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Ireland / Mary Jane Bissett - Dublin - abt 1867
« on: Tuesday 08 July 14 06:11 BST (UK)  »
Looking for parent or sibling information for Mary Jane Bissett.
Born abt 1867 in Dublin, Ireland.

Her father's name was John Bissett. No further family information.

She may have been born earlier or later than 1867 - but this is the most accurate date I have.

She first married a Henry Leonard Graham, who was in the military, and born in England. There is a marriage certificate for them in 1885 in Dublin, and in 1886 in Brighton, England.

Henry and Mary later lived in India and had 4 sons. Her first husband died in 1893.

Mary then married for a second time - to a Henry Stewart. Marriage took place in India in 1894 (She used a different middle name, stating her name as being "Mary Pauline Bissett"). Witnesses to the marriage were John and Margaret McDonagh.
Henry Stewart's father was Walter Stewart. Don't know their nationality. Assume this Henry was also in the military.
The family returned to England around 1900.

She had 3 children with Henry Stewart - 2 of which were born in India - but had their births registered in Ireland.

I'd appreciate any help on how to trace where Mary lived between her birth and her first marriage, and her parents/siblings names.....
Finding it difficult to get any info at all. Not sure where else to look...

Also, if her children with her second husband were born in India, but the births were registered in Ireland, does this mean that her second husband was also from Ireland?

Thank you!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Henry Leonard Graham
« on: Tuesday 08 July 14 05:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I am looking into the family history of Henry Leonard Graham's wife - Mary Jane Bissett - who was my Great Great Grandmother.
I am struggling to find much information on her, but have found information on Henry Leonard that seems to match what people above suggest.

I believe Henry Leonard's father was Frederick Graham and his mother Helen Amelia Greatorex as mentioned. I found a death record for a "Frederick Gordon Carruthers Graham" in May 1895 in Madras, India. This has a birth date of around 1817. Could this be the Frederick Graham who is Henry's father?
I also have Henry as having 2 sisters, Helen Bertha Graham and Ethell Minnie Graham - both born in India - and several half-siblings from his father's first marriage.

I have Henry Leonard's death as being 20th Nov 1893 in India.

I researched into Henry Leonard's line in the hope that it might give me a few clues to Mary Jane Bissett and her family.

Henry definitely married Mary Jane Bissett - but there seems to be 2 marriage certificates. One in Dublin, Ireland in 1885, and one in 1886 in Brighton, Sussex. Same names, but more than a year apart.
Mary was born in Dublin, Ireland, so perhaps they registered the marriage in 2 places?

I have quite a lot of information on Henry and Mary's 4 sons, but interestingly, on the marriage certificates of the two youngest sons, they give their father's name as being "John Graham" - "deceased" and his occupation as "soldier".
The 2 youngest sons (Richard Wallace Graham and Ralph Louis Graham) were only born a year or 2 before Henry Leonard's death, so they wouldn't really have known him.
But where does the "John" come from?
Henry Leonard is definitely their father, so I'm not sure why they wouldn't state his full name on their marriage certificates.

Mary Jane Bissett also appears to change her name when she marries for a second time - in India - in 1894.
She married a Henry Stewart (my Great, Great Grandfather), and their marriage certificate gives her name as being "Mary Pauline Bissett Graham" and "widowed".
I don't know where the Pauline part comes from, because on the 1901 UK census, she is listed as "Mary J Stewart". But on her death record, she is "Mary P Stewart".

I have no information at all on Henry Stewart, other than he was born abt 1867, and his father was Walter Stewart.

Can you shed any light at all on the parents or siblings of Mary Jane (Pauline) Bissett? Or where she may have met Henry Leonard Graham?
I am unclear as to the year Mary was born, as it changes, but I think it was abt 1867. Her marriage certificate states 1867, which agrees with the 1901 UK census. But the 1911 UK census has her birth year as abt 1871.

Mary died in Farnham, Surrey in Dec 1915. Her death record has her name as being "Mary P Stewart" and her age as 49. So that would match with her being born abt 1867.

She lists her nationality on all census' as Irish, and always states "born in Dublin, Ireland".

From her second marriage in India to Henry Stewart, the certificate says her father was a "John Bissett" but that's all I have to go on.

I am wondering where Mary met Henry Leonard Graham and why there are 2 marriage certificates for them - a year apart, one in Ireland and one in Brighton.
Their first son "Herbert John Henry Graham" was born in Brighton in 1886.

Sorry for the lengthy reply!

Emma

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