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MASTERS, Mary Ann
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Name MASTERS, Mary Ann Birth Between 1829 and 1832 Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, England
Gender Female Death 1914 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
Person ID I4820 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Family 1 PRETTY, Francis Peter, b. 7 Jul 1828, Leicester, Leicestershire
d. 2 May 1864, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
(Age 35 years) Marriage 19 Feb 1854 Leicester, Leicestershire
Children 1. PRETTY, Frank James, b. 12 Feb 1855, Leicester, Leicestershire
d. 1948, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
(Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. PRETTY, Naomi Elizabeth, b. 1857, Leicester, Leicestershire
d. 1940, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire
(Age 83 years)Family ID F2036 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 Children 1. PRETTY, Julia, b. 13 Oct 1865, Leicester, Leicestershire
d. 5 Sep 1950, Leicester, Leicestershire
(Age 84 years) [Mother: natural]Family ID F2037 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY ANN PRETTY née MASTERS 1828/1829/1830/1831/1832-1914
The 1881 census of 42 King Street, Leicester, Leicestershire:
*Mary Ann PRETTY, head, aged 49, widow, dressmaker, born at Leicester;
Frank J. PRETTY, son, aged 25, unmarried, master painter, born at Leicester;
Naomi E. LEETE, daughter, aged 23, married, shoe machinist, born at Leicester;
Julia PRETTY, daughter, aged 15, shoe machinist, born at Leicester;
Francis L. LEETE, grandson, aged 2 months, born at Leicester;
James T. CRAMANT, nephew, aged 26, unmarried, master painter, born at Leicester.
(RG11/3173/16/6)
The 1891 census of 52 King Street, Leicester St.Mary:
*Mary A. PRETTY, head, aged 62, widow, dressmaker, born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire;
Naomi E. LEETE, daughter, aged 33, married, machinist, born at Leicester;
FRANCIS L. LEETE, grandson, aged 10, scholar, born at Leicester;
Harry S. LEETE, grandson, aged 9, scholar, born at Leicester;
Harry HOLLAND, boarder, aged 22, single, carpenter, born at Woodhouse, Leicestershire.
(RG11/2536/20/15)
The 1901 census of 66 Hilbert Street, Leicester:
*Mary Ann PRETTY, head, aged 72, widow, milliner and dressmaker, worker, born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire;
Elizabeth LEETE, daughter, aged 43, married, boot machinist, worker, born at Leicester;
Leonard LEETE, grandson, aged 19, single, plumber's apprentice, born at Leicester;
Hartry LEETE, grandson, aged 18, paperhanger's and painter's apprentice, born at Leicester.
(RG13/3005/133/24)
From the 1911 census of 3 Myrtle Road, Leicester:
Naomi Elizabeth LEETE, head, aged 53, married 33 years, hardware dealer on own account, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
*Mary Ann MASTERS Hewerdine PRETTY, mother, aged 82, widow, born at Castle Donnington, Leicestershire;
Beatrice Maud GOODING, servant, aged 24, single, domestic servant, born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
(RG14/19233)
The death of Mary A. H. M. PRETTY aged 85 was registered in 1914.
(GRO June Q. 1914 Leicester 7a 271)
(revised 19 October 2015)

