Mary Vaughan (buried 1926)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Vaughan
First name: 
Mary
Other Christian names: 
Jane Dunn
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1237
Born: 
0/0/1839
Died: 
20/04/1926
Buried: 
23/04/1926
Occupation: 
Milliner, Nurse
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
11
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https://what3words.com/royal.gain.beans
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Headstone inscription: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves

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Life story

Life story

Mary was born in Preston, the daughter of George and Ellen Heathcote. George was a librarian and he and Ellen had seven children. The family lived in a lane called Main Spirit Wiend. The name relates to cock fighting. By 1861, George had moved the family to Fishergate Hill and was now a postman. In 1868, Mary married William Turner Dunn at Kirkham. The couple moved to Manchester where William was an agent for a sewing machine manufacturer. They had two children and to supplement their income, took in a couple of lodgers. In 1872, William was arrested for theft of silk and wool from his employer. He was caught trying to sell the items in a pub. After a spell in prison, he left Mary Jane and took to the road. Newspaper reports during the 1880's tell of William begging in Norfolk, Portsmouth and London. Between 1894 and 1896, he was in and out of the Workhouse hospitals either drunk or suffering from pleurisy. He disappeared from the records about 1896. Mary Jane moved to Lytham and then to London with her daughter Minnie. In 1891, Mary Jane was living with Minnie and her son in law George Culver in Islington. By 1901 Mary Jane had changed her name to Vaughan and is described as a widow in the census. No marriage seems to have taken place and no trace of a husband. In 1911, Mary Jane, her daughter Minnie and grandchildren were living in Eton Road. Mary died there in 1926. She left no will.

Burial researcher: 
Carol Sullivan

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1839
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Heathcote
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
William Turner
Spouse one last name: 
Dunn
Marriage one date: 
22/04/1868
Marriage one address: 
Kirkham, Lancashire, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
20/04/1926
Age (at time of death): 
87
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
24 Eton Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

36 Main Spirit Wiend, Preston, Lancs. (the name relates to cock fighting. The wiend was also known as Minspitt Lane, Cockpit Alley or Pettycoat Alley. It still exists).

George aged 43, librarian. Ellen aged 45. Sam aged 18, joiner and builder. Mary J aged 12. Margaret aged 9. Ann aged 7. John aged 4. George aged 2. Joseph aged 1.

1861 census: 

41 Fishergate Hill, Preston.

George aged 52, postman. Ellen aged 53. Mary J aged 22, milliner. Margaret aged 19, school teacher. Anne aged 17, pupil teacher. George aged 12. Thomas aged 10. Charles H Ward aged 35, boarder, curate of St George, Preston.

1871 census: 

16 Grafton Street, Stretford, Manchester.

William aged 24, agent for sewing machines. Mary J aged 30. Annie aged 5. Minnie aged 1. George Heathcote aged 22, clerk for Clarenden Club. John Hethersall aged 19, clerk for Reform Club.

1881 census: 

23 Henry Street, Lytham, Lancs.

Mary J aged 40, nurse. Minnie aged 12. Lodging with Joseph Bennett, stone mason and family.

1891 census: 

Unable to trace. Mary changed her surname before 1901 although there is no record of a marriage with a Mr Vaughan.

1901 census: 

12 Ferme Park Mansions, Hornsey.

Mary Vaughan aged 62, widow, own means. Minnie Culver aged 31, widow, own means. Harold George aged 10. Doris aged 7.

1911 census: 

"Anco" Eton Road, Worthing.

Mary Jane aged 72, widow. Minnie aged 41, widow. George Harold aged 20, nurseryman's improver (fruit grower). Doris aged 17.

1921 census: 

'Areo', Eton Road, Worthing, Sussex

First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age Birth place Occupation Employer
Minnie Culver Head F 1869 51 Yorkshire, England Household Duties -
Doris Culver Daughter F 1893 27 Hornsey, Middlesex - Government Temporary Clerk In H M Inspector Taxes
Mary Jane Dunn Mother F 1839 82 Preston, Lancashire None -