Mary Ann LEARY, c. 1835

[deb usa]

 
a new occupation here ....  re; James Leary b c 1809/10 brother of Samuel (twin?) and your Henry

1841
Goldsmith st , St Paul , Exeter
Jas LEARY 30 bakers J (ourneyman) Y
with other people

1841
Pancras st, St Pancras
Louisa LEARY  25 baker Y
James 6 Y
Ann 4 Y
Louisa 2 Y
William 1 month Y

James LEARY = Louisa GULLICE
26 jan 1835 Holy Trinity , Exeter
IGI ext


1851
St Pancras , Exeter
New building
James LEARY head mar 41 Journeyman Baker
Louisa wife 36
James 15 errand boy
Ann 13 errand girl
Louisa 11 scholar
William 9    "
Samuel 7   "
Elizabeth 4
Mary Ann 2
all born Exeter

1861
4 Darby building
James LEARY head mar 61 baker (journeyman)
Louisa wife 44 occ: errr it looks like sextoness ...  
Louisa dau 22 dressmaker
Samuel 17 Printer comp. app .... heres the other family's occ. coming into play
Mary 12
Henry 10
Alfred 6

1871
Waterbeer Lane , Pancras st
James LEARY head mar 62 baker
Louisa 57 ...no occ.  
Mary A 22 dress maker
Henry 19 smith
Alfred 16 compositor


Henry James Leary b 1810, died june 1877 Exeter

phew , deb  

the family is GROWING !!!

[deb usa]

Okay ...this is what we have found so far on the Leary side

Daniel Leary 15 Feb 1801
John Leary 7 april 1799
Samuel Leary 20 apr 1803, died 12 Apr 1804 (IGI ext)
Henry Leary 30 Sept 1804, occ; ostler = Mary Pollard (d/o Ezekiel Pollard and Wilhelmina Spicer)
Samuel Leary 21 Dec 1809 occ Printer compositor = 1. Grace ?? and 2 Mary Ann Leary
James Leary 21 Dec 1809 occ; Baker ... possibly twin to Samuel = Louisa GULLICE

now for John and Daniel ..LOL

deb

[Bill749]

errr it looks like sextoness

Seamstress?

Louisa LEARY  25 baker Y

I'm guessing this should have said "Baker's wife", as she appears to have been a seamstress (one daughter later became a dressmaker) in the later census.

Henry Leary b 1810, died june 1877 Exeter

Can't quite work out where he fits in at the moment!  Getting brain overload!! 

Bill

[deb usa]

hi Bill

def. looks like sextoness ... LOL

Henry Leary b 1810, died june 1877 Exeter

Can't quite work out where he fits in at the moment!  Getting brain overload!! 

Bill

ooops ...should be JAMES LEARY died 1877 not HENRY 

deb

[Bill749]

Hi Deb

Some of those old census returns can be difficult to read can't they?

As 2 of her children became dressmakers, I think we can be pretty confident it was dressmaker - I can't imagine her digging graves in the local churchyard! 

Bill

[deb usa]

Hi Bill

Okay ...this is what I have done ... I tried to find Mary Ann Leary 2nd wife of Samuel in 1851 ...no luck.

So I have been through all the male Leary marriages 1814-1851 in Devon and then Middlesex ... Phew!

I found this marriage ..
Mary Ann Allen = Denis LEARY
mar q 1847
Kensington

Mary Ann always says she was born 1824 , Exeter...

I found a Mary Ann Allen with her parents James and Maria  bc 1826 (rounded down ?)...she was 15 in 1841 living in St Paul , exeter.

then IGI extracted
Mary Ann ALLEN
chr; 12 sept 1824, St Paul, Exeter
parents; James Cloade Allen and Anna Maria


there are 4 possible deaths of Denis Leary between 1847-1850 

It doesn't help that I can't find any of these people in 1851 ...that may solve all the mysteries...

anyway ...what do you think?

deb

[deb usa]

arrgghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 

Just found Mary Ann Allen in 1851 with her parents 

back to the drawing board

deb

[Bill749]

Hmmmm!

Certainly does look like Sextoness!!  This is defined as a female sexton, or wife of a sexton.  Maybe her husband was a sexton in his spare time?

A Sexton was responsible for the care and upkeep of the church and sometimes for ringing the bells and digging graves - still doesn't seem a very likely job for a woman in the 1860s. 

Looking through various census returns for 1861 (Google search) reveals a number of widows listed with this occupation! 

Bill

[deb usa]

 

well I learn something every day ...I have never come across a sextoness ...I didn't even know what it meant ...so thanks for the lesson ....

Maybe after baking bread and goodies all day , they needed some fresh air and exercise. 

bbs ...have to pop out...

I have found Daniel leary and family .... Daniel = older brother of Henry and brothers ...

deb