Birth: 15 December 1855 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Father: James Taylor 1829-1879
Mother: Mary Ann Capps Balls 1828-1862
Christening: 2 March 1856 St Margaret, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: April-June 1882 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Husband: Edward Cowles 1859-1888
Marriage: July-September 1890 Mutford, Suffolk, UK
Husband: Henry William Cooke (Cook) 1864-1921
Death: October 1934 19 Trafalgar Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Buried: Lowestoft Cemetery, Lowestof, Suffolk, UK
Birth of Mary Ann Taylor in FreeBMD in January-March 1856 in Mutford (4A 679).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 for Mary Ann Taylor born on 15 December 1855 and baptised on 2 March 1856 at Lowestoft, Suffolk, parents James and Mary Ann Taylor.
Three entries in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Mary Ann Taylor baptised in 1856 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, parents James and Mary Ann Taylor in one, baptised on 2 March 1856 at St Margaret, Lowestoft, parents James and Mary Ann Taylor in another, and born on 15 December 1855 and baptised on 2 March 1856 in Lowestoft, parents James and Mary Ann Taylor in the third.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 for for Mary Ann Taylor born on 15 December 1855 and baptised on 2 March 1856 at Lowestoft St Margaret, Suffolk, parents James and Mary Ann Taylor. "Page 134 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk in the Year 1856 [...] 1856 March 2d No. 1072 Mary Ann born Dec 15 1855 [parents] James, [a] Fisherman, & Mary Ann Taylor [of] Lowestoft".
Her brother was born on 20 February 1857, registered in January-March 1857 in Mutford, and baptised on 1 November 1857 at St Margaret, Lowestoft when they were living in Lowestoft.
Her sister was born on 4 June 1858, registered in July-September 1858 in Mutford, and baptised on 2 January 1859 at St Margaret, Lowestoft when they were living in Lowestoft.
In the 1861 census as Mary A Taylor aged 5, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and living with her parents (James and Mary A), brother (James W), (half-)brother (John C) and a sister (Maria) in Chapel Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Her mother was buried on 24 May 1862 in Lowestoft and her father married Emma Welch in January-March 1863 in Mutford.
Her half-sister was registered in April-June 1864 in Mutford.
Her half-sister was born on 22 July 1865 and registered in July-September 1865 in Mutford.
Her half-sister was registered in April-June 1865 in Mutford.
Her half-sister was registered in October-December 1868 in Mutford.
In the 1871 census as Mary A Taylor aged 15, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and living with her father (James), (step)mother (Emma), sister (Maria), four (half)sisters (Alice L, Bessie, Edith G and Florence M) and a boarder (Osher (Usher) Cox aged 50, born in Ely Whittlesed, Cambridgeshire, married and a dealer) in Rosemary Villa, Raglan Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
In the 1881 census as Mary A Taylor aged 25, born in Suffolk, single, and a nurse living with John Venn (aged 41, born in Islington, Middlesex and a public notary), his wife (Margaret D Venn aged 41 and born in Islington, Middlesex), five sons (Arthur aged 11, Frederick C aged 8, Harry P aged 4, John D aged 12 and Walter P aged 9, all born in Gipsy Hill, Surrey, except Harry in Beddington), five daughters (Alice R aged 6, Amy I aged 14, Edith E aged 15, all born in Gipsy Hill, Surrey, and Ellen M aged 10 months and Helen G aged 2 both born in Beddington), and two servants (Martha Young aged 20, born in Aldershot, Hampshire, single, and a cook, and Emma L King aged 15, born in Beddington, Surrey and an under nurse) at 4 Melbourne Villas, Manor Road, Beddington, Surrey.
Marriage of Mary Ann Taylor and Edward Cowles in FreeBMD in April-June 1882 in Mutford (4a 1171).
Her son was registered in July-September 1884 in Mutford.
Her daughter was born on 31 July 1887 in Lowestoft, and registered in July-September 1887 in Mutford.
Her husband died on 1 January 1888 in Lowestoft.
Marriage of Mary Ann Cowles and Henry William Cooke in FreeBMD in July-September 1890 in Mutford (4A 1436).
Her son was born in Lowestoft in 1891.
In the 1891 census as Mary Ann Cooke aged 34, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and living with her husband (Henry W), son (Lewis E Cowles) and daughter (Lucy B Cowles) at 59 Edinburgh Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Her son was born on 12 May 1891, registered in April-June 1891 in Mutford, and baptised on 28 June 1891 at St. Margaret, Lowestoft when they were living at 74 Queen's Road, Lowestoft.
In the 1901 census as Mary A Corke (sic in the index, Cooke on the original) aged 42, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and living with her husband (Henry W), son (Herbert J) and a boarder (William Redman aged 37, born in Abbotts Ann, Hampshire, single, a sailing engineer and employer) at 2 Ladysmith Terrace, Alexandra Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
In the 1911 census as Mary Ann Cooke aged 54, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, married for 21 years with one child still living (from this marriage), and living with her husband (Henry William) in five rooms at 21 Stanley Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Her husband died in April-June 1921 in Mutford.
In the 1921 census as Mary Ann Cooke aged 64 years 6 months, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, widowed, and living in two rooms at 19 Trafalgar Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Death of Mary A Cooke in FreeBMD in October-December 1934 aged 77 in Mutford (4A 1224).
Entry in Find a Grave for Mary Ann Cooke died 26 October 1934 aged 76-77 and buried in Plot L/4/26 in Lowestoft Cemetary, Lowestoft, Waveney Suffolk. Age: 77, Address: 19 Trafalgar Street, Lowestoft, Occupation: Widow, Death date listed may be the interment date.
There are forty nine entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Mary Ann Taylor.
Mary Ann Taylor was the wife of Edward Cowles, my second cousin once removed.
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