Mary (Ball) Rigby (abt. 1869)

Born about 1869 in St Helens, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Lawrenson — married 25 Dec 1889 in St Peter's Church, Parr, Lancashire, England

Wife of Joseph Rigby — married 1892 in St Ann's Church, Rainhill, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Biography

Mary Ball was born in about 1869 in St Helens, Lancashire. She was the daughter of John Ball and Mary (Lancaster) Ball.

Mary married Hugh Lawrenson on 25 Dec 1889 at St Peter's Church in Parr. Neither had been married before. Hugh was 20 and a horseman living at 5 Baxter Street, Parr; Mary was 21 and lived at 114 Park Road. Their fathers were named as John Lawrenson (miner) and John Ball (engine driver). The witnesses were Thomas Burrows and Mary Elizabeth Burrows.

Hugh died in 1892, aged 25; his death was registered in the second quarter of 1892, in Prescot district.^[1]

Mary married Joseph Rigby in 1892 at St Ann's Church in Rainhill (Anglican).

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Kcw7QyXi9YvfTsucLOfscA&scan=1

• Marriage (1) listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk

• Marriage (2) registration https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=gfYH8%2BRMZf%2FUExKaeffLYQ&scan=1 & https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Uh6Z9iXZ3abnlE%2B9FWdMCg&scan=1 also listed in Lancashire Register Office indexes on http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD6S-J9T : 24 April 2019), John Ball, 1871.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27L-YF2R : 13 December 2017), John Ball, Parr, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 72, Piece/Folio 3738/39, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,077.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:77ZF-RPZ : 6 May 2019), Hugh Lawrenson, Parr, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9LV-3MP : 21 May 2019), Joseph Rigby, St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Helens subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWYM-9B8 : 12 August 2019), Doris Rigby in household of Joseph Rigby, Windle, St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.