Birth: 30 April 1890 Swalwell, Durham, UK
Father: William Armstrong 1837-1913
Mother: Mary Ann Porter 1859-1928
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: October-December 1910 Gateshead, Durham, UK
Husband: Henry Rockett Aldridge (Aldrich, Rocket, Rockett) 1847-1924
Marriage: January-March 1926 Chester le Street, Durham, UK
Husband: Joseph William Clark 1884-1957
Death: 22 December 1958 Marley Hill, Durham, UK
By Henry
Henry Rockett 1911-1992
Fred (Frederick) Rockett 1918-2001
By Joseph
Raymond Clark 1926-1960
Mary Jane Clark [Leonovs] 1928-2015
Two possible entries in FreeBMD for the birth of Mary Armstrong in April-June 1890 in Gateshead (10A 952 and 10A 962 but only the second is on the typed original).
In the 1891 census as Mary Armstrong aged 11 months, born in Swalwell, Durham,and living with her parents (William and Mary Ann), brother (Thomas Gill) and four boarders (Ellener Mitchell aged 31 and a widow, Martha J Oxley aged 11, Willie Oxley aged 4, and Isabelle Mitchell aged 1 all born in Swalwell, Durham) in 2 rooms in Back Whick Road, Wickham, Durham.
Her sister was registered in July-September 1894 in Gateshead.
Her brother was registered in April-June 1898 in Gateshead.
In the 1901 census as Mary Armstrong aged 11, born in Swalwell, Durham, and living with her parents (William and Mary Ann), two brothers (Robert and Thomas Gills) and sister (Catherine) in in two rooms at Browns Buildings, Whickham, Durham. Seven other families lived at the same address.
Marriage of Mary Armstrong and Henry Rockett in FreeBMD in October-December 1910 in Gateshead (10A 1648).
Her son was born on 15 February 1911 in Marley Hill and registered in January-March 1911 in Gateshead.
In the 1911 census as Mary Rockett aged 20, born in Swalwell, Durham, married for under one year with one child still living, and living with her husband (Henry) and son (Henry) in two rooms at 80 Fourth Row, Marley Hill, Durham.
Her son was registered in July-September 1918 in Gateshead.
In the 1921 census as Mary Rockett aged 30 years 2 months, born in Durham in 1891 and living with her husband (Henry), and two sons (Fred and Henry) in two rooms in Marley Hill, Whickham, Durham.
Her husband died in January-March 1924 in Gateshead.
Marriage of Mary Rockett and Joseph W Clark in FreeBMD in January-March 1926 in Chester le Street (10A 798).
Her son was registered in October-December 1926 in Gateshead.
Her daughter was registered in January-March 1928 in Lanchester.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Mary Clark born 30 April 1891 (sic - on the original), married, and living with Joseph W Clark (husband?) and two others at 14 Marley Hill Terrace, Whickham, Durham.
Her husband died in April-June 1957 in NW Durham.
Death of Mary Clark in FreeBMD in October-December 1958 aged 68 in Durham NW (1A 559).
There are nineteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Mary Armstrong adding her death on 22 December 1958 in Marley Hill.
Swalwell is 4 miles west of Gateshead with Whickham to its south. Marley Hill is 2 miles south of Wickham on A692.
Mary Armstrong was the mother of Henry Rockett, husband of Doris Grieveson, second cousin once removed of Peter Purves, husband of Isabella Richardson Steele, wife of Robert James Gordon, father of Irene Alice Gordon, wife of George William Barton, brother of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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