Mary Jones

Mary Ann Alexandra Jones 

Born: 12 October 1867, Yarmouth 

Baptised: 5 July 1868, Great Yarmouth 

Father: John Alexander Jones (b. 1838)

Mother: Mary Ann N Jones (b. 1842)

Brothers: John Alexander Jones (b. 1873)

Sisters: Charlotte E Jones (b. 1865), Agnes S Jones (b. 1871), Elizabeth E Jones (b. 1878)

Marriage:        16 April 1895, Grimsby 

Husband:         William Henry Thickett (b. 1868)

                        b. 1868

                        Ship and Boat Builder 

Issue – 

#1 Harry Thickett (b. 1895) (d. 9 May 1923)

#2 Margery Thickett (b. 1898)

#3 Dorothea Thickett (b. 1899)

#4 Constance Thickett (b. 1899)

In 1871 – 

She is at Back of the Victoria Garden, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her father is listed as ‘Fisherman’. Mary, her mother and sisters, Charlotte and Agnes, are unlisted. Her aunt, Emma Jane Smith (b. 1860), is listed as ‘Motherless’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at 54 Guildford Street, Caistor. Her mother is listed as ‘Fisherman’s Wife’. Her sister, Charlotte, is listed as ‘Employed at Home’. Mary and her siblings (Agnes, John and Elizabeth) are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Burngreave Road, Sheffield as a boarder. John Clowes (b. 1845) is listed as ‘Railway Carting Foreman’. Sarah Anne Clowes (b. 1842), John Clowes (b. 1881) and Alfred E Clowes (b. 1888) are unlisted. Gertrude Annie Clowes (b. 1871) is listed as ‘Mothers Help’. Albert G Clowes (b. 1875) is listed as ‘Midland Railway Clerk’. Mary, Alexandra Lamort (b. 1871), Kate Leggat (b. 1870) and Emma Cockrane Smith (b. 1870) are boarders and listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. 

In 10/95 – 

Marriage to William Henry Thickett on 16.04.1895 in Grimsby

In 1901 – 

She is at 104 Park Street, Grimsby. Her husband is listed as ‘Ship and Boat Builder (Wood)’. Mary and her children (Harry, Margery, Dorothy and Constance) are unlisted. There is a servant, Eleanor M Bullock (b. 1883). 

In 04/02 – 

Address is 104 Park Street, New Clee, Grimsby. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Kylemore, Weelsby Road, Grimsby. Her husband is listed as ‘Ship and Boat Builder’. Mary and her daughters (Margery, Dorothea and Constance) are unlisted. There is a housemaid, Annie Urbutt (b. 1886). Ethel Baldock (b. 1893).

In 1921 – 

She is at Kylemore, Weelsby Road, Grimsby. Her husband is listed as ‘Ship and Boat Builder’. Mary and her daughters (Margery and Dorothea) are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at Seathorn Shardelves Road, Skegness. Mary is unlisted. Matha Chisem (b. 1911) is listed as ‘Servant Cook’. Dorothy Burton (b. 1917) is listed as ‘Servant House Maid’. Emmeline Robinson (b. 1864) is listed an unlisted widow. 

d.         29 April 1943, Grimsby 

THICKETT, Mary Ann Alexandra of 81 Weelsby Road, Grimsby (wife of William Henry Thickett) died 29 April 1943. Administration Lincoln 7 June to the said William Henry Thickett, shipwright and boat builder and Margery Geen (wife of Peter Green). Effects £4881, 6s, 8d.