What happened to Mary Ann?

[Chimp]

William Griffiths married Mary Ann Brown in the Dudley registration district in 1876.

1881 census @ 19, Guests Fold, Dudley (Worcs)
RG11
Piece number 2879
Folio 132
Page 41

William, Mary Ann and a daughter:-

Annie - 1878

1891 census @ Oakeywell Street, Dudley, Worcestershire
RG12
Piece number 2294
Folio 63
Page 2

William, Mary Ann, and 3 daughters:-

Annie - 1878
Mary A(nn) - 1886 (the one I am interested in)
Sarah - 1891

1901 census @ 8, Oakeywell Street, Dudley (Worcs)
RG13
Piece number 2746
Folio 134
Page 16

William, Mary Ann and children:-

Sarah - 1892
Samuel - 1894
David - 1897
Rose - 1899
Harold - 1901

1911 census @ 19 Oakeywell St Dudley, Dudley, Worcestershire
RG14
Piece number 17442

William, Mary Ann and children:-

Samuel - 1894
David - 1896
Rose - 1899
William - 1908

On the 1911 census William and his wife say they are aged 55 and 53 respectively.

That would have made Mary Ann 50 when she had William born 1908.

Not believing that he was their son for a minute I sent for his birth certificate.

William was born on 19th May 1907 at 19 Oakeywell, where the family were living from 1891 onwards. His mother was Mary Ann Griffiths a domestic servant with no fathers name present on the certificate. So he was the illegitimate son of Mary Ann the daughter born in 1886.

What happened to Mary Ann - 1886, she only ever appeared on one census in 1891, by the time of the 1901 census she would probably have been out working. The only other time she was at home was to give birth to William.


Anyone fancy a challenge?

 

[arthurk]

In 1901 the most likely seems to me to be Mary Griffith at 91 St John's Road, Dudley, a servant in the Whitmore(?) household - RG13/2746 fo109 p10.

But at the back of your mind, keep an eye on Mary Griffith, adopted daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Newton in Tipton - RG13/2737 fo103 p13.

 

[Chimp]

Thanks @arthurk , I'll take a look.