Mary Ann Schofield (FMMM)
 

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Mary Ann Schofield

Date and place of birth
About 1834, Manchester, Lancashire

Names of parents
Father: John Schofield, spinner
Mother: Jane (unknown)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
(possibly) 20th July 1834, Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Married to William Grimshaw on 25th December 1852 at Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire

Occupation(s) - if any
1851: servant
1861: none

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1834: Fleet St., Manchester
1841: Fleet St., Manchester
1851: 11 Myrtle St., Hulme, Manchester
1852: 2 Syer's Court, Bootle Street, Manchester
1861: 13 Seddons Court, Hulme, Manchester
1865: 11 Warwick St., Bradford,Yorkshire

Date, place and cause of death
Died on 3rd April 1865 at 11 Warwick St., Bradford, Yorkshire.
Cause of death: phthisis, 6 weeks.

Date and place of burial / cremation.
Not known

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None known

Memorial inscription - if any
None known

Mary, is her father definitely John? (from marriage certificate?)

There is this family on the 1841 census in Manchester, but it looks as though the adults are the grandparents:

John SCHOFIELD M 65 1776 Lancashire
Ann F 55 1786 Lancashire
Charlotte F 25 1816 Lancashire
Alice F 15 1826 Lancashire
Mary Ann F 7 1834 Lancashire
Sarah F 5 1836 Lancashire
Eliza F 4 1837 Lancashire

RG number: HO107 Piece: 572 Book/Folio: 12/23 Page: 40

They live at China Lane.

Yes, it's John Schofield, spinner on the marriage cert.

I'm not 100% sure that I have the right baptism, but the details fit. Someone from FTF kindly looked it up for me in the PRs; the address given is Fleet St., Manchester, and the father's occupation is spinner. However, Schofield is a very common name in Lancs, and spinner is a pretty common occupation.

It looks as though John died before 1851. These are the censuses I have:

1851: Jane (widow) and Mary Ann are living in Myrtle St., Hulme. Jane's a charwoman and Mary Ann's a servant.
HO107; Piece: 2221; Folio: 923; Page: 15

1861: Mary Ann is now married to William Grimshaw, and they're living in Hulme with their 5 children, Mary Ann's mother Jane Schofield, and a mysterious uncle, John Hindle. I was hoping he'd turn out to be Jane's brother, but I can't find a Jane Hindle/John Schofield marriage. Hindle and Grimshaw are also very common Lancs names; he may have married one of William's father's sisters, but I haven't found a marriage so far.
Class: RG9; Piece: 2896; Folio: 84; Page: 43

1871: Mary Ann had died; William had remarried:
Class: RG10; Piece: 4459; Folio: 26; Page: 3
and I think this may be Jane, although the family she's visiting doesn't ring any bells:
Class: RG10; Piece: 3991; Folio: 62; Page: 51

I haven't found a death for Jane; there are just too many Jane Schofields in Lancs.

I've just found this one on the 1841 census which looks more promising:

John Schofield M 50 1791 Lancashire
Jane F 40 1801 Lancashire
Ann F 20 1821 Lancashire
Martha F 10 1831 Lancashire
Mary F 7 1834 Lancashire
John Holt M 30 1811 Lancashire
Margt Holt F 30 1811 Lancashire
Mary Handford F 70 1771 Lancashire
Elizabeth Handford F 40 1801 Lancashire

RG number: HO107 Piece: 570 Book/Folio: 15/10 Page: 15

LOOK WHERE THEY LIVE:


Civil Parish: Manchester Municipal Borough: Manchester
Address: Fleet Street, Manchester

Ooh! I missed that one! Off to look...

I'm not sure about this, but it's worth a look:

John Schofield married Jane Clayton
Manchester Cathedral
3 Feb 1827
(IGI)

See 1841 census entry I gave in previous post:

Martha Clayton or Schofield
baptised 1 Jul 1825
Manchester Cathedral
Parents: John Schofield and Jane Clayton

Brilliant, I do believe you've cracked it - that John's a spinner, too.

I've been looking for these guys for years!

It took me ages to find, even with the reference you gave - Ancestry has them transcribed as Schafred. I'd tried a load of wildcard searches in the past, but evidently not the right one.

I hadn't found any siblings for Mary Ann, either, so the ones you've found may lead to more information

Thanks very much :) :)

Ah, that marriage looks good, too.

It was one of the many possibilities I'd found, but with not having the siblings' names, I had no idea if it was the right one.

I owe you one :)

:)I'm using FMP.

I hope you have seen my next post!