The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameMary Grace Walters
Birthbef 11 Nov 1856, Northcott Hamlet, Devon, England
DeathSep 1902, Launceston, Cornwall, England
Baptism11 Nov 1857, Boyton, Cornwall, England
FatherWilliam Walters (ca1819-)
MotherAnn Oliver (<1817-1884)
Misc. Notes
Name of “Mary Grace Walters”, approx. date of birth from Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd, great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876.
Dax says Mary was Christened 11 November 1856 at Boyton, Cornwall, England.

Sarah Ferguson (nee Churton) give date and place of death. Sarah gives year of birth ‘about 1857’.

Mary was a beneficiary in the Will of her mother’s brother, William Oliver (who was living in Ohio USA), an image of which was received from Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, in an email dated 30 September 2022. William was living in Ohio, USA.
Tim Oliver is a x3 great grandson of James and Ruth Oliver, his grandfather being Ivor James Clark Oliver 1907-1989.

In the above Will, Mary’s married names is given: “Mary Grace Parnell… in England”.

Date of christening confirmed from England Births records found in March 2023:
Name: Mary Grace Walter
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 11 Nov 1857
Baptism Place: Boyton, Cornwall, England
Father: William Walter
Mother: Ann

Place of birth from the 1861 England Census taken on the night of 7 April 1861 for Northcott Hamlet in Devon, England found in March 2023:
House: Northcott Villiage
William Walters, Head, Married, age 42, Farmer of 250 acres employing 2 labourers 3 servants, born St Giles in the Heath [Born circa 1819]
Ann Walters, Wife, Married, age 42, Farmers Wife, born Pyworthy Devon [Born circa 1819]
Harriot W Walters, Daughter, Unmarried, age 12, Farmers Daughter, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1849]
Amelia Walters, Daughter, Unmarried, age 10, Farmers Daughter, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1851]
John Walters, Son, Unmarried, age 8, Farmers Son, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1853]
Samuel Walters, Son, Unmarried, age 6, Farmers Son, born Northcott Hamlet [Born circa 1855]
Mary Grace Walters, Daughter, Unmarried, age 4, Farmers Daughter, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1857]
Elizabeth Baker, Servant, Unmarried, age 16, House Servant, born St Giles in the Heath Devon
Samuel Marks, Servant, Unmarried, age 23, Foreman Agricultural Labourer, born Tetcot Devon
John Pooley, Servant, Unmarried, Caitei [?], age 17 born Boyton Cornwall
William Snell, Servant, Unmarried, Caitei [?], age 17 born South Petherwin Devon

Entry in the 1871 England Census taken on the night of 2 April 1871 for Northcott Hamlet in Devon, England found in March 2023:
House: Northcott Villiage
William Walters, Head of family, Married, age 52, Farmer of 269 acres employing 3 labourers, born St Giles in the Heath [Born circa 1819]
Ann Walters, Wife, Married, age 52, Farmers Wife, born Pyworthy Devon [Born circa 1819]
Amelia Walters, Daughter, Unmarried, age 20, Farmers Daughter, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1851]
John Walters, Son, Unmarried, age 18, Farmers Son, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1853]
Samuel Stanbury Walters, Son, Unmarried, age 16, Farmers Son, born Northcott Hamlet [Born circa 1855]
Mary Grace Walters, Daughter, Unmarried, age 14, Farmers Daughter, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1857]
Ann Walters, Granddaughter, age 1, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1870]
Richard Parnell, Servant, Unmarried, age 18, Farm Servant, born Boyton Cornwall [Born circa 1853]

Living with mother as per the 1881 England Census taken on the night of 3 April 1881 for the Civil Parish of Boyton in the Rural Sanitary District of Launceston Union, England, found in March 2023:
House: Boyton
Ann Walters, Head, Married, age 64, Annuitant, born Pyworthy Devon [Born circa 1817]
Mary G. Walters, Unmarried, age 24, Servant Domestic, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1857]

Month/year of marriage from the England and Wales Marriage records found in March 2023:
Groom: Richard Parnell
Bride: Mary Grace Walters
Registration Year: 1883
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District: Launceston, Cornwall

Mary is now married with three children as per the 1891 England Census taken on the night of 5 April 1891 for the Civil Parish of Boyton in the Rural Sanitary District of Launceston Union, England, found in March 2023:
House: Boyton Village Cottage
Richard Parnell, Head, age 38, Traction Engine Driver, Employed, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1853]
Mary G Parnell, Wife, age 34, born Northcott Devon [Born circa 1857]
Mary A Parnell, Daughter, age 7, Scholar, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1884]
Sophia S Parnell, Daughter, age 5, Scholar, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1886]
William R O Parnell, Son, age 3, born Boyton, Cornwall, England [Born circa 1888]

New son, William, showing in the 1901 England Census taken on the night of 31 March 1901 for Boyton Civil Parish in Cornwall, England found in March 2023:
House: Tala Stone
Richard Parnell, Head, Married, age 48, Traction Engine Driver, Own account, born Boyton Cornwall England [Born circa 1853]
Mary Grace Parnell, Wife, Married, age 44, born Northcott Hamlet Devon [Born circa 1857]
Sophia P Parnell, Daughter, age 15, born Boyton Cornwall England [Born circa 1886]
William Parnell, Son, age 13, At School, born Boyton Cornwall, England [Born circa 1888]
Walter Parnell, Son, age 2, born Boyton Cornwall,England [Born circa 1899]
John Walters, Brother-in-law, Single, age 48, Living on own means
[NOTE: Daughter Mary A Parnell, now would be age 17 not listed. However, we have since found she was visting this Mary’s sister Harriett in Pyworthy].
Spouses
Birthca 1853, Boyton, Cornwall, England
OccupationTraction Engine Driver
Marriageca Feb 1883, Cornwall, England
ChildrenMary A (ca1884-)
 Sophia P (ca1886-ca1962)
 John (ca1892-)
 Walter (ca1899-)
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