Mary (Oakley) Cartwright (1847)

Born 6 May 1847 in Lower Gornal, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Randle Cartwright — married 1866 in St James's Ch, Lower Gornal, Staffs, England

Descendants

Biography

Mary Oakley was born in Jun 1847 in Lower Gornal, Sedgley parish, Staffordshire, England to Thomas Oakley and Mary (Clark) Oakley. Her birth was registered in Dudley, Staffordshire in the second quarter of the year, with mother's maiden name Clark.^[1]

Mary Oakley, aged six weeks, daughter of Thomas, a collier, & Mary, residing at Gornal, was christened on 24 Jul 1847 at St James the Great in Lower Gornal.^[2][3]

Marriage

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Husband: Joseph Randle Cartwright

Wife: Mary Oakley

Child: John Cartwright

Marriage:

Date: 3rd Qtr 1866

Place: St James's Ch, Lower Gornal, Staffs, England

Research Notes

CENSUS: Sedgley 1851, Green, Lower Gornal, HO107 2030 286 8

Sedgley 1861, Five Ways, Lower Gornal, RG09 2048 15 6

Sedgley 1871, 78 Ruiton St, Lower Gornal, RG10 3009 17 28

Sedgley 1881, 4 Lake St, Lower Gornal, RG11 2873 97 8

Sedgley 1891, 94 Ruiton St, Lower Gornal, RG12 2291 134 24

Sedgley 1901, 77 Ruiton St, Lower Gornal, RG13 2739 60 20

Sedgley 1911, 18 Ruiton St, Lower Gornal, RG14PN17399 RG78PN1066 RD372 SD3 ED7 SN60

Mary was the daughter of Thomas (b1825, Sedgley) & Mary (b1829, Sedgley) Oakley nee Ashton. She had a sister Sarah (b1850, Sedgley) shown on the 1851 census. Ancestry.UK records show that Mary (Oakley) Cartwright's mother's maiden name is Parkes, not Ashton. Further investigation required. Siblings all match.

• Note, Jan 2022: Mary and all of her siblings' birth registrations show mother's maiden name Clark or Clarke.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26TK-P85 : 1 October 2014), Mary Oakley, 1847; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Dudley, Staffordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. [mother's maiden name included on the GRO Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp)]
2. ↑ Staffordshire : Lower Gornal : St James the Great : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5f821b92f493fd3071f76eb9 : viewed 28 Jan 2022) baptism Mary Oakley 24 Jul 1847
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NG3T-D32 : 10 April 2021), Mary Oakley, 1847.