Person:Mary Singleton (43)

Mary Elizabeth Singleton was born in 1850 at Allington in Lincolnshire, the third of eleven children of Eliza Worth Singleton, formerly Bonser, and her husband Robert Singleton, a coachman and groom. Mary Elizabeth grew up in Allington, appearing in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses living at West Allington with her parents and siblings.

By 1871 she had left home and was working as a laundry maid at Ribston Hall in Yorkshire, home of John Dent Dent, a Liberal politician, who was Member of Parliament for Scarborough. She gave her name as Elizabeth Mary in the 1871 census and on other occasions gave it just as Elizabeth, suggesting she was known by her middle name.

Elizabeth's parents and siblings were still at Allington in 1871, but moved either late in 1871 or 1872, because by November 1872 they were living at Aston on Trent in Derbyshire, when Elizabeth's mother Eliza died, aged 46.

The following year, on 15th December 1873, aged 23, Elizabeth was married to a gardener named John Warrior. He had been at the Ribston Hall estate in 1871 when Elizabeth had been working there. They did not marry locally to Ribston Hall, but at Aston on Trent, where her father was living. Elizabeth's older brother and his wife were the witnesses to the marriage.

After their marriage they initially lived at West Tanfield, north of Ripon, having seven children there between their marriage and 1884. Around 1881 the family was clearly struck with illness; the census finds John at a Sanatorium in Bournemouth, nearly 300 miles away from Elizabeth and the children in West Tanfield. Their eldest daughter died aged seven shortly afterwards. John clearly recovered and later returned to join the family in Yorkshire again.

The family moved around various big estates in this part of Yorkshire, presumably following John's work as a domestic gardener. By 1891 they had moved to the Aldburgh Hall estate just outside the small town of Masham, and a couple of miles west of West Tanfield. They had moved again by 1901, to Park House at Snape, about four miles north of West Tanfield. They were still at Snape in 1911.

Elizabeth's father died in 1901 at Bainton in Northamptonshire.

John died aged 77 in 1928 in the town of Keighley, nearly 40 miles to the south-west of West Tanfield and Snape. He was buried back at West Tanfield. Elizabeth survived him by nearly four years. She went to live with her youngest daughter Kate and her husband who had moved to Flixton near Manchester. Elizabeth died at Flixton on 30th June 1932. She was buried four days later at West Tanfield. She was 82 years old.

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

   b. Mary Elizabeth SINGLETON, June Quarter 1850, Newark Registration District, Volume 15, page 610, mother's maiden name Bonser

2. ↑ 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 2138; Folio 146; Page 23, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Robert Singleton, head, married, male, 32 [1818/9], Servant Groom, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Singleton, wife, married, female, 25 [1825/6], b. Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Samuel Singleton, son, male, 4 [1846/7], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Mary Eliz[abe]th Singleton, daughter, 11 mos [1850], b. West Allington, Lincolnshire

