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OLDMAN, Mary Jane
1847 - 1909 (64 years) Has one ancestor and 16 descendants in this family tree.
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Name OLDMAN, Mary Jane Birth Between 1845 and 1847 Stibbard, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death 1909 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I3469 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father OLDMAN, John d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Family ID F1661 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 CROSBY, George Pinch, b. 1839, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 12 Aug 1906, King's Lynn, Norfolk (Age 67 years) Marriage 11 Oct 1866 Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. CROSBY, Angelina, b. 10 Jul 1869, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 31 Dec 1942, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England (Age 73 years)2. CROSBY, Nora, b. 1876, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 27 Nov 1936, Greenock, Scotland (Age 60 years)Family ID F340 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 GRIFFIN, James, b. 1833, Cambridgeshire d. 1864, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 31 years) Marriage 10 Feb 1863 Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, England Children 1. GRIFFIN, Rosetta, b. 1865, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 1885, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 20 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1660 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY JANE CROSBY, late GRIFFIN, formerly OLDMAN, born DAYNES 1844 or 1845 or 1846 or 1847-1909
James GRIFFIN, a 28 year old bachelor from Wisbech St. Peter, a sailor, and son of James GRIFFIN of Wisbech St. Peter, labourer, married Mary Jane OLDMAN at Wisbech St. Peter on 10 February 1863. Mary Jane was 19 years old, a Wisbech St. Peter spinster and daughter of John OLDMAN of Sutton Bridge, labourer. She made her mark. Witnesses were Samuel BURTON and Emma GRIFFIN.
(GRO March Q 1863 Wisbech 3b 843)
(Marriage Certificate)
(NOTE: see also her marriage in 1866: Was she the daughter of John DAYNES?)
The death of James GRIFFIN was registered in 1864.
(GRO December 1864 Wisbech 3b 433)
George Pinch CROSBY, bachelor, labourer, of full age and son of Thomas CROSBY labourer, married Mary Jane GRIFFIN, a widow of full age, and daughter of John DAYNES labourer, at the Parish Church of St. Matthew, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, on 11 October 1866. Witnesses were Matthew CROSBY and Julia Clarke WRIGHT.
(Marriage Certificate)
(GRO December Q 1866 Holbeach 7a 811)
The 1871 census of 29 Nelson Street, Linthorpe, Yorkshire:
George CROSBY, head, aged 30, labourer at iron works, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
*Mary J. CROSBY, wife, aged 26, born at Stibbed (sic), Norfolk;
Rosaete CROSBY, daughter, aged 5, born at Sutton Bridge;
Leina (sic) CROSBY, daughter, aged 1, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG10/4897/23/40)
The 1881 census of 23 Queen Street, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
George CROSBY, head, aged 41, general labourer, born at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
*Mary Jane CROSBY, wife, aged 34, born at Sibboth, Norfolk;
Angelina CROSBY, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge;
Nora CROSBY, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG11/3208/40/15)
From the 1891 census of Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
George CROSBY, head, aged 51, deal porter, born at Sutton Bridge;
*Mary J. P. CROSBY, wife, aged 44, born at Bintary (sic), Norfolk [i.e born in 1846 or 1847];
Norah CROSBY, daughter, aged 15, born at Sutton Bridge.
(RG12/2567/58/20)
The 1901 census of 13 Withington Road, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
George CROSBY, head, aged 62, farm labourer, born at Sutton Bridge;
*Mary J. CROSBY, wife, aged 55, born at Bintry (sic), Norfolk [i.e. born in 1845 or 1846];
Nora CROSBY, daughter, aged 25, hospital nurse, born at Sutton Bridge;
Rose A. SYKES, granddaughter, aged 12, born at St. Pancras, London.
(RG13/3037/32/17)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The anomalies in the marrriages in 1863 and 1866 have not yet been reconciled.
The death of a Mary Jane CROSBY aged 64 was registered in 1909 [i.e. born in 1844 or 1845]
(GRO March Q 1909 Holbeach 7a 288)
(revised 25.04.2019)