Mary Elizabeth (Dale) Girling (1911 - 1980)

Born 21 Apr 1911 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Wife of Percy Clafton — married 1 Feb 1930 (to about 1956) in Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of George H. Girling — married about 1958 in Don Valley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1980 at age 69 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

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Mary Elizabeth Dale was born about 1912 probably in Yorkshire, England, daughter of Thomas Dale, Groundsman.^[1]

On 1st Feb 1930, Percy Clafton, aged 21 and a bachelor, married Mary Elizabeth Dale, aged 18 and a spinster, at Sandal Magna, St Helen, Yorkshire. At that time he was living at 17 Pincheon Street and she was living at 31 Clifford Avenue, Sandal. He was a Motor Mechanic and his father was George Clafton, Miner. She didn’t declare an occupation and her father was Thomas Dale, Groundsman. They both signed their names and their witnesses were Sarah Emma Clafton and Robert William Dale.^[1]

In 1958, George H. Girling, aged about 51, married Mary E. Clafton, aged about 46, and the marriage was registered in Q3/1958 at Don Valley, Yorkshire.^[2]

Mary Elizabeth Girling, died 16th Dec 1980, aged 69, (born 21st Apr 1911, registered in Q4/1980 at Doncaster, South Yorkshire,^[3]) and was buried at Saint Oswald's Churchyard, Kirk Sandall, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, in the grave of her first husband Percy Clafton.^[4]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records, Reference Number: WDP20/1/3/13, via Ancestry, Percy mistranscribed as Perey
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2b; Page: 936, via Ancestry
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, General Register Office; United Kingdom, Volume: 3, Page: 444, via Ancestry
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #127682904 (accessed 19 April 2021), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Clafton (1910–16 Dec 1980), Find a Grave Memorial no. 127682904, citing Saint Oswald's Churchyard, Kirk Sandall, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England ; Maintained by Retired QA (contributor 47128769).