What happened to Mary Ann Arnott/Abel/Able ?

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Mary Ann Arnott Able bp Pocklington, East Yorks 8 Jul 1855, d/o Charlotte Able, single woman.

Mother Charlotte died in 1857 and Mary Ann was brought up by her grandmother Charlotte - nee Thackeray, late Abel and then (after a second marriage) Mrs James Arnott.

1861 census Mary was in Pocklington with James & Charlotte Arnott, recorded as M A A Abel, grand-daughter.

Grandma Charlotte died in 1869 and in 1871 Mary Ann was recorded in Pocklington as "servant of all work" - she was Mary A Arnott.

1881 she was a domestic servant in Pocklington, Mary A Arnot. (born c1857)

I can't find a likely death between 1881 & 1891, nor can I find a marriage ref which follows through as a possible.

Jay

[loltel]

could she have married as abel

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f7=1895&f6=117&f8=Jan-Feb-Mar&f5=9d&db=FreeBMDMarriage

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Thanks for looking, Lorraine.

Sadly the Mary Ann Abel & Simeon Kirby marriage is for a different lady.

Jay

[Darksecretz]

Have been looking Jay but she is not wanting to be found at the moment.

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Thanks for looking Julie

Jay

[Darksecretz]

I did find this though, age is a little out, and I haven't followed her to see if she appears anywhere else.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=mary+a&gsln=*bel&msbdy=1857&msbpn__ftp=Pocklington%2c+Yorkshire%2c+England&msbpn=89121&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c0%7c3257%7c3251%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c5292%7c89121%7c0%7c&cpxt=1&catBucket=r&uidh=lg3&msbdp=2&cp=11&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=25833266&db=uki1901&indiv=1

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4055; Folio: 87; Page: 1.

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Thankyou for that Julie.
I certainly haven't got this lady in my Abel database - however, I can't get a handle on her either before or after that census return.

Jay

[Darksecretz]

Thankyou for that Julie.
I certainly haven't got this lady in my Abel database - however, I can't get a handle on her either before or after that census return.

Jay

no me neither... :( but it did strike me as a possible as she said she comes from Selby.. which is nearish to Pocklington.

I did look to see if I could see a death, but didn't see one in the Harrogate district

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Thanks for trying Julie.

A couple of Abel families moved to the Selby area, but quite some time after this Mary Ann was born.
I am wondering if she was widowed (i.e. without a husband) by 1901, rather than single because she'd never been married ???? which could explain no sighting of her in 1861 & 1871.
I couldn't find a death reg (there were 2 E Yorks ones in 1911, but they are for different ladies) nor a marriage.

Ah well, I started off with one mystery and now I've got two! ;D

Jay

[Darksecretz]

oops sorry Jay.. I didn't mean to cause you more problems.. I suppose you have checked Pocklingtons prs? are they at Borthwick? I thought praps I had read it somewhere.. might be that MAAA died but it didnt make it to the GRO?

I should add that I also looked abroad but couldn't see anything that even looked remotely like it

[Janet in Yorkshire]

Thanks Julie - have full Abel/Abell/Able extracts from all Pocklington PR and there's no record of her marriage or burial.
If she continued to use the "adopted" surname Arnet(t)/Arnot(t) however, I could have been unaware of the name at the time of the search and missed it. There were quite a lot of Arnotts around East Yorks.

Jay