Mary Agnes (Manchester) Pickett (1891 - 1980)

Born 18 Feb 1891 in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Walter James — married 1911 in St Thomas' Church, Eccleston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Edward Pickett — married 1919 in St Helens, Lancashire, England

Died 1980 at about age 88 in Knowsley, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary Agnes Manchester was born on 18 Feb 1891 in St Helens, Lancashire. She was the daughter of John Manchester and Margaret (Cullen) Manchester. Her birth was registered in the first quarter of 1891, in Prescot district.

By April 5th 1891, Mary's family were living in Eccleston, St Helens. Her father was working as a glassmaker, and she had one brother, John, who was three years old.

By March 31st 1901, the family were still living in Eccleston. Two more boys and another girl had been added to the family, and there were two boarders. Mary's father was still working as a glassworks labourer.

By April 2nd 1911, Mary and two of her brothers were living with their aunt and uncle, William and Esther Henderson, in Windle, St Helens. Mary was working as a domestic servant.

Mary married Richard Walter James in 1911 at St Thomas' Church in Eccleston, St Helens.

Richard enlisted as a rifleman in the South Lancashire ("pals") regiment during the First World War. As a coal miner he would have been exempt from conscription, so must have signed up voluntarily. He died of wounds on 2 Aug 1916, aged 33.

Mary married Edward Pickett in 1919 at St Thomas' Church in Eccleston, St Helens.

Edward died in 1945 in St Helens, aged 53. He was buried on 8 Mar 1945 in St Helens Cemetery.

Mary died in 1980 in Knowsley, aged 89. She was buried on 14 Nov 1980 with Edward.

Research Notes

Burial

Buried together in grave STHELCEM / 15 / 84:

  Edward Pickett 08/03/1945 aged 53

  Mary Agnes Pickett 14/11/1980 aged 89

Sources

• Birth registration listed on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

• Marriage (1) registration listed in Lancashire Register Office indexes on http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk

• Marriage (2) registration listed in Lancashire Register Office indexes on http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk

• Death registration "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZS-MYBH : 4 September 2014), Mary Agnes Pickett, 1980; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Knowsley, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Burial St Helens Cemetery & Crematorium Online Records http://crem.oltps.sthelens.gov.uk/

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:77HT-QMM : 6 May 2019), Mary A Manchester in household of John Manchester, Eccleston, 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:X9LJ-FWB : 21 May 2019), Mary A Manchester in household of John Manchester, 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:XWT1-JP3 : 12 August 2019), Mary Agnes Manchester in household of William Henderson, 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.

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