and her husband, Daniel Nicholls, a labourer who had previously been a soldier in the militia. Mary was their second child, although their first child had died before Mary's birth.

Mary's father died when she was only six years old. Mary herself did not live to adulthood. She died aged 14 in July 1837 and was buried at Wheathampstead.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Wheathampstead in the County of Hertford in the Year 1823
   No.500 / Born May 19th Baptized July 27th / Mary Daughter of / Daniel & Hannah / NICHOLLS / Ribbon Hall / Laborer

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

   d. Mary NICHOLLS, September Quarter 1837, St Albans Registration District, Volume 6, page 275, aged 12 [1824/5]

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Wheathampstead in the County of Hertford in the Year 1837
   No. 709
   Name: Mary Nicholls
   Abode: Gustard Wood
   When buried: July 19th
   Age: 12 yrs [1824/5]
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: J. Douton, Curate