Completed Mary Parker - b. 1832 in Cumberland?

[Pels.]

Erica that is good news - I'm sure Grave will be far easier to look for than Parker! 

I will have a look tomorrow if someone hasn't already come up with her details earlier!

Kind regards,

Pels 

[Pels.]

I hope I'm not jumping in with the first one I come across  .. .. fingers crossed because the birth year is slightly out! 

1841 census:

Lancashire, Hawkshead
Oxen Fell

Ben Grave, 55, Farmer
Margt, 50
Ben, 25
Dinah, 15
George, 15
Joseph, 10
Mary, 7
James, 3

All born in county.

Kindest regards,

Pels 

[Pels.]

How silly of me - I've just remembered what Mary called her own son, this now looks a possibility! 

Hopefully I can now find some details from 1851 and 1861 .. ..

I wonder if this fits in ..

Marriage, Mar qtr 1862
Mary Grave
John Parker
Ulverstone, Vol 8e, page 737

Pels 

[Pels.]

There are approximately 5 deaths in the Ulverstone registration district for people by the name of John Parker - all between the years of Mary's first marriage and 1865! 

[GeoffE]

1861 - still at home
Oxen Fell, Hawkshead
Margaret GRAVE (wid) 70 Farmer, Coniston
Daniel 32 Lancs Park
Mary 27 Lancs Park
James 22 Lancs Park
John 19 Oxenfel
Dinah (gr dau) 7 Oxenfel

Stang End, Hawkshead
Jane PARKER (wid) 76 Farmer, Lancs
John (son) 34, Lancs
Betsey BURNS (gr dau) 10 Lancs Hodge Class?
William BURNS (vis,mar) 40 farmer, Coniston

[GeoffE]

Oxen Fell, Stang End and Park can be seen on this map http://tinyurl.com/2bl4el

You can see the proximity to Little Langdale where people were wed etc.  Hawkshead itself is a couple of miles to the SE.

[Pels.]

1851 census:
HO107/2275; Folio: 471; Page: 13

Lancashire, Hawkshead
Oxenfell

Margaret Graves, h, widow, 60, Farmer farming 50 acres emp. 3 men, b. Lancs, Conistone
George, son, unm. 25, Farm Servant, b. Oxenfell
Joseph, son, unm, 20, Farm Servant
Mary, dau, 17, At home
James, son, 12, Scholar
William Sewart, boarder, unm, 30, Quarry Man. Mate ?, b. Westmorland Ambleside

All born in Oxenfell unless otherwise stated!

Pels  

[Pels.]

I wonder if this could be the marriage of Ben Grave and Margaret .. ..

Marriage, 10 December, 1808
Benjamin Grave
Margaret Dawson
Hawkshead, Lancashire

[Pels.]

Death, Mar qtr 1844
Benjamin Grave
Ulverston, Vol 25, page 155