Mary Louisa SYMONS

  General Notes:

The photographs of Mary, her mother, brothers and sisters etc were from her photo album. The album was inscribed "Mary Louisa Symons from her brothers Willie and Fred /88" - presumably 1888!

Usually called Polly

Births Jun 1863
Madeley 6a 643 Symons Mary Louisa

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire is where sister Helena was living
Marriages Mar 1890 Chesterton 3b 541
Butterfield James
Lee Martha
MCKENNIE James
Symons Mary Louisa

Death BC Canada
Name: Mary Louisa Butterfield
Event Date: 1949 5 10 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 86
Gender: female
Event Place: Victoria
Reg. Number: 1949-09-004931
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13200
GSU Microfilm Number: 2032570


1871 census
RG10/4238 F40 P18 & F41 P19
Private House, Lower Holker, Flookburgh, Lancashire
Grace Baker Simons(sic), Head, Widow, 42, House houlder, Devonshire Burrington
Elizabeth Ann Simons, Daugh, Un, 14, Scholar, Surrey Lambeth
Helena Simons, Daugh, , 13, Scholar, Surrey Southwark
Mary Louisa Simons, Daugh, , 7, Scholar, Lancashire Flookburgh
Grace Eda Simons, Daughht, , 6, Scholar, Lancashire Flookburgh
George Frederick Simons, Son, , 4, Scholar, Lancashire Flookburgh
Herbert James Simons, Son, , 1, , Lancashire Flookburgh

1881 census
Likely to be the same person, despite different place of birth
Thomas SMITH Head M Male 42 Bolton, Lancashire, England Tea Dealer Grocery & Provisions Merchant Employing 10 Men & 3 Boys
Mary SMITH Wife M Female 39 Melling, Lancashire, England
John W. SMITH Son Male 16 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Scholar
Edward SMITH Son Male 13 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Scholar
Mary E. SMITH Daur Female 12 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Scholar
Francis J. SMITH Son Male 11 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Scholar
Clara J. SMITH Daur Female 9 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Scholar
Margaret E. SMITH Daur Female 7 Lancaster, Lancashire, England Scholar
Thomas A. SMITH Son Male 5 Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Eleanor M.G. SMITH Daur Female 2 Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Charles H. SMITH Son Male 6 m Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Amelia E. BRAITHWAITE Serv U Female 17 Quernmore, Lancashire, England Gen Serv
Mary L. SYMONS Serv U Female 17 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Gen Serv
Source Information:
Dwelling 5 South Regent St Lindow House
Census PlaceLancaster, Lancashire, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4264 / 77
Page Number 3

1891 census
RG12/3477 F17 P28
5 Newton Street, Ulverston, Lancashire
James Butterfield, Head, M, 33, Sampler of Pig Iron, Urswick Lancashire
Mary L do, Wife, M, 27, , Salop Much Wenlock
Frederick do, Son, , 4mos, , Lancashire Ulverston

1901 census
RG13/4005 F36 P25
1 Sandside, Ulverston, Lancs
James Butterfield, Head, M, 43, Clerk Iron Works, born Lancashire Urswick
Mary Louisa do, 37, , born Much Wenlock Salop
Frederick do, Son, , 10, , born Lancashire Ulverston
Alfred John do, Son, , 8, , born Lancashire Ulverston
John Butterfield, Father, Wid, 75, General Labourer, born Lancashire Egton-cum-Newland

Lived there until around 1906/7 when they emigrated to Victoria, BC, Canada

1911 Canada Census (indexed as Putterfield)
District No 13, ED 4, page 20
836 Cormack Street, Victoria, British Columbia
Butterfield James, Male, Head, Mar, born Feb 1857, 54, born England, immigration 1907,
Mary T, Female, Wife, Mar, Apr 1863, 48, England, 1907
Fred, Male, Son, Single, Dec 1891, 20, England, 1907
Alfred J, Male, Son, Single, April 1893, 18, England, 1907
Williard, Male, Son, Single, Jan 1902, 9, England, 1907
Helena, Female, Daughter, Single, July 1905, 6, England, 1907
Compton Edward, Male, Lodger, Single, August 1875, 36, England, 1906
Woods John, Male, Lodger, Married, Jan 1881, 32, England, 1910
Lizzy, Male, Lodger, Married, Feb 1883, 28, England, 1910
- can't read the employment information

Extract from the family history
I can remember that my Grandmother who, although her given name was
Mary Louisa was called Polly as a nickname. I understand that Polly had been
a nickname for Mary for generations back and it makes about as much sense as me being called Peggy, when my proper name is Margaret. We shall call her Polly from now on and I do know that she first saw the light of day in 1866
According to birth certificate April 18,1863 . I have worked this out from her
age in 1949, the year she passed away.

Mary married James BUTTERFIELD, son of John BUTTERFIELD and Margaret CLEMENTS, on 25 Feb 1890 in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ (James BUTTERFIELD was born on 9 Feb 1858 in Great Urswick, Lancashire, England ² and died on 11 Mar 1925 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.)