What's happened to Mary Ann and her daughters?

[LeicestershireLass]

This is what I have;

born 1813 Mary Ann Benson at Leamington Hastings, Warks (dau of Thomas and Hannah)

1835 dau Maria born Stoke, Warks

1838 marries Thomas Hawthorn(e) Coventry, Warks
1841 living with Thomas (20 / occ: weaver), Maria (mistranscr Mercia) and Hannah (1) Stoke, Warks

1851 No sign of Mary Ann or her daughters but Thomas (listed as unmarried) is living with his mother and brother at Coventry

1861+1871 Thomas listed as widower living Coventry
1880 Thos died

I'd really appreciate any help finding what happened to Mary Ann and her daughters after 1841
Thanks

[JulesSmith]

Are you sure this is the correct family in 1841? It states that Mary was born in Warwickshire **EDIT** Ignore that, I just realised Hastings is Warwickshire, I was thinking of Sussex. Will keep looking, but nothing so far.

[zoejg]

Just checking that you've noticed that her mum and dad and siblings are on the previous page on the 1841 census. Haven't found anything other than that though :(

[JulesSmith]

Just checking that you've noticed that her mum and dad and siblings are on the previous page on the 1841 census. Haven't found anything other than that though :(

Yeah I checked that too (for 1851), incase she had gone back home. can't find any record of them at all, not even on the death index, although there are quite a lot of Mary hawthorns in Warwickshire 1846 +/- 5 years

[Rachel Scand]

I'm looking on the 1851 census

Is it possible that Mary Ann remarried ?
There's a Mary Ann Lee born abt 1817 with husband Richard Lee
and daughters Maria (14) and Hannah (11)
sons George and Thomas

here's the ref

HO 107 piece 2068 / folio 452 / page 5

[LeicestershireLass]

Just checking that you've noticed that her mum and dad and siblings are on the previous page on the 1841 census. Haven't found anything other than that though :(

Hi - thanks for looking

yes, I saw that too ... + have found death regn for Mary Hawthorne Q3 1847 Coventry (there's one Q2 1856 too) ...

if this is Mary Ann - where are Maria and Hannah?

[LeicestershireLass]

I'm looking on the 1851 census

Is it possible that Mary Ann remarried ?
There's a Mary Ann Lee born abt 1817 with husband Richard Lee
and daughters Maria (14) and Hannah (11)
sons George and Thomas

here's the ref

HO 107 piece 2068 / folio 452 / page 5

Thanks Rachel - I'll take a look at that

[JulesSmith]

I can't see a marriage for Mary Ann Hawthorn and Richard Lee so far...

[LeicestershireLass]

I can't see a marriage for Mary Ann Hawthorn and Richard Lee so far...

Hi Jules - nor can I or Mary Ann Benson + Richard Lee

[Rachel Scand]

Me neither
Have been looking on Freebmd using first names only, her first name, Benson and Hawthorn/e and every combination .... no luck

[JulesSmith]

Where is this woman!! She seems to have vanished with her girls...

[Rachel Scand]

The family on the 1851 census fits fairly nicely so maybe that's her and they didn't marry

Oh and they've called the youngest child Thomas in honour of her first spouse !

[JulesSmith]

I was thinking the same thing about them not marrying. Might be worth seeing how they fair in the later census'. They might turn up at a family home (ever the optimist lol)
The only thing that didnt quite match were the places of birth.

[LeicestershireLass]

The family on the 1851 census fits fairly nicely so maybe that's her and they didn't marry

Oh and they've calle the youngest child Thomas in honour of her first spouse !

I can see where you're coming from Rachel .............

soooooooooo ... where are the girls in 1861?

[JulesSmith]

I can't find the Lee family in 1861.. you are really making us for for this one huh LOL

[Rachel Scand]

There's a death of a Mary Ann Lee
Dec Q 1858 Coventry


The girls would probably have married by 1861

[LeicestershireLass]

I can't find the Lee family in 1861.. you are really making us for for this one huh LOL

... I bet you're feeling how I am feeling about them ... lol

I've found 2 possible marriages;

xxxxHannah Hawthorne m Q1 1859 at West Brom (Geo Durdin or Wm Young)xxxx see Jules message
Maria Benson m Q1 1861 (John Johnson or James Taylor)

me thinks grasping at whatever I can find now .....................

[JulesSmith]

which ties in nicely with Thomas hawthorn saying he is a widow in the 1861 census!

[JulesSmith]

Got it on 1861 census: Coventry

Mary Lees
Hannah Hawthorn
George and Thomas Hawthorn

RG9/2208 page 8

[Rachel Scand]

marriage of a Maria Benson ~~ March Q1861

sorry lost plot ! ignore this