Mary Elizabeth WHITWORTH

  General Notes:

name was Mary Elizabeth Roberts nee Whitworth

Births Sep 1869
Northampton 3b 80 Whitworth Mary Elizabeth

Marriages Sep 1888 Northampton 3b 142
Roberts Henry Edward
WHITWORTH Mary Elizabeth

The family have discovered that he was only able to marry in 1939 after the death of Elizabeth's first husband. The marriage was on 30th August 1939. He was 65, she was 70 and they got married in Birmingham Registry Office, Witnesses were Thomas Egan and W.A. Crutchley. Registrar was W. G. Hanson. Mary's father was George Whitworth (deceased) who was a boot finisher

Marriages Sep 1939
Birmingham 6d 1594
GIBBINS Adolphis H J to Roberts

Death notified by her husband (1037 Coventry Road, Birmingham) on 10th October 1949

1871 census
RG10/1483 F83 P13
10 Bath Row, St Sepulchre, Northampton
George Whitworth, Head, Mar, 31, Finisher, Northampton Kettering
Mary do, Wife, Mar, 31, , Stafford Stafford
Edwin A do, Son, , 8, Scholar, Stafford Stafford
Fredk do, Son, , 6, Scholar, Warwicks Birmingham
George do, Son, , 4, , Northampton
Elizabeth M do, Daur, , 1, , Northampton

1881 census
George WHITWORTH Head M Male 41 Kettering Shoe Finisher
Mary WHITWORTH Wife M Female 41 Stafford, England
Edwin A. WHITWORTH ... U Male 19 Stafford, England Currier
Frederick WHITWORTH Son U Male 16 Birmingham Shoe Finisher
George WHITWORTH Son U Male 14 Northampton, England Shoe Maker ((Employed At Home))
Mary E. WHITWORTH Daur U Female 11 Northampton, England Scholar
Muriel C. WHITWORTH Daur U Female 8 Northampton, England Scholar
Annie G. WHITWORTH Daur U Female 5 Northampton, England Scholar
Henry B. WHITWORTH Son U Male 2 Northampton, England
Source Information:
Dwelling 52 Park St
Census PlaceDallington, Northampton, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1551 / 40
Page Number 55

1891 census
RG12/1201 F56 P8
Milton St, Kingsthorpe, Northampton
Henry E Roberts, Head, M, 25, Leath Currier, Northampton
Mary E do, Wife, M, 21, , Northampton
Lillian G do, Daur, , 2, , Northampton

1901 census (indexed as Gibbings)
RG13/2462 F77 P13 & P14
17 Albion Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Henry J Gibbings, Head, M, 27, Bootmaker, Devon Withycombe
Mary do, Wife, M, 30, , Northampton
Lilian G Roberts, Step Daur, S, 12, , Northampton
Amy do, Step Daur, S, 9, , Northampton
Walter Gibbings, Son, S, 3, , Glos Cheltenham
May Gibbings, Daur, , 1, , Glos Cheltenham

Mary married Henry Edward ROBERTS circa Sep 1888 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. (Henry Edward ROBERTS was born circa 1865 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England and died about 1939.)

Mary next married Adolphus Henry John GIBBINS, son of Robert GIBBINS and Jane Louisa BEST, on 30 Aug 1939 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. (Adolphus Henry John GIBBINS was born on 7 Nov 1873 in Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon, England and died on 16 Feb 1958 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Dear Jack,
Yesterday went very well and my father is on cloud nine at the moment. We were speaking to May Gibbins son Reg Bond (his father was Charles Bond). He has Mary's and Adolphus's wedding certificate. Guess when they got married!!!!!!! 30th August 1939. He was 65, she was 70 and the got married in Birmingham Registry Office, Witnesses were Thomas Egan and W.A. Crutchley. Registrar was W. G. Hanson. Mary's father was George Whitworth (deceased !!) who was a boot finisher. Reg confirmed that Henry Roberts would not give Mary a divorce so she had to wait till he was dead before they could get married. We took our tape recorder and camcorder with us so when we have unravelled other info they gave us I will mail you some more info. There is a Charlie Mack (my father always though the Mac was a Mac something, but his name was Mack) there was a Freddie Payne or Paine (nicknamed Cocky Payne) but need to watch the tape first.
Hope this helps
Regards
Pat & Trevor