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LIFE GOES
ON: AN INTRODUCTION
MY
GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
THE SIXTEEN
FAMILIES
KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER
CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN
CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR
MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF
CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT
THE
WORKHOUSE
WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II
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LIFE GOES
ON
Mary Vokes
born Borden, Kent,
1811
died Chatham, Kent, 15th July 1896
on the Knott family tree
part of the Waters family story
married to Thomas
Waters
Mother of George
Waters
Mary Vokes(1811-1896).
My Father's Father's Mother's Father's Mother. My
Great-Great-Great-Grandmother.
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1811: Mary
was born at Borden, Kent.
1828-9: Mary and Thomas Waters's
daughter Mary was born in about 1829, suggesting
a marriage date of 1828-29. The marriage was not
at Newington, but may have been at Mary's home
parish of Borden.
1832: the baptism of Mary's
daughter Sarah is recorded in the Newington
registers.
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1841 census:
Mary
was thirty at the time of the 1841
census. The Waters family were living at Libet
Wells, Newington, Kent.
Her
husband Thomas is shown as an agricultural
labourer. He was 44.
There
were four children. Mary aged 12, Sarah
aged 8, Thomas aged 4 and Frances, aged
3.
All
members of the household were born in
Kent.The transcript for their entry is here.
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1849: Mary's youngest son, my
great-great-grandfather George Herbert Waters was
born in Lower Halstow, Kent, just outside of
Newington. He was baptised (and recorded as
George Albert) at St Margaret's church on 4th
February, the son of Thomas and Mary Waters.
Thomas's occupation was shown as a labourer.
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1851 census:
Mary was forty at
the time of the 1851 census. The
Waters family were living at Lower
Halstow, Kent.
Her husband Thomas
is shown as a labourer.
He was 50 years old.
There were three
children. Thomas was 13, Frances
was 10 and George was 2.
Mary was born in Borden,
Kent. Everyone else was
born at Newington, Kent, except
for George who was born at
Halstow in Kent.The transcript
for their entry is here.
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1861
census:
Mary was fifty at
the time of the 1861 census. The
Waters family were living at Lower
Halstow, Kent.
Her husband Thomas
is shown as an agricultural
labourer. He was 61.
George was the only
child living at home, and he was
12 years old.
Mary was born in Borden,
Kent. Thomas was born in
Newington, Kent. George was born
at Halstow in Kent.The transcript
for their entry is here.
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1871
census:
Mary was
sixty-three at the time
of the 1871 census. The
family were living in Church
Lane, Newington, Kent.
Her husband
Thomas was shown as unemployed.
He was 75.
Mary was
born in Borden,
Kent. Thomas was
born in Newington, Kent.
The transcript for their
entry is here. Thomas and
Mary's son Thomas Jr was
also living in Newington,
with his wife Jane and 1
year old daughter Emma.
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1871: Thomas and Mary's son
George, my great-great-grandfather,
married Mary Ann Harrall at St
Mary's church, Newington, Kent
on the 15th October. He gave his
occupation as engineer. The parents of
the couple, Thomas Waters and John
Harrall, were both described as
labourers. The witnesses were R Croucher
and Emily Elliott. George marked the
register with a cross - that is to say,
he was illiterate. Nobody else signed the
register, which was filled in entirely by
the minister.
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1881 census:
Mary was
seventy years old at the
time of the 1881 census.
The Waters family were
living at Church
Lane, Newington, Kent.
Her husband
Thomas is shown as an agricultural
labourer. He was
82.
Mary was
born in Borden,
Kent. Thomas was
born in Newington, Kent.
Their entry is here.
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1887: Mary's husband
Thomas died on the 23rd May in Newington,
Kent. He was said to be 88 years old.
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1891 census:
Mary was
eighty-one years old at
the time of the 1891
census. She was living at
High Street, Newington,
Kent.
Her status
is a widow. She is shown
as a caretaker.
Mary was
born in Borden,
Kent. The entry
is here.
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1896: Mary died on 15th
July at Chatham, probably at the home of
her daughter Frances Ingram.
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