Mary Tipping (buried 1894)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Tipping
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Pitts
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
231
Born: 
0/0/1819
Died: 
00/01/1894
Buried: 
21/01/1894
Occupation: 
Laundress
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
1
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
Mary Pitts Tippings is buried under the headstone for Thomas John Shorter
Headstone inscription: 
To the dear memory of Thomas John Shorter late of Buckhurst Hill, Essex March 1866-Oct 1926

Life story

Life story

 

Mary Pitts Woods was born in 1819 in Somersham, Huntingdonshire, she was the daughter of Richard Woods, 26yrs, Publican and Innkeeper of The Six Bells, High Street, and Martha, 27yrs, nee Payne.

Mary, 23yrs, married Ashton Cumber Tipping, in 1842, he was a hairdresser working on Main Street, Somersham, where the couple lived. They had 4 children, Mary Ann b.1843, Ashton Charles b.1845, John William b.1854, and Frederick b.1856.

Mary was widowed in 1869, she was 50yrs old, and she then worked as a laundress to support herself. By 1881 Mary had moved to Hendon, Middlesex, with her son Frederick, who was also a hairdresser, and various members of her family. In 1891 she was at the same address but her married daughter-in-law, Lizzie Tipping, was the head of the household.

Mary's only daughter, Mary Ann, had married William Palmer, a groom/gardener, and moved to Worthing, Sussex, where they lived at 90, Becket Road. Mary was presumably visiting her daughter when she died in Worthing, in January 1894, aged 75yrs.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1819
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Woods
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Ashton Cumber
Spouse one last name: 
Tipping
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1842
Marriage one address: 
Huntingdonshire, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
00/01/1894
Age (at time of death): 
75
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
90 Beckett Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1861 census: 

Living at Main Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire. Ashton C. Tipping, Hd. 38yrs, Hairdresser, wife, Mary P. 42yrs, 2 sons, John William, 7yrs, and Frederick, 5yrs.

1871 census: 

Living at Main Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire. Mary P. Tipping, Hd. widow, 53yrs, Laundress, 2 sons, John William, 17yrs, Bakers Apprentice, and Frederick, 15yrs, Hairdresser, granddaughter, Hannah Palmer, 2yrs.

1881 census: 

Living at 2, The Terrace, Hendon, Middlesex. Mary Tipping, Hd. 62yrs, widow, Former Laundress, son, Frederick, 25yrs, Hairdresser, granddaughter, Hannah Palmer, 12yrs, Hannah Woods, 59yrs, Laundress, plus 3 lodgers.

1891 census: 

Living at 2, The Terrace, Hendon, Middlesex. Lizzie Tipping, Hd. 34yrs, son, Charles, 5yrs, mother-in-law, Mary Tipping, 73yrs, widow, Living on own means.