3. ↑ 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 2481; Folio 12; Page 18, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Robert Singleton, head, married, male, 42 [1818/9], Groom, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Singleton, wife, married, female, 35 [1825/6], b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Samuel Singleton, son, male, 14 [1846/7], Ag[ricultural] Boy, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Mary Eliz[abe]th Singleton, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   William Singleton, son, male, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Bonser Singleton, son, male, 5 [1855/6], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   James Singleton, son, male, 3 [1857/8], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Richard Singleton, son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. West Allington, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ 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 4282; Folio 101; Page 18, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Ribstone Hall, Great Ribstone with Walshford, Yorkshire
   Joseph Dent, head, widower, male, 79 [1791/2], Landowner, b. Sheffield, Yorkshire
   John Dent Dent, son, married, male, 44 [1826/7], Landowner M.P., b. Welby, Yorkshire
   Mary Catherine Dent, granddaughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1856/7], b. Great Ribstone, Yorkshire
   John William Dent, grandson, unmarried, male, 13 [1857/8], b. Great Ribstone, Yorkshire
   Margaret Eleanor Dent, granddaughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1858/9], b. Great Ribstone, Yorkshire
   Francis Dent, grandson, unmarried, male, 10 [1860/1], b. Great Ribstone, Yorkshire
   Charles Henry Dent, grandson, unmarried, male, 5 [1865/6], b. Great Ribstone, Yorkshire
   Isabel Ada Dent, granddaughter, unmarried, female, 4 [1866/7], b. Great Ribstone, Yorkshire
   Eleanor Birley, sister in law, unmarried, female, 73 [1797/8], Houskeeper [sic], b. Doncaster, Yorkshire
   Fanny Tower, governess, unmarried, female, 37 [1833/4], Governess, b. Eton, Buckinghamshire
   Thomas Booth, servant, married, male, 38 [1832/3], Butler (Domestic serv), b. Barblow, Derbyshire
   Henry Bell, servant, unmarried, male, 26 [1844/5], Footman (Domestic serv), b. Riccall, Yorkshire
   William Lonsdale, servant, unmarried, male, 23 [1847/8], Under Footman (Domestic serv), b. Appleton le Street, Yorkshire
   Anne Barber, servant, unmarried, female, 33 [1837/8], Lady's Maid (Domestic serv), b. Dunkeswick, Yorkshire
   Anne Stephenson, servant, unmarried, female, 30 [1840/1], Cook (Domestic serv), b. Boston Spa, Yorkshire
   Margaret Holmes, servant, unmarried, female, 28 [1842/3], Upper House Maid (Domestic serv), b. Aizegarth, Yorkshire
   Jane Fletcher, servant, unmarried, female, 22 [1848/9], Under House Maid (Domestic serv), b. York, Yorkshire
   Sarah Jane Gargrave, servant, unmarried, female, 20 [1850/1], Kitchen Maid (Domestic serv), b. Bridlington, Yorkshire
   Ann Corker, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Under Kitchen Maid (Domestic serv), b. Knaresbrough, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Mary Singleton, servant, unmarried, female, 21 [1849/50], Laundry Maid (Domestic serv), b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Ann Chandler, servant, unmarried, female, 18 [1852/3], Nurse Maid (Domestic serv), b. Hampshire

5. ↑ 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 4320; Folio 86; Page 10, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Warrior, head, married, female, 30 [1850/1], Gardeners Wife, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Mary Eliza Warrior, daughter, female, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Ada Ellen Warrior, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Tanfield, Yorkshire
   John Warrior, son, male, 4 [1876/7], b. Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Robert Warrior, son, male, 2 [1878/9], b. Tanfield, Yorkshire

6. ↑ 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 4029; Folio 73; Page 2, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Aldburgh Hall, Burton upon Ure [Civil Parish], Masham [Urban Sanitary District], Yorkshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   John Warrior, head, married, male, 40 [1850/1], Gardener Domestic Servant, employed, b. Sleningford Mill, Yorkshire
   Mary Elizabeth Warrior, wife, married, female, 40 [1850/1], b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Ada Ellen Warrior, daughter, single, female, 15 [1875/6], Dressmaker Apprentice, employed, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   John Warrior, son, single, male, 14 [1876/7], Telegraph Messenger, employed, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Robert Warrior, son, male, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Ernest James Warrior, son, male, 9 [1881/2], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Emily Warrior, daughter, female, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Katy Warrior, daughter, female, 6 [1884/5], b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire

7. ↑ 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 4601; Folio 17; Page 13, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Snape, Yorkshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   John Warrior, head, married, male, 50 [1850/1], Gardener Domestic, worker, b. North Stainley, Yorkshire
   Mary E. Warrior, wife, married, female, 50 [1850/1], b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Kate Warrior, daughter, single, female, 16 [1884/5], b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire

8. ↑ 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 29402; Schedule 30, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Park House, Snape, Yorkshire
   5 rooms occupied
   John Warrior, head, male, 60 [1850/1], married, Gardener "Domestic", worker, b. Sleningford Mill, Yorkshire
   Mary Elizabeth Warrior, wife, female, 60 [1850/1], married 38 years, 7 children born, 6 children still living, b. Grantham, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Mary Elizabeth WARRIOR, September Quarter 1932, Barton upon Irwell Registration District, Volume 8c, page 519, aged 82 [1849/50]

10. ↑ Burials register, in West Tanfield, Yorkshire, England. Parish Registers (North Yorkshire Record Office, Northallerton).

    BURIALS in the Parish of West Tanfield in the County of York in the Year 1932
    No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
    395	Mary Elizabeth Warrior	1 Victoria R[oa]d Flixton	July 4th 1932	82	C. Belham[?], C.M.S. Missionary

11. ↑ Find a Grave, accessed 29 Jun 2019.

    bur. St Nicholas, West Tanfield, Yorkshire: Mary Elizabeth Warrior, d. 30 Jun 1932