Mary was born in 1860. She is the daughter of William Platt and Lydia Wolstencroft.
Census
1861 England Census: Name: Mary Alice Platt; Event Place: Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Ecclesiastical Parish: St Marys; Registration District: Oldham; Residence Note: Henshaw Street; Gender: Female; Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter; Birth Year (Estimated): 1855; Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire
William Platt Head M 28 Oldham, Lancashire
Lydia Platt Wife F 28 Oldham, Lancashire
Sarah Ann Platt Daughter F 7
James Platt Son M 5 Oldham, Lancashire
Edith E Platt Daughter F 3
Mary Alice Platt Daughter F 6
1871 England Census: Name: Mary A Platt; Event Place: Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Sub-District: Oldham Above Town; Gender: Female; Age: 10; Marital Status: Unknown; Occupation: Scholar; Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter; Birth Year (Estimated): 1861; Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire
William Platt Head M 38 Oldham, Lancashire
Lydia Platt Wife F 37 Oldham, Lancashire
Sarah H Platt Daughter F 17 Oldham, Lancashire
Mary A Platt Daughter F 10 Oldham, Lancashire
Squire O Platt Son M 8 Oldham, Lancashire
James W Platt Son M 6 Oldham, Lancashire
Samuel E Platt Son M 4 Oldham, Lancashire
Joseph E Platt Son M 1 Oldham, Lancashire
1881 England Census: Name: Mary A Platt; Event Place: Oldham, Lancashire, England; Registration District: Oldham; Residence Note: Egerton St; Gender: Female; Age: 20; Marital Status (Original): Single; Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter; Birth Year (Estimated): 1861; Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire, England
William Platt Head M 48 Oldham, Lancashire, England
Mary A Platt Daughter F 20 Oldham, Lancashire, England
James W Platt Son M 15 Oldham, Lancashire, England
Samuel Platt Son M 13 Oldham, Lancashire, England
Harry Platt Son M 4 Oldham, Lancashire, England
1901 England Census: Name: Mary A Halkyard; Event Place: Lytham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; County: Lancashire; Civil Parish: Lytham; Ecclesiastical Parish: St John The Divine; Sub-District: Lytham; Registration District: Fylde; Gender: Female; Age: 40; Occupation: BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Birth Year (Estimated): 1861; Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire
Edwin Halkyard Head M 44 Oldham, Lancashire
Mary A Halkyard Wife F 40 Oldham, Lancashire
William Shaw Step Son M 17 Oldham, Lancashire
Edith M Halkyard Daughter F 7 Blackpool, Lancashire
Jane Halkyard Sister F 47 Oldham, Lancashire
Mary E Cooper Servant F 50 Middleton, Lancashire
William Platt Father-In-Law M 68 Oldham, Lancashire
Samuel E Platt Brother-In-Law M 33 Oldham, Lancashire
Julia Horsfall Boarder F 44 Luddenden, Yorkshire
Leslie Horsfall Boarder M 13 Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
Marion Thompson Boarder F 17 Luddenden Foot, Yorkshire
1911 England Census: Name: Mary Alice Halkyard; Event Place: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Sub-District: Blackpool; Registration District: Fylde; Gender: Female; Age: 51; Marital Status: Widowed; Occupation: COMPANY HOUSE KEEPER; Birth Year (Estimated): 1860; Birthplace: Oldham, Lancashire; Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Mary Alice Halkyard Head F 51 Oldham, Lancashire
Edith Mary Halkyard Daughter F 17 Blackpool, Lancashire
William Platt Father Of Head M 78 Oldham, Lancashire
"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7VH-9RY : 24 October 2019), Mary Alice Platt in household of William Platt, Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27P-1CML : 13 December 2017), Mary A Platt in household of William Platt, Oldham, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 68, Piece/Folio 4077/95, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,156.
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9K3-C9Y : 21 May 2019), Mary A Halkyard in household of Edwin Halkyard, Lytham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Lytham subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X49D-MKT : 7 May 2019), Mary Alice Halkyard, Blackpool, 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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