Mary Ann (Whitfield) Embleton (abt. 1827 - 1883)

Born about 20 Jul 1827 in Monkton, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Embleton — married 22 May 1853 in Kelloe, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1883 at about age 55 in West Hartlepool, Durham, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary was born in 1827 (husband, Robert Embleton, in his biographical account of his life, says July 20th. Their daughter, Margaret Annie, in a diary entry says July 30th) at Blue House, Monkton, and christened in Jarrow Church, Durham^. The England and Wales Census, 1861 indicates a birthplace Gateshead, Durham. The England and Wales Census, 1881. indicates a birthplace Washington, Durham.

She married Robert Embleton May 22, 1853 at Kelloe Church, Kelloe, UK. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

She and Robert initially resided in Kelloe but relocated to Trimdon Grange and after that to West Hartlepool.

Mary Ann had nine children, six of whom lived to adulthood. She is cited on the following records:

Isabella 1854 - 1854 (no formal source - family history records)

Elizabeth 1855 ^[4] to 1856

Joseph 1857 ^[5] to 1938.

Robert 1858 ^[6] to 1859

John George 1860 ^[7] to 1936.

Mary Ellen 1863 ^[8] to 1934.

Margaret Anne 1865 ^[9] to 1942.

Robert 1867 birth date as per census record of 1871^[10] to to 1942.

William Arthur 1871 to 1947. ^[11]

She is shown on the census for 1861, living in Trimdon Grange, with her husband Robert, grocer (mistakenly entered as John, but Mary Ann's older sister, Ellen Hogarth - identified by Robert's autobiographical account as the person who introduced them to each other in London in 1851- is also on this census ), with Joseph and John George, the two surviving children she had as of that date. ^[12]

She is also listed on the census record for 1871, with her husband Robert and four of her children. ^[13] A domestic servant is also listed.

In the diary of her daughter, Margaret Anne, the family moved from Kelloe to West Hartlepool in November 1877.

Her sister, Ellen Hogarth, reappears on the census for 1881 as a visitor, along with her husband Robert and three youngest children - Margaret, Robert, and William.^[14]

She passed awayon Feb 14, 1883 (details in the diary of her daughter, Margaret Anne) and is buried in West Hartlepool Cemetery. ^{[15] [16]}

Her name appears on the death registration for her daughter Margaret Annie Embleton Wilkinson.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXPW-5HS : 13 March 2020), Joseph Whitfield in entry for Robert Embleton, 1853.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKX4-H7M : 13 March 2020), Robert Embleton, 1853.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKX4-HQ1 : 13 March 2020), Mary Ann Whitfield in entry for Robert Embleton, 1853.
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSYR-KDC : 5 February 2023), Mary Ann Embleten in entry for Elizabeth Ann Embleten, 1855.
5. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXZF-QXQ : 4 February 2023), Mary Ann in entry for Joseph Whitfield Embleton, 1857.
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3BT-Q2L : 4 February 2023), Mary Ann in entry for Robert Embleton, 1858.
7. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXZF-QXZ : 4 February 2023), Mary Ann in entry for John George Embleton, 1860.
8. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQVK-VHH : 4 February 2023), Mary Ann in entry for Mary Ellen Embleton, 1863.
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQVK-VLF : 4 February 2023), Mary Ann in entry for Margaret Anne Embleton, 1865.
10. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZR-31N : 20 January 2022), Mary Ann Embleton in entry for Robert Embleton, 1871.
11. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XHP-H9Q : 1 October 2014), William Arthur Embleton, 1872; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Durham, Durham, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
12. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7C8-RYW : 3 March 2021), Mary Ann Embelton in household of John Embelton, Trimdon, Durham, 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.
13. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZ5-JN8 : 20 January 2022), Mary Ann Embleton in entry for Robert Embleton, 1871.
14. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-1JTD : 12 December 2017), Mary A Embleton in household of Robt Embleton, Stranton, Durham, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 42, Piece/Folio 4910/77, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,362.
15. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J8J-99P : 31 December 2014), Mary Ann Embleton, 1883; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Hartlepool, Durham, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
16. ↑ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=hYSg9kKQ1PSJZMo0AnfmrA&scan=1
17. ↑ "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVFS-Q4W2 : 30 June 2021), Mary Whitfield in entry for Margaret Annie Wilkinson, 1942.

• Also from family history compiled by Jane Embleton-Embleton 89 in 1975

Birth: separate autobiographical accounts of her husband, Robert, and her daughter, Margaret Annie Wilkinson. Death: autobiographical account of her daughter Margaret Annie (Embleton) Wilkinson. Funeral: Feb 16, 1883

Research notes: possible position as a domestic, with her sister Ellen and a brother ? John. "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBD-QTM : 24 May 2019), Mary Whitfield in household of Richrd Wilson, Chester le Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

^ see Monkton Park Methodist Church an amalgamation of the former Park Church at Jarrow and Monkton