Mary Ann SAFFORD2,4,5,6

also known as Mary Ann BEEBY

about 18156 - 1st Nov 18823

Lacemaker

Life History

about 1815	Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.5 (less likely)
about 1815	Born in Cambridgeshire, England.2 (less likely)
about 1815	Born in Cambridgeshire..1 (most likely)
13th Oct 1815	Christened in St Andrew the Great, Cambridge.
about 1816	Born in Cambs, Cambridgeshire, England.4 (less likely)
about 1819	Born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.6 (less likely)
27th May 1836	Married William BEEBY in Keysoe, Bedfordshire..16 Certificate shows him as bachelor her as spinster. witnesses were William Beebey (his father?) and Harriett Safford (hermother?) There is no other information. Banns were published from 24th April 1836. Both were of the Parish of Keysoe.
26th Oct 1838	Birth of daughter Eliza BEEBY in Keysoe Row, Bedfordshire..7
16th Dec 1840	Birth of daughter Elizabeth BEEBY in Keysoe Row, Bedfordshire..8
26th Jan 1843	Birth of son Samuel BEEBE in Keysoe Row, Bedfordshire..9
about 1846	Birth of daughter Harriet Anne BEEBEE in Bedford, Bedfordshire..10
about 1849	Birth of son William BEEBEE in Bedford, Bedfordshire..11
about 1851	Birth of daughter Julia BEEBY.12
1851	Resident in Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire, England.6
about 1853	Birth of son Silas BEEBE.13
about 1859	Birth of son Arthur BEEBE in Bedford, Bedfordshire..14
1861	Occupation Lacemaker
1861	Resident in Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire, England.5
1871	Resident in St Paul, Bedfordshire, England.4
about 1876	Birth of daughter Annie BEEBY.15
1881	Resident in St Paul, Bedfordshire, England.2
1st Nov 1882	Died in Bedford, Bedfordshire..3

Other facts

Fact 5 in St Andrew the Great, Cambridge.

Notes

1851 census gives age as 32 which makes dob 1819. Also gives county of birth as Cambridgeshire.
Marianne, daughter of James and Anne Safford, was baptised in 1815 inCambridge, I assume this was her.
St Catherines House death register shows a Mary Ann Beebe died in thefourth quarter (Oct/Nov/Dec) 1882 aged 68, registered in Bedford. i.e. born 1814. This death certificate confirms that she is wife of William Beebe, a gardener. Mary died of Apoplexy (a stroke). The informant was her daughter in law Martha Beebe who was present at the death at 7, Allhallows Lane, Bedford on Nov 1st 1882.
Possible candidates for a marriage to a Martha are William or Samuel.
Baptisms of Eliza and Elizabeth both show mother as "Mary Ann Beebey,late Safford".
With William and her children on 1861 census, a 46 year old lace maker born in Cambridge. This suggests a birth date of 1815.
Born in Cambridgeshire, possibly Cambridge.
Died in 7 Allhallows Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire.

Sources

1. Footnote: 1881 census gives Cambridgeshire and 1851 census suggests Cambridge Town. St Andrew the Great, Cambridge, parish record of baptism (Marianne Safford). 1841 census for Keysoe.
2. 1881 England Census
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3. Footnote: Death certificate
4. 1871 England Census
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5. 1861 England Census
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6. 1851 England Census
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7. Footnote: 1851 census for Bedford Town 1841 census for Keysoe Parish records
8. Footnote: 1851 census also Keysoe Parish record of baptism which gavebirth date as well as baptism date. 1841 census for Keysoe.
9. Footnote: 1851 census also Keysoe Parish record of baptism which gavebirth date as well as baptism date.
10. Footnote: 1851 census
11. Footnote: IGI and parish records in Bedford Library also 1851 census
12. Footnote: Bedford St Paul Parish Records held at County Records Office show Baptism.
13. Footnote: calculated from 1881 census and marriage certificate which states of full age also baptised Nov 7th 1853 Bedford St Paul. In 1861census age 7.
14. Footnote: 1861 census
15. Footnote: Age calculated from 1881 census which is only reference to her. ? Silas daughter.
16. Footnote: IGI and original parish records in Bedford Library