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Title: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Aprilgriffiths on Monday 14 August 23 19:22 BST (UK)
hello I have hit abit of a brick wall with my family tree. I am looking for Marys parents as I can not find a marriage document on Joseph and Mary. 

Mary (not sure on maiden name)
B:abt 1868 in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England
D:March 1904 in Staffordshire, United Kingdom

she was married to Joseph Birbige Willshee
B:July 1867 Burton upon Trent
D:Apr 1931 Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England

There is evidence of them both living together in 1901 Censers but Mary died about age 36

thank you ever so much
April Griffiths
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: heywood on Monday 14 August 23 19:40 BST (UK)
Possibly Froggatt according to GRO https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

1901 2643/8/8
Shows 3 children
Annie aged 10 months b Leicestershire
GRO shows Annie Maria b 1900
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Neale1961 on Monday 14 August 23 19:47 BST (UK)
Mary / Martha Froggatt
Bapt 18 March 1866 Burton upon Trent
father Thomas Froggatt; mother Martha Millward
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Aprilgriffiths on Monday 14 August 23 19:55 BST (UK)
thank you both so much i will enter the name into the family tree thank you both :) xx
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: softly softly on Monday 14 August 23 21:28 BST (UK)
Joseph Willshee can be found as a widower in 1911 census with the following.

Joseph Willshee 45 Head
Alice Willshee   25   Daughter*
Kate Willshee 16 Daughter
George Tomas Willshee 18 Son
Annie Willshee 11 Daughter** born as per heywoods post
Leslie Willshee 3 Grandson

*WILSHEE, ALICE       mmn BAGNALL 
GRO Reference: 1885  S Quarter in BURTON UPON TRENT  Volume 06B  Page 404

Who's children are Kate & George Tomas. Were they Mary's children or Joseph's

Weird! Joseph appears in 1921 with a son George Thomas aged 38

John
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: heywood on Monday 14 August 23 21:56 BST (UK)
Thomas and Kate are also in 1901 census with Joseph and Mary.
I only looked up Annie for a mother’s name.
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: softly softly on Monday 14 August 23 21:57 BST (UK)
Is this Kate from 1901/11 census??

WILLSHEE, MARY  KATE     BAGNALL 
GRO Reference: 1883  M Quarter in BURTON UPON TRENT  Volume 06B  Page 415

John
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Monday 14 August 23 22:06 BST (UK)
This 1891 entry suggests Alice is Mary's daughter

Martha Froggatt    75    Head
Mary Froggatt    24    Daughter
Sarah Capp       19    Granddaughter
Alice Froggatt        6    Granddaughter


 
Is this Kate from 1901/11 census??

WILLSHEE, MARY  KATE     BAGNALL 
GRO Reference: 1883  M Quarter in BURTON UPON TRENT  Volume 06B  Page 415

John

Kate was b c1895 not c1883?
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Monday 14 August 23 22:09 BST (UK)
FROGGATT, ALICE  ELIZA      
no mother's maiden name
Q4 1885 BURTON UPON TRENT  Volume 06B  Page 390


Alice Eliza Froggatt
Baptism    11 Nov 1885 Holy Trinity, Burton-upon-Trent,
Mother    Mary Froggatt
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Monday 14 August 23 22:12 BST (UK)
Thomas Frogatt
Baptism    30 Sep 1892     Holy Trinity, Burton-upon-Trent,
Mother    Mary Frogatt

Presumably George Thomas

There's a Thomas Alfred Froggatt, with no mmn, registered Q4 1892 in Burton. Would fit if the baptism came before registration
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Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Monday 14 August 23 22:15 BST (UK)
1901 Alice Froggatt is a boarder at a girls' home in Newcastle upon Tyne district

Another child

Mary Jane Froggatt
Baptism    20 Jul 1890    Holy Trinity, Burton-upon-Trent,
Mother    Mary Froggatt

Died Q3 1890
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Neale1961 on Monday 14 August 23 22:21 BST (UK)
Oh dear, information given in replies 1 and 2 was correct. (The Bagnall name is wrong)

“Mary” was baptised with the name Martha Froggatt, but appears on the census records as either Martha, Mary or Margaret.

1891 census Burton upon Trent
Martha Froggatt 75 wid born Longford
Mary Froggatt 24 tape weaver born Burton upon Trent
Sarah Capp 19 granddaughter born Burton upon Trent
Alice Froggatt 6 granddaughter born Burton upon Trent (child of Mary)
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Neale1961 on Monday 14 August 23 22:36 BST (UK)
Mary / Martha Froggatt
Bapt 18 March 1866 Burton upon Trent
father Thomas Froggatt; mother Martha Millward

Thomas Froggatt appears in the census as a brewers drayman or waggoner
Born 9 mar 1827 Hatton Derbyshire son of Thomas and Ann
Marriage 1 Aug 1850 Marston on Dove to Martha Millward
Died 2 June 1881 – 64 Wetmore Rd. Burton on Trent


Martha Milward
Baptism 23 Jul 1826 Longford, Derbyshire. Daughter of Hannan Milward (spinster) father named as “Simon Bradshaw”
Died 1894, burial 10 March
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: softly softly on Tuesday 15 August 23 07:38 BST (UK)
Thanks for finding out who was who Mabel & Neale.

I was very tired last night and just lost the plot! :)

John
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Tuesday 15 August 23 20:19 BST (UK)
Kate is still a mystery
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: heywood on Tuesday 15 August 23 20:32 BST (UK)
Kate is still a mystery

There is a Mary Ann Willshee mmn Froggatt born March quarter 1895, Burton Upon Trent

Has she been mentioned or discounted?
Title: Re: can not find parents off ...
Post by: Daisypetal on Thursday 05 October 23 20:47 BST (UK)

Could Mary Ann just be using the name Kate?

I can't find a death or a census entry for a Mary Ann WILLSHEE b.1895 in 1901 or 1911. I have found this death in 1912,


Mary Ann WILLSHEE    Mar Q 1912    Burton upon Trent    6b 555
Age:  17


Regards,
Daisy