Mary was born about 1837 to Robert and Hannah Lakes. Not much is known about Mary apart from the census records and BMD records she had six children prior to her marriage to William Turner, Robert and Richard to Witty Coverdale and possibly Alice, Margaret and Robson are the children of Mary and Witty Coverdale as well, William is possibly the son of Mary and her future husband William Turner but that’s not confirmed. Mary had a total of 13 children. She died in 1916 the same year as her great grandchildren Henry and Mary.
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