Mary Hudson (1856 - 1864)

Born 26 Feb 1856 in Upper Hallam, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 12 Mar 1864 at age 8 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Mary Hudson died in The Great Sheffield Flood on 12 Mar 1864

Mary was born in 1856. She is the daughter of John Hudson and his wife Eliza Burgin.^[1] She was christened on 26 May 1861 at Loxley Congregational, Bradfield, York, England.^[2]

She died in 1864, along with both her parents and brother George, during the Great Sheffield Flood, when the Dale Dyke Dam failed. At the time of the disaster the family was living at Malin Bridge. Her body was never found.^[3]

Census

• 1861 England Census: Name: Mary Hudson; Sex: Female; Age: 5; Event Place (Original): Ecclesfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; Registration District: Wortley; Residence Note: Wadsley Bottom; Birth Year (Estimated): 1856; Birthplace: Hallam, Yorkshire; Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter

John Hudson M 36 Bradfield, Yorkshire

Eliza Hudson F 31 Ecclesfield, Yorkshire

Mary Hudson F 5 Hallam, Yorkshire

George Hudson M 1 Ecclesfield, Yorkshire^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results HUDSON, MARY; Mother’s Maiden Name: BURGIN; GRO Reference: 1856 M Quarter in OF ECCLESALL BIERLOW Volume 09C Page 228 is
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NY8S-89Q : 19 September 2020), Mary Hudson, 1861.
3. ↑ https://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/indexDeceased.cfm?initial=H
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7KN-5P1 : 3 March 2021), Mary Hudson in household of John Hudson, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.