ATKIN, Mary

Abt 1860 - 1914  (54 years)   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

CRAFT, James William

1865 - 1935  (70 years)

Birth	1865	Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England
Died	20 Dec 1935	Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire
Father	CRAFT, John,   b. 11 Sep 1840, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, England
Mother	DOWSE, Emma,   b. 1844, Sutterton Fen, Lincolnshire, England
Married	1864	Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire
Family 1	PATCHETT, Annie,   b. Between 1865 and 1866, Leake, Lincolnshire. England
Married	19 Oct 1890	Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire
Children	1. CRAFT, Alice Jane,   b. 1895, Sheffield, Yorkshire   2. CRAFT, Annie Elizabeth,   b. 1897, Sheffield, Yorkshire   3. CRAFT, John William,   b. 1900, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Family 2	ATKIN, Mary,   b. Abt 1860, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Married	19 Jul 1904	Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire
Family 3	HORREY, Edith,   b. 1883, Sibsey, Lincolnshire, England
Married	1916	Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire

METHLEY, Walter

1853 - 1904  (51 years)

Birth	1853	Sheffield, Yorkshire
Died	1904	Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire
Family	ATKIN, Mary,   b. Abt 1860, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Married	1891	Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire

• Name	ATKIN, Mary
  Birth	Abt 1860	Sheffield, Yorkshire
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Nov 1914	Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire
  Person ID	I6038	Edgoose
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 1	CRAFT, James William,   b. 1865, Algarkirk Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 20 Dec 1935, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1904	Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire
  Family ID	F1421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	METHLEY, Walter,   b. 1853, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. 1904, Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	1891	Sheffield Registration District, Yorkshire
  Family ID	F3058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  MARY CRAFT formerly ATKIN 1859 or 1860-1914 Polley [sic] ATKIN, daughter of George ATKIN, married Walter METHLEY in 1891. (GRO September Q 1891 Sheffield 9c 732) From the 1901 census of the Woodbourn Hotel, Worthing Road, Attercliff cum Darnall, Sheffield: Walter METHLEY, head, married, aged 47, beerhouse keeper, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire, feeble minded; *Mary METHLEY, wife, married, aged 38, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire; Frederick GOSLING, servant, single, aged 26, barman, domestic, born at Warrington, Lancashire; Jessie CROWTHER, servant, single, aged 20, general servant domestic, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire. (RG13/4384/37/23) The death of Walter METHLEY aged 50 was registered in 1904. (GRO June Q 1904 Sheffield 09C 348) The marriage between James William CRAFT and Mary METHLEY was registered in 1904. It took place at the Parish Church of Attercliffe on 19 July. James William CRAFT was 38 years old, a widower, a publican of 2 Worthing Road, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire, and son of John CRAFT deceased, a retired publican. Mary METHLEY was a