Mary (Brian) Brooks (abt. 1806)

Born about 1806 in Heanor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Samuel Taylor — married 1837 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Mary was born about 1806. She was christened aged six, at St Lawrence parish church, Heanor, Derbyshire on 17th May 1812^[1], the same day as her three year old sister Sarah. Her father is named as Joseph Brian. Unusually for this register, the mother's name was omitted.

She married Samuel Taylor,a widower, on 27th November 1837 ^[2]at the parish church of St Peter, Derby. She was a spinster. Her father is named as Joseph Brion (sic)'. They had three children.

Samuel may have died before the 1851 census^[3], although no death has been found. In 1851 she was living as the wife of William Brooks (no marriage record found), with her daughter Elizabeth.

By the 1871 census^[4] William had died and she was living with her son in law, the husband of her daughter Elizabeth, in his household

Samuel died in

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBF7-MVX : Mon Nov 06 16:23:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Brian and Joseph Brian, 17 May 1812.
2. ↑ "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBF5-7M1 : Mon Nov 06 14:22:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Taylor and Samuel Taylor, 27 Nov 1837.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGDD-F7C : 8 November 2019), Mary Brookes in household of William Brookes, St Peters, Derbyshire, England; citing St Peters, Derbyshire, England, p. 15, 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. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBXJ-FY4 : 20 January 2022), Mary Brooks in entry for Henry Taylor, 1871.