Mary England

Events

Date of Baptism: 10 June 1806.

Place of Baptism: Market Rasen.

The baptism is recorded in the register.

Date of Death: 23 September 1840.

Place of Death: Normanby le Wold, Lincolnshire.

The place and date are given in newspapers death notices given below, although her husband's name is given, presumably in error, as "John". Mary's death certificate gives her age at death as 32.

Date of Burial: 27 September 1840.

Place of Burial: Normanby le Wold, Lincolnshire (Saint Peter).

The burial is given in the National Burial Index.

Relationships

Father: John England.

Mother: Mary Keyworth.

See the Commentary section.

Spouse: Francis Brewster (1810 - 1882). Married 14 May 1832 in Normanby le Wold, Lincolnshire.

The marriage is recorded in the Normanby le Wold parish register.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Anne Brewster (born about 1832 in Normanby le Wold, Lincolnshire).

Mary Brewster (baptized 1 February 1833 in Osgodby R.C. Mission, Lincolnshire).

Thomas Brewster (baptized 1 February 1834 in Osgodby R.C. Mission) married Sarah Hemmerson in 1857.

William Brewster (10 November 1836 - buried 23 January 1837 in Normanby le Wold, Lincolnshire).

Francis Willoughby Brewster (6 May 1838 - 1842).

Elizabeth Brewster (born 3 July 1839).

George Brewster (9 September 1840 - 30 October 1888) married Jeannetta Greaves 13 April 1865 in Innisfil, Simcoe, Canada West.

Evidence

from the Lincolnshire Chronicle (2 October 1840, page 3):

DIED.

On Wednesday week, at Normanby by Claxby, near Market Rasen, in middle life, Mary wife of John Brewster, of the former place.

from the Stamford Mercury (2 October 1840, page 3):

DIED.

At Normanby by Claxby, on the 23d ult., in middle life, Mary wife of John Brewster, leaving a widower and five small children,

Commentary

The Mary England whose parents were John England and Mary Keyworth seems to have been the only Mary England living in the Market Rasen area in 1832, at the time of Mary's marriage to Francis Brewster. John and Mary England, and a few of their children with their families, seem to have moved to Rawmarsh in Yorkshire around 1836,and then later spread out, some moving back to Lincolnshire. Mary had a cousin also named Mary England, baptized in 1805 in Middle Rasen, but her family moved to Stallingborough in about 1808. A Sarah England, aged about 20-25, was living next door to Francis Brewster's family in 1841, working as a servant. I haven't managed to track down her baptism, but the likeliest parents for her are John and Mary England, who had children baptized in Middle Rasen in 1819 and 1820. I don't think any other England families living in the Market Rasen area were having children in the late 1810s or early 1820s.

References

Francis Brewster - Mary England marriage registration, Marriages in the Parish of Normanby le Wold. page 6, no. 16. digital image Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 29 March 2014).

The National Burial Index is searchable for a fee on Findmypast.co.uk. (accessed 29 March 2014).