Birth: 26 October 1880 84 Smithdown Lane, Windsor, Lancashire, UK
Father: Samuel Griffiths 1855-1902
Mother: Margaret Mullington 1856-1883
Christening: 3 November 1880 St Nathaniel, Windsor, Lancashire, UK
Marriage: 24 August 1914 St Mary, Wavertree, Lancashire, UK
Husband: John Henry Carr 1860-1931
Death: 26 March 1966 The District Hospital, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK
Margaret Carr 1915-1917
Samuel Ronald Carr 1916-2004
Betty Mullington Carr 1918-1977
Margaret Carr 1919-1964
Lois Carr 1921-2012
Philip Carr 1922-1923
Kathleen Mary Carr 1924-1925
Birth of Mary Jane Griffiths in FreeBMD in October-December 1880 in W Derby (8b 557). Her sister Sarah Rachel is registered on the same page, and I assume is her twin.
Five entries in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Mary Jane Griffiths baptised in 1880 at Saint Nathaniel, West Derby, Lancashire, parents Samuel and Margaret Griffiths in one, another four adding 3 November 1880.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 for Mary Jane Griffiths baptised on 3 November 1880 in West Derby, Lancashire, parents Samuel and Margaret Griffiths.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 for Mary Jane Griffiths baptised on 3 November 1880 in West Derby, Lancashire, parents Samuel and Margaret Griffiths.
Entry in Ancestry Lancashire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1911 for Mary Jane Griffiths baptised 3 November 1880 at Windsor, St Nathaniels, parents Samuel and Margaret Griffiths. "Page [blank] Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Nathaniels Windsor in the County of [blank] in the year 1880 [...] Nov 3rd No. 665 Mary Jane [parents] Samuel, [a] Cabinet Maker, & Margaret Griffiths [of] 84 Smithdown Lane". Her sister Sarah Rachel was christened on the same day and "665 & 666 were received into the Church Nov 28 1880".
Entry in Ancestry Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 for Mary Jane Griffiths baptised 3 November 1880 at Edge Hill, St Nathaniels, parents Samuel and Margaret Griffiths. "Page 111 Baptisms solemnized in St Nathaniels Parish Church, Windsor in the County of Lancaster in the year [blank ...] November 3rd No. 665 Mary Jane [parents] Samuel, [a] Cabinet Maker, & Margaret Griffiths [of] 84 Smithdown Lane". Her sister Sarah Rachel was christened on the same day and "665 & 666 were received into the Church Nov 28 1880".
In the 1881 census as Mary Jane Griffiths, no age in the index, 5 months on the original, born in Liverpool, Lancashire, and living with her parents (Samuel and Margaret), (twin)sister (Sarah Rachel), uncle (Herbert), aunt (Martha Jane), grandmother (Jane Mullington), granduncle (James Mullington) and a lodger (John Devine aged 20, born in Liverpool, Lancashire, single and a cabinet maker) at 84 Smithdown Lane, West Derby, Lancashire.
Her mother died in 1882 and her father married Hannah Wood on 18 November 1888 at Christ Church, Kensington, Lancashire.
In the 1891 census as Mary J Griffiths aged 10, born in Liverpool, Lancashire, and living with her father (Samuel), (step)mother (Hannah), (twin)sister Sarah R), (half)brother (Albert H M), uncle (Herbert) and aunt (Elizabeth Woods) at 10 Leda Street, West Derby, Lancashire.
In the 1901 census as Jane Griffiths aged 20, born in Liverpool, Lancashire, single, and a housemaid living with Sarah A Hewdron (aged 62, born in Rainham, Kent, widowed and living on her own means), her three sons (Alfred aged 27, born in Farfred Liverpool, single and a ? buyer, Thomas aged 28, born in Farfred Liverpool, single and a ? buyer, and William T aged 36, born in Rochester, Kent, single and living on his own means), two daughters (Alice H aged 25, born in Farfred Liverpool, single and no stated employment, and Margaret S Leampton (probaly Scrampton) aged 42, born in Rochester, Kent, married and no stated employment), son-in-law (Charles M Leampton (probably Scrampton) aged 38, born in Coventry, Warwickshire, married and a financial company's accountant) and a cook (Bessie Doran aged 26, born in Callant Celkenry, Ireland and single) at 11 Trafalgar Road. Birkdale, Lancashire.
