Person:Mary Tring (1)

Mary Tring's origins have yet to be established for certain. She appears to have been born around 1787 at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.

Mary's first confirmed sighting is on 27th September 1810, when she married a Thomas Linney. They appear to have had several children at Leighton Buzzard, although baptisms have yet to be found for all of them. There also appears to have been some confusion in the registers, with Mary's name several times given as Elizabeth.

The 1841 census finds Mary living with her husband Thomas, who was then working as a railway labourer, at America Place in Leighton Buzzard. Some of their younger children (including Samuel, whose baptism record had given his mother's name as Elizabeth) were living with them. Ten years later the family was still at America in Leighton Buzzard, but with Mary and Thomas living just as a couple, but with several of their now adult children living within a few doors of them. At this time Mary was working as a washerwoman.

Thomsa died in 1854. Mary outlived him by nearly seven years. In September 1860 she was admitted to the Three Counties Asylum at Stotfold, over 20 miles from Leighton Buzzard. The asylum had opened earlier that year to cater for patients from across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire. Mary spent the last six months of her life there, dying there on 25th March 1861. She was buried back at Leighton Buzzard six days later.

1.   England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   There are a couple of baptisms which may be this Mary that would fit with the age and birthplace quoted in the censuses, or neither of these may be her:
   ch. 20 Feb 1782, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire: Mary daughter of Thomas & Mary Tring
   ch. 11 Feb 1787, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire: Mary daughter of John and Sarah Tring
   The 1787 baptism is considered more likely on the basis that there is a burial of a Mary Tring at Leighton Buzzard on 8th July 1782 which could well be the child baptised earlier that year. However, further evidence needed to be sure.

   Needs to be confirmed at Bedfordshire Archives.

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 5; Book 21; Folio 12; Page 19, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: America Place, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Linney, male, 45 [1791-6], Rail Rd. Lab, born in county
   Mary Linney, female, 45 [1791-6], born in county
   Saml. Linney, male, 20 [1816-21], Rail Rd. Lab, born in county
   James Linney, male, 15 [1821-26], Rail Rd. Lab, born in county
   Caroline Linney, female, 15 [1821-26], born in county
   Willm. Linney, male, 12 [1828/9], born in county

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 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 1756; Folio 127; Page 13, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: America, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Linney, head, male, 72 [1778/9], Ag Lab, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Mary Linney, wife, female, 64 [1786/7], Washerwoman, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

4.   UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1912 (National Archives, Kew)
   Class MH94; Piece 17.

   Name: Linney, Mary
   Pauper, female
   Date of Admission: 14 Sep 1860
   Asylum: Bedford
   Date of Discharge or Death: 25 Mar 1861 - Died

5. ↑ Death register, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Registration District Biggleswade
   1861 DEATHS in the District of Biggleswade in the County of Bedford
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   128	Twenty fifth March 1861 Three Counties Lunatic Asylum Stotfold	Mary Linney	Female	74 years	Charwoman	Paralysis Certified	W[illia]m Denne In attendance Three Counties Lunatic Asylum Stotfold	Thirtieth March 1861	Alfred Jelf

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Leighton Buzzard (All Saints) Parish Registers, 1562-1981. (Bedford: Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Serrvice).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Leighton Buzzard in the County of Bedford in the Year 1861
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1708	Mary Linney	Bedford	March 31	75 [1785/6]	J.W. Collis