Mary Stansfield

Mary Ann Stansfield 

Born: 6 August 1868, Halifax 

Father: Hargreaves Stansfield (b. 1840)

Mother: Caroline Stansfield (b. 1842)

Brothers: William H Stansfield (b. 1865) he marries Lydia Mary Oliver [LDTC 1881]

In 1871 – 

She is at St. Stephen’s Street, Skircoat, Halifax. Her father is listed as ‘Overlooker in Worsted Mill’. Mary, her mother and brother, William, are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at 45 Batty Street, Bradford. Her father is listed as ‘Worsted Overlooker’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Mary Ann and her mother are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Woodhouse Lane, Wigan as a boarder. Margaret Atherton (b. 1845) and Maggie E Atherton (b. 1882) are unlisted. Abraham Parker (b. 1814) is listed as ‘Cotton Surster’. Mary Ann is listed as boarder and ‘Schoolmistress’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 10 Ashland Avenue, Wigan as a boarder. Emma Wills (b. 1861) is listed as ‘Nurse Monthly’. Helen Wills (b. 1863) is unlisted. Mary Ann is listed as ‘Head Teacher ‘Elementary’’. 

In 10/01 – 

Address is 114 Swinley Road, Wigan. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 100 Swinley Road, Wigan, Lancashire. Mary Ann is listed as ‘Head Teacher of Elementary School’. Her father is listed as widower and ‘Retired Manager of Worsted Mill’. Her aunt, Ann Stansfield (b. 1831) is unlisted. There is a servant, Margaret Hall (b. 1880). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Highfield, Greetland as a visitor. The head of the household, John Ernest Shaw (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Cattle Dealer’. His son, Ralph Shaw (b. 1903), is listed as ‘Assisting Father in Cattle Trade’. His wife, Lena Shaw (b. 1877), and children, Christine Shaw (b. 1906) and Geoffrey Shaw (b. 1913), are unlisted. Mary is listed as a visitor and ‘Retired School Mistress’. 

In 1939 –

She is at 26 Salisbury Street, Warrington. Mary, her sister-in-law, Lydia M Stansfield (b. 1860) [LDTC 1881], and Margaret Bailey (b. 1863) are listed as ‘Schoolmistress Retired’. Martha Phoenix (b. 1889) is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. There is a closed record.

Nothing more definitive found