Mary Elizabeth Brown

[Sandy D]

I'm a newcomer so please be patient with me :-) I'm trying to find records for my Grandmother- Mary Elizabeth Weaver, nee Brown. I have her date of marriage as Sept 1905 at Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Her husband was Charles William Weaver, a railway drayman, and this was his 2nd marriage. They lived in Sheffield and Mary had 5 sons plus a stepson, Evelyn William, from Charles Williams's first marriage. I know that Mary Elizabeth (she was known as Elizabeth), died approx 1948, as she lived with my parents and I in Sheffield at the time, and I remember I was approx 9 years old. I can't find any death nor birth records. I know she had several siblings, Olive, Amy, Edith, George, Ethel, Jack, Evelyn and Lois.

[lizdb]

Have you got her marriage cert?

If not that would be a good move - hopefully it will give the name and occupation of her father and therefore make finding the right family easier

Here is the entry from the indexes
Jul/Aug/Sep 1905
Southwell
ref 7b 753

certs can be ordered online from www.gro.gov.uk at £7 each

Another good move would be to find them in 1911, sorry only available on pay to view (its all spending money isnt it!) as you may get an approx year and place of birth for her and Charles.

[Necromancer]

was she born in Notts - do you know ?

[Sandy D]

Thank you very much for both replies. Yes, it is all about spending money :-(. I had been looking for details of Elizabeth Brown and I sent for a birth certificate for one of her sons, Frank, but by the time the cert arrived, I had already discovered that she was actually Mary Elizabeth Brown
Yes, she was born in Nottinghamshire. In fact, most of the records for her and Charles Wiiliam seem to be Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Thanks for your interest.
Incidentally, it seems I am not a newcomer, as I was on this site in 2007 but I'd forgotten all my sign-in details so I started again but my old posts appeared!

[CatOne]

1881?

RG11/3372 Folio 107 Page 15
High Street, Sutton on Trent, Notts
John Thomas Brown 26 Maltster All born Sutton on Trent
Eliza 27
Mary Elizabeth 4
Annie Louisa 2


1891 RG12/2710 Folio 92 Page 11
Station Road, Sutton on Trent
John Brown 35 Shepherd All born Sutton on Trent
Eliza 36
Olive Mabel 9
Amy Helena 7
John Wilfred 5
Edith Mary 3
Lois Eliza 1
Elsie 3mo

Regards
Cat  
ps. Elizabeth Brown b.c1877 is a servant in Kneesall in 1891

[lizdb]

1901
65 Stevely Rd
Ecclesell Bierlow, Yorkshire
Robert Betts
wife and children
Charles W Weaver 24 railway Carter bn Notts Bassington

marriage
Oct/nov/Dec 1902
EcclesellBierlow
9c 690
Charles William Weaver
brides either Clara Jenkins or Sarah Ann Jones

Birth
Ap/May/JUn 1903
William Evelyn Weaver
Eccl. Bier.
9c 499

Death
Jul/Aug/Sep 1904
Ecc. Bier 9c 249
Sarah Ann Weaver   age 26

[CatOne]

1901 RG13/3194 Folio 185 Page 21
Crow? Park Lodge Cottages, Sutton on Trent, Notts
John Thos Brown 46 Ordinary Agricultural Labourer All born Sutton on Trent
Eliza 47
John W 15 G W Railway Porter
Lois E 11
George A 9
Ethel R 6
James E 2

and (Annie) Louisa Brown b. Sutton 1879 is a general servant in Weston, Notts in 1891 census

Regards
Cat 
ps. theres a birth registration in Southwell in 1877 for a Mary Elizabeth Brown that would fit