Mary Porrit(t) (father's father's father's mother)

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Mary Porritt, then Mary Alexander

Date and place of birth
c. 1818
see baptism

Names of parents
Samuel Porritt and Esther? (nee Hindle)
Samuel was a millwright
IGI marriage - 27th Feb 1816 Church Lancashire

Date and place of baptism
Baptisms: 14 Jun 1818 St James, Church Kirk, Lancashire, England
Mary Porrit - Daughter of Samuel Porrit & Esther
Abode: Tinker
Occupation: Engineer
Ann Porrit was christened the same day - twins?

Details of marriage
To Charles Alexander, widower
5 August 1850
St Mary's Bury Lancashire
(Mary was the second of four wives)

Occupation(s) - if any

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found her on.

1841 Census
Not found

1851 Census
Class HO107; Piece 2213; Folio 231; Page 25
Albert Street Heap Heywood
Charles Alexander Alexander Head Mar 30 Carpenter and Joiner Berkshire Lambourne
Mary Wife Mar 33 Lancashire Foxhill Bank
M H Daur 4 Lancashire Heywood

M H is Martha Hannah, daughter of Charles and Lavinia (first wife)

Date, place and cause of death
Mary died 11 September 1855
at Bridge Street Heywood
Wife of Charles Alexander Joiner
Mary died of phthisis pulmonatis certified
Jane Leach was present at death
Her age was given as 37..Date and place of burial / cremation.

Details of will / administration of their estate
Very unlikely there was one

Burial
Not known

Memorial inscription - if any
I don't know where she was buried.

In the five years that Mary was married to Charles Alexander, she had two sons:
Joseph born 10 May 1851 (my great-grandfather)
Samuel born 4 December 1853