She was one of three children living in on the High Street in Claypole in 1881, she was 5 years old and a scholar. Her father was an Agricultural labourer. [2]
Martha married James Clarkston Bradford in 1896 in Newark , Nottinghamshire [3]
By 1911 they had been married for 14 years and had 4 children all living at home in Grantham [4]
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 30 September 2022)
Renshaw, Martha (Mother's maiden name: Lister). GRO Reference: 1875 Oct-Nov-Dec in Newark Volume 07B Page 387.
↑1881 Census:
"1881 England Census"
Class: RG11; Piece: 3379; Folio: 51; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1341808; ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7572 #12939932 (accessed 6 October 2022)
Martha Renshaw (5) daughter, Scholar, in household of Thomas Renshaw (36) on Main Street, Claypole in Newark registration district in Lincolnshire, England. Born in Claypole, Lincoln, England.
↑Marriage Registration:
"England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915"
England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 7b; Page: 709 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record FreeBMDMarriage #23923101 (accessed 6 October 2022)
Martha Renshaw marriage registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1896 in Newark.
↑1911 Census:
"1911 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911; Registration District Number: 432; ED, institution, or vessel: 10; Piece: 20763 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2352 #5651655 (accessed 6 October 2022)
Martha Bradford (35), wife, in household of James Clarkston Bradford (36) in Barkston Le Willows Grantham, Barkston, Nottinghamshire, England. Born in Lincoln, Claypole, England.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125330917/martha-bradford: accessed 30 September 2022), memorial page for Martha Renshaw Bradford (2 Oct 1875–10 Mar 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125330917, citing Barkston and Syston Cemetery, Barkston, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England; Maintained by Vonderene (contributor 48246769) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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