Maud Jarvis
22-10-2004, 3:09 PM
Seeking any information re MARY HANNAH COPELAND, she married George Nelson Grant in St Alkmunds, 1868.
Mary was daughter of William Copeland & Benedicta Harris
Mary & George had the following children, Effie b.1869 George Nelson b.1870 & Mabel (my g.mother) b.3874, the family were then living at London St Litchurch
In 1881 census (the only entry I could find for them, was in Scotland, Perth) only Mabel was with them, their son George Nelson was in the Fechney Industrial School (still trying to obtain info about that) dau Effie was with he g.mother (Euphemia Martin (previously Grant) in Edinburgh son Edward (born to George`s first wife Mary Plews Street) was in lodgings in Edinburgh
In 1889 my g.mother was sent as a supposed orphan to Ontario, Canada. she revealed to the Home there, that her father was alive in 1890, & was at that time livijg in Birmingham. No mention was made concerning Mary Hannah, so although I have to assume so, she must have died between 1881 & 1889? I have been unable to trace her death in the indexes for England or Scotland.
By the 1891 & 1901 census, George Nelson Grant has now another wife (Annie ?) unable to trace any marriage for them) they were then living in London. George Nelson died in 1919 living by then in Leicester, where Mary Hannah`s brother had moved to from Derby, probably around 1890
I would love to contact anyone who may be researching the Copeland family and have information about Mary Hannah, that they could share with me??
Mary was daughter of William Copeland & Benedicta Harris
Mary & George had the following children, Effie b.1869 George Nelson b.1870 & Mabel (my g.mother) b.3874, the family were then living at London St Litchurch
In 1881 census (the only entry I could find for them, was in Scotland, Perth) only Mabel was with them, their son George Nelson was in the Fechney Industrial School (still trying to obtain info about that) dau Effie was with he g.mother (Euphemia Martin (previously Grant) in Edinburgh son Edward (born to George`s first wife Mary Plews Street) was in lodgings in Edinburgh
In 1889 my g.mother was sent as a supposed orphan to Ontario, Canada. she revealed to the Home there, that her father was alive in 1890, & was at that time livijg in Birmingham. No mention was made concerning Mary Hannah, so although I have to assume so, she must have died between 1881 & 1889? I have been unable to trace her death in the indexes for England or Scotland.
By the 1891 & 1901 census, George Nelson Grant has now another wife (Annie ?) unable to trace any marriage for them) they were then living in London. George Nelson died in 1919 living by then in Leicester, where Mary Hannah`s brother had moved to from Derby, probably around 1890
I would love to contact anyone who may be researching the Copeland family and have information about Mary Hannah, that they could share with me??