In the 1911 census as Jane Griffiths aged 30, born in Liverpool, Lancashire, single, and a cook living with Edward Henry Mocatta (aged 45, born in Birkenhead, Cheshire and a stock and share broker and employer), his wife (Margaret Caroline aged 44, born in Warrington, Lancashire, married for 19 years with two children both living), two daughters (Monisa aged 17 and born in Southport, Lancashire, and Greba aged 15 and born in Birkdale, Lancashire, both students), and a housemaid (Mary Bold aged 26, born in Aughton, Lancashire and single) in twelve rooms at Penlea, Aughton Near Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Marriage of Mary J Griffiths and John H Carr in FreeBMD in July-September 1914 in W Derby (8b 888).
Entry in Ancesty England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Mary Jane Griffiths aged 33, father Samuel Griffiths and John Henry Carr in 1914 at Wavertree, St. Mary, Lancashire.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988 for Mary Jane Griffiths aged 33, father Samuel Griffiths, and John Henry Carr on 24 August 1914 in Wavertree, Lancashire.
Entry in Ancestry Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 for Mary Jane Griffiths aged 33, father Samuel Griffiths, and John Harry (sic) Carr on 24 August 1914 at Wavertree, St Mary's Church. "Page 46 [...] 1914 Marriage solemnized at St Mary's Parish Church in the Parish of St Mary Wavertree in the County of Lancaster [No.] 92 24th August 1914 John Henry [or] Harry Carr [aged] 54 [a] widower [and] grocer's manager [of] 42 St Helens Road Ormskirk [father] Edward Carr (deceased) [a] boot-maker [and] Mary Jane Griffiths [aged] 33 [a] Spinster [of] 24 Wakedale Rd [father] Samuel Griffiths (deceased) [a] cabinet-maker. Married in the Church of St Mary according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by license [...] in the Presence of Hert Griffiths and Sarah Rachel Griffiths". His signature confirms that his middle name is Harry.
Her children were born in Ormskirk from 1915 to 1924 except for Samuel who was born in West Derby on 14 October 1916 although the family were living in St Helens Road, Ormskirk when he was christened on 8 November 1916 at St Mary's Wavertree.
In the 1921 census as Mary Jane Carr born in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1879 and living with John Henry Carr (husband?), Lois and Ronald Samuel Carr (sons?), Betty Mullington Carr (daughter?), Harry and John Carr (stepsons?), and Hilda, Margaret, Winifred, and Minnie Carr (stepdaughters?) in Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Her husband died on 1 February 1931 at 42 St. Helens Road, Ormskirk Lancashire leaving effects of £439 6s. 4d. to to Mary Jane Carr widow.
Entry in Ancestry Lancashire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1939 for Mary Jane Carr address 42 St Helens Road, Ormkirk in 1939, other occupants Ronald Samuel Carr (som?) and Albert Howley.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Mary J Carr born 26 April (sic - in the index, October on the original) 1880, widowed and living with three others at 42 St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Death of Mary J Carr in FreeBMD in January-March 1966 aged 85 in Ormskirk (10f 240).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Mary Jane Carr died 26 March 1966 in Lancashire, probate 4 May 1966 in Liverpool. "Carr Mary Jane of 42 St. Helens Road Ormskirk Lancashire died 26 March 1966 at The District Hospital Ormskirk Probate Liverpool 4 May to Lois Carr spinster. £4111."
There are twenty two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Mary Jane Griffiths.
Mary Jane Griffiths was the mother of Samuel Ronald Carr, husband of Constance Emilie Jordan, half-sister of Harold Graham Jordan, husband of Doris Grocock, my half third cousin, and also the great grandneice of Edgar Jordan, husband of Amy Luff, my half first cousin twice removed.
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