Mary Ann Coles (1842 - 1864)

Born 1842 in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Died 1864 at about age 22 in Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary Ann Coles was born in 1842 in Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset, England to Robert Coles and Hester "Ann" (Morris/Morrish) Coles.

Mary Ann Coles, daughter of Robert, a laborer, & Hester, residing at Norton, was christened on 30 Jan 1842 at All Saints in Norton Fitzwarren.^[1]

In 1851 Mary Ann Coles (age 8, Scholar) lived at Shuttern in Taunton St Mary Mag with her father Robert (43, Road Man), mother Hester (51), and five brothers: John (19, Road Man), Charles (17, Road Man), Robert (14, Road Man), James (19 [~11], Scholar), and Henry Thomas (5, Scholar).^[2][3]

In 1861 Mary Ann Coles (age 20, Lady's Maid) lived at Haines Hill Woodville in Wilton, Somerset in the household of her employers Frederick B Doveton (55, Retired Capt Indian Army) and Harriet E Doveton (56) - also in the household were their daughter Anna L P Doveton (30), their son Frederick B Doveton (19), and two other servants: Sarah Trout (39, Cook) and Caroline Duddrige (25, Housemaid).^[4]

Mary Ann Coles of Shuttern, aged 22 years, was buried on 28 Jul 1864 at St Mary Magdalene in Taunton.^[5] Her death was registered in Taunton in the third quarter of the year.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Somerset : Norton Fitzwarren : All Saints : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/581839c0e93790eca3b2e607 : viewed 11 Jun 2022) baptism Mary Ann Coles 30 Jan 1842
2. ↑ "General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5acce919f4040b6d516a8ed1 : viewed 11 Jun 2022), Mary Ann COLES in household of Robert COLES, Shuttern, Somerset, England; from 1851 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives /1922, Folio 614, Page 38, Schedule 196, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGGP-W3Z : 9 November 2019), Mary Ann Coles in household of Robert Coles, Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen, Somerset, England; citing Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen, Somerset, England, p. 38, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "General Register Office: 1861 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59049d05e9379091b18ff517 : viewed 11 Jun 2022), Mary Ann COLES in household of Frederick B DOVETON, Haines Hill Woodville, Somerset, England; from 1861 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 9/1617, Folio 111, Page 16, Schedule 81, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D93-Z9XP : 25 February 2022), Mary Ann Coles, 1864.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NG6-G9P : 31 December 2014), Mary Ann Coles, 1864; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Taunton, Somerset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.