Person:Mary Swallow (10)

Mary Swallow was born on 21st May 1833 and baptised the following month at Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Swallow, formerly Catline, and her husband William Swallow, a labourer. The family lived at Pickford, then a hamlet in the west of the parish on the River Lea, but which has since been absorbed by the Batford area of Harpenden.

The 1841 census finds Mary living with her parents and next door to her maternal grandmother at Gustard Wood, another hamlet in Wheathampstead parish. She has yet to be researched after 1841.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Baptisms register, in 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 1833
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   950	Born May 21 Baptized June 16	Mary D[aughte]r of	Will[ia]m & Eliz[abe]th	Swallow	Pickford Mills	Laborer	J. Douton, Curate

2. ↑ 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 442; Book 8; Folio 30; Page 22, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address	Gustardwood, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Name	Sex	Age*	Implied birthdate	Occupation	Born in county?
   William Swallow	male	30	1806-11	Ag Lab	Yes
   Elizabeth Swallow	female	30	1806-11	S Pl	Yes
   George Swallow	female	9	1831/2		Yes
   Mary Swallow	female	8	1832/3		Yes
   Thomas Swallow	male	4	1836/7		Yes
   Susan Swallow	female	7 months	1840		Yes
   * next household *
   Sarah Swallow	female	70	1766-1771	Widow	Yes
   Eliza Swallow	female	8	1832/3		Yes
   *Age was supposed to be rounded down to the next multiple of five for everyone over 15.