Mary Tolley FMMFM

[Sue at the seaside]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Mary Tolley

Date and place of birth
Abt 1797, Wells, Somerset

Names of parents
Joseph Tolley and ?? (Named on Grandson's baptism)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Not known

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
26th April 1819, to Richard Hastings, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
2nd Nov 1828, to William Batchelor, Chelsea, London

Occupation(s) - if any
Baker

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1841- Bury Mill Hill, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
1851- Popes Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Date, place and cause of death
?

Date and place of burial.
?

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any

[kiterunner]

One of the witnesses at her second marriage was a George Tolley. (The other one, George Bryan, is a witness at loads of marriages at that church.)

[kiterunner]

There is a Mary Batchelor death in Hemel Hempstead district Oct-Dec 1855 (too early for age at death to be on the GRO index) and another one Oct-Dec 1872 age 73. I can't see her in 1861 or 1871 though, so maybe the 1855 death is her.

Her first marriage is on hertsdirect.org and you can view it for £5 if you haven't already seen it.
https://www.hertsdirect.org/ufs/ufsmain?formid=HALS_INDEXES

[Sue at the seaside]

One of the witnesses at her second marriage was a George Tolley. (The other one, George Bryan, is a witness at loads of marriages at that church.)
If you've managed to get one legit witness why would you then use a "professional" one as well? I haven't managed to track down who George Tolley is!

Thanks for looking for the 61 and 71 census, I couldn't find her there either. She is listed as a widow in 51. I had wondered if she managed to fit another marriage. I think the 1855 death is the most likely. I'll have to save up for the cert!

[Sue at the seaside]

If you've managed to get one legit witness why would you then use a "professional" one as well?



I suppose the answer to this might be another question, Why did they marry in Chelsea when they appear to be Hertfordshire people?