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SWAN, Mary
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Name SWAN, Mary Birth 1856 Longton, Staffordshire, England
Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I2942 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Father SWAN, Thomas, b. Between 1818 and 1819, Aldercar, Derbyshire, England
d. 1895, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 77 years) Mother HUTSBY, Mary, b. Between 1820 and 1821, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire
d. 1890, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 70 years) Marriage 19 Nov 1838 Selston, Nottinghamshire, England
Family ID F435 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family RATCLIFFE, William, b. Between 1854 and 1855, Heanor, Derbyshire, England
d. 1906, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
(Age 52 years) Marriage 1874 Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
Family ID F1482 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
MARY SWAN 1856-
The birth of a Mary SWAN was registered in 1856.
(GRO June Q 1856 Stoke on T 6b 201)
The 1861 census return for Upper John Street, Longton, Staffordshire, lists the following:
THOMAS SWANN, head, 40, coalminer, born Derbyshire;
MARY SWANN, wife, 40, born Brinsley;
JANE SWANN, daughter, 20, porter, born Brinsley;
HANNAH SWANN, daughter, 18, porter, born Brinsley;
ANN SWANN, daughter, 15, porter, born Brinsley;
MARTHA SWANN, daughter, 10, china painter, born Derbyshire;
THOMAS SWANN, son, 7, scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
*MARY SWANN, daughter, 5 scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
ELIZA SWANN, daughter, 2, born Longton, Staffordshire.
(RG9/1942/56/37)
The 1871 census returns for Aldercar Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire, list the following:
THOMAS SWAN, head, 49, coalminer, born Aldercar.
MARY SWAN, wife, 49, born Brinsley.
THOMAS SWAN, son, 16, coalminer, born Longton, Staffordshire.
*MARY SWAN, daughter, 13, born Longton, Staffordshire.
ELIZA SWAN, daughter, 10, born Longton, Staffordshire.
LOUISE SWAN, granddaughter, 9, born Longton, Staffordshire.
JOHN EDGOOSE, visitor, 30, born Boston, Lincolnshire.
HANNAH EDGOOSE, visitor, 26, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
(RG10/3480/29/10)
The marriage between Mary SWAN and William RATCLIFFE was registered in 1874.
(GRO March Q 1874 Basford 7b 175)
From the 1881 census of Wharf Row, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire:
William RATCLIFFE, head, aged 26, coal miner, born at Heanor, Derbyshire;
*Mary RATCLIFFE, wife, aged 24, coal miner's wife, born at Longton, Staffordshire;
John H. RATCLIFFE, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Heanor, Derbyshire.
(RG11/3322/94/12)
No trace of her has been found after 1881.
(revised 13.08.2007)

