The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Mary Eliza Sommerton (1854-1936)

Personal data Mary Eliza Sommerton 

  • She was born in the year 1854 in St. Pancras, Middlesex. England.Source 1
    1891 census shows birth as Islip Oxfordshire

    Name: Mary Eliza Sommerton Year of Registration: 1854 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Pancras (1837-1901) County: London, Middlesex Volume: 1b Page: 108

    First name(s) MARY ELIZA Last name SOMMERTON Birth year 1854 Birth quarter 3 Registration month - Mother's last name - District ST. PANCRAS County London Country England Volume 1B Page 108
  • She was baptized on October 29, 1854 in Islip, Oxfordshire. England.Source 2
    MARY ELIZA SOMMERTON Christening: 29 OCT 1854 Islip, Oxford, England Parents: Father: RICHARD SOMMERTON Mother: JANE

    First name(s) Mary Eliza Last name Sommerton Gender Female Birth year - Birth place -
    Baptism year 1854 Baptism date 29 Oct 1854 Place Islip County Oxfordshire Country England Father's first name(s) Richard
    Father's last name Sommerton Mother's first name(s) Jane Mother's last name -
  • Profession: in the year 1871 Servant.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: Mill Street, Islip, Bicester, Oxfordshire..Source 1
      Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 897; Folio: 54; Page: 26; GSU roll: 542718.

      1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Mill Street, Islip, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Richard Sommerton Head Married Male 31 1830 Boot And Shoe Maker Master Noke, Oxfordshire, England
      Jane Sommerton Wife Married Female 39 1822 Shoe Binder Broseley, Shropshire, England
      Harriet J Sommerton Daughter - Female 8 1853 - Islip, Oxfordshire, England
      Mary E Sommerton Daughter - Female 6 1855 Scholar -
      Sarah A Sommerton Daughter - Female 11 1850 Scholar Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, England
      William Sommerton Son - Male 2 1859 - Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, England
      Frederick Sommerton Son - Male 0 1861 - St Clement, Oxfordshire, England
    • in the year 1871: Vicarage, Beckley, Oxfordshire.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1434; Folio: 4; Page: 1; GSU roll: 828779.

      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Vicarage Beckley, Beckley, Headington, Oxfordshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      George Thophiles Cook Head - Male 51 1820 - Oxfordshire, England
      Carline Caa Cook Sister - Female 48 1823 - Warwickshire, England
      Elizabeth Swaby Servant - Female 43 1828 - Middlesex, England
      Mary E Sommerton Servant - Female 16 1855 - Gloucestershire, England
    • in the year 1881: Rectory, Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire.Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 3080; Folio: 75; Page: 16; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341735.

      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Yelvertoft Rectory, Yelvertoft (Northampton), Rugby, Warwickshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Henton B Jenkins Head Married Male 39 1842 Rector Of Yelvertoft Beachley, Gloucestershire, England
      Alice Jenkins Wife Married Female 36 1845 - Redland, Gloucestershire, England
      Robert H Jenkins Son Single Male 2 1879 - Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, England
      Anna L A Jenkins Daughter Single Female 4 1877 - Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, England
      Mary G Jenkins Daughter Single Female 1 1880 - Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, England
      Sybil A Jenkins Daughter Single Female 0 1881 - Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, England
      Mary E Summerton Servant Single Female 26 1855 Cook Dom Serv City of London, Middlesex, England
      Elizabeth Peake Servant Single Female 22 1859 Nursemaid Dom Serv Shropshire, England
      Annie D Burdett Servant Single Female 19 1862 Housemaid Dom Serv Naseby, Northamptonshire, England
      Anne Chester Servant Single Female 15 1866 Nursemaid Dom Serv Winwick, Northamptonshire, England
    • in the year 1891: Crick, Northamptonshire, England.Source 5
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2459; Folio 47; Page 1; GSU roll: 6097569.

