Mary (Baines) Simpson (1826 - bef. 1909)

Born 1826 in Hutton Conyers, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Simpson — married 5 Oct 1852 (to 4 Mar 1904) in St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 16 May 1909 before age 83 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Mary Baines was born about 1831 at Hutton Conyers in Yorkshire, daughter of Joseph Baines and his wife, Anne.^[1]

On the 5th of October 1852 at St Peter in Leeds she married brushmaker, Joseph Simpson, with her sister, Hannah, as a witness.^[2] They set up home in Arthur St where Mary kept herself busy working in a shop and raising her children.^[3] Ten years later with a growing family they had moved to Shakespeare St. ^[4] Picture Leodis A Photographic Archive: Shakespeare St

By 1881 they had moved out of the city to Potternewton still with a couple of children at home. ^[5]

All of their children had left home by 1891 bur they were looking after two of the children of their daughter, Charlotte, who was married to Arthur Hurd. The children were Minnie aged 8 and Joseph aged 5. ^[6] Ten years later they were still looking after a couple of Charlotte's children, Louisa aged 11 and Elsie aged 10 who had lost their father the previous year. ^[7]

Joseph died in 1904 ^[8] and was buried in the Beckett Street Cemetery on the 7th of March. ^[9]

Mary died in 1909 and was buried at the Becket St Cemetery on the 16th of May.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ 1851 Census of England
   Hutton Conyers, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph	Baines Sen	Head	Married	Male	60	Agricultural labourer	Aldborough, Yorkshire
   Ann	Baines	Wife	Married	Female	60	-	Copgrove, Yorkshire
   Mary	Baines	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	20	Dressmaker's apprentice	Hutton, Yorkshire
   Hannah	Baines	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	15	At home	Hutton, Yorkshire

   Apprenticed to a dressmaker at the time the census was taken she probably completed her training before going to Leeds.
2. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 (St Peter, Leeds 5 October 1852 Joseph 27, brush finisher, son of Benjamin Simpson, printer, married Mary 22 daughter of Joseph Baines, farmer. Witnesses John William Booth and Mary's sister, Hannah Baines. Joseph was living at Brown's Yard and Mary in Union St)
3. ↑ 1861 Census of England
   Arthur St, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph	Simpson	Head	Married	Male	36	Brush finisher	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Mary	Simpson	Wife	Married	Female	30	Shop woman	Hutton Conyers, Yorkshire
   Arabella	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	7	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Charlotte	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	5	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Esther A	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	4	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   William	Simpson	Son	-	Male	2	-	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Kate	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	1mo	-	Leeds, Yorkshire

4. ↑ 1871 Census of England
   26 Shakespeare St, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph	Simpson	Head	Married	Male	46	Brush finisher	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Mary	Simpson	Wife	Married	Female	40	-	Hutton Conyers, Yorkshire
   Esther A	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	14	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   William	Simpson	Son	-	Male	12	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Kate	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	10	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Amy	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	7	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   John	Simpson	Son	-	Male	2	-	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Lilly	Simpson	Daughter	-	Female	1mo	-	Leeds, Yorkshire

5. ↑ 1881 Census of England
   24 Studley Terrace, Potternewton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph	Simpson	Head	Married	Male	56	Brush finisher	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Mary	Simpson	Wife	Married	Female	50	-	Ripon, Yorkshire
   Amy	Simpson	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	17	-	Leeds, Yorkshire
   John	Simpson	Son	-	Male	12	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire

6. ↑ 1891 Census of England
   Park Side, Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph	Simpson	Head	Married	Male	67	Brush finisher	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Mary	Simpson	Wife	Married	Female	60	-	Ripon, Yorkshire
   John S	Simpson	Son	Single	Male	22	Chemists assistant	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Minnie	Hurd	Grand daughter	-	Female	8	-	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Joseph A	Hurd	Grandson	-	Male	5	-	Leeds, Yorkshire

7. ↑ 1901 Census of England
   26 Zetland Place, Potter Newton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph	Simpson	Head	Married	Male	71	Retired brush finisher	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Mary	Simpson	Wife	Married	Female	70	-	Hutton, Ripon
   Louisa	Hurd	Granddaughter	Single	Female	11	-	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Elsie	Hurd	Granddaughter	Single	Female	10	-	Leeds, Yorkshire

8. ↑ England and Wales Death Index (Registered Leeds 1904 1st qu aged 79 Vol 9b Page 422)
9. ↑ [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/8999/images/41419_1831115182_0425-00170?pId=45134 Burial record Leeds, England, Beckett Street Cemetery, 1845-1987 Burials - Anglicans Ref LC/CEM (B)/1/5, Numbers 78001-97840, 1900-1930 (Beckett St Cemetery 7 March 1904 Joseph Simpson aged 79 of 13 Ranne Carr Mount, Leeds Grave no. 3587)]
10. ↑ Leeds, England, Beckett Street Cemetery, 1845-1987 (16 May 1909 Mary Simpson aged 78 of 12 Grosvenor Place, widow. Grave No. 3587)