      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Crick, Rugby, Warwickshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Lucey Brown Head Widow Female 58 1833 Chairwoman Clifton, Warwickshire, England
      Thomas C Brown Son Single Male 13 1878 Gardener Newton, Warwickshire, England
      Thomas R Cowley Head Married Male 39 1852 Blacksmith Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Mary E Cowley Wife Married Female 36 1855 - Islip, Oxfordshire, England
      Lilian M Cowley Daughter - Female 6 1885 Scholar Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Emily J Cowley Daughter - Female 5 1886 Scholar Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      William R Cowley Son - Male 3 1888 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      George F Cowley Son - Male 1 1890 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
    • in the year 1901: Rugby Road, Crick, Northamptonshire.Source 6
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2919; Folio: 79; Page: 2.

      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Rugby Road, Village, Crick (Northampton), Rugby, Warwickshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Thomas Roger Cowley Head Married Male 49 1852 Blacksmith Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Mary Eliza Cowley Wife Married Female 46 1855 - Euston, London, England
      Emily Jane Cowley Daughter Single Female 15 1886 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      William Roger Cowley Son Single Male 13 1888 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      George Frederick Cowley Son - Male 11 1890 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Alice Rebecca Cowley Daughter - Female 8 1893 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
    • in the year 1911: Crick, Northamptonshire, England.Source 7
      RG14PN18618 RG78PN1113 RD391 SD2 ED7 SN73)

      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Crick Rugby, Crick, Warwickshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      Thomas Roger Cowley Head Married Male Gardener Market 59 1852 Northamptonshire Crick
      Mary Eliza Cowley Wife Married Female - 56 1855 London Marylebone
      Alice Rebeca Cowley Daughter Single Female General Servant Domestic 18 1893 Northamptonshire Crick
      Jane Sommerton Mother In Law Widow Female - 89 1822 Shropshire Broseley
  • She died on 2ND Q 1936 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. England, she was 82 years old.
    Name: Mary E Cowley Death Registration Month/Year: 1936 Age at death (estimated): 87 Registration district: Northampton Inferred County: Northamptonshire Volume: 3b Page: 97
  • A child of Richard Sommerton and Jane Lawrence
  • This information was last updated on November 2, 2016.

Household of Mary Eliza Sommerton

She is married to Thomas Roger Cowley.

They got married on December 27, 1883 at Noke, Bicester, Oxfordshire. England, she was 29 years old.

Name: Mary Eliza Sommerton Year of Registration: 1883 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Bicester County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire Volume: 3a Page: 1285

First name(s) THOMAS ROGER Last name COWLEY Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1883 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ THOMAS ROGER COWLEY married one of these people MARY ELIZA SOMMERTON, EMMA MORTIMER
District BICESTER District number - County Oxfordshire Country England Volume 3A Page 1285

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Child(ren):

  1. Lilian Mary Cowley  1884-1961
  2. Emily Jane Cowley  1886-1969


Notes about Mary Eliza Sommerton

On 1861 census Mary Eliza is shown as the Dau of Richard Sommerton aged 31 a Boot and Shoe Maker b. Noke Oxon. Mother is shown as Jane aged 39 a Shoe Binder. b. Broseley, Shropshire.
Mary has 4 siblings aged from 8 to 6 months.

On 1851 census Richard a shoemaker age 21 b. Noke. is shown with Jane his wife,

On 1911 census Jane Sommerton is living with Mary Eliza Cowley and her family she is shown as being 89 years old b. Broseley, Shropshire.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Eliza Sommerton

Jane Lawrence
1822-1911

Mary Eliza Sommerton
1854-1936

1883

Thomas Roger Cowley
1852-1924

Lilian Mary Cowley
1884-1961
Emily Jane Cowley
1886-1969
William Roger Cowley
1887-1947
George Frederick Cowley
1889-1975
Alice Rebecca Cowley
1892-1977

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Sources

  1. 1861 Census England, 1861 Census
  2. IGI batch files
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  3. 1871 Census England 2nd April 1871
  4. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census
  5. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
  6. 1901 Census England
  7. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911

Historical events

Christening day October 29, 1854

  • The temperature on October 29, 1854 was about 3.2 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin, US.
    • March 28 » Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
    • August 4 » The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
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    • October 9 » Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade.

Day of marriage December 27, 1883

  • The temperature on December 27, 1883 was about 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
    • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
    • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
    • October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
    • October 22 » The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod's Faust.
    • December 21 » The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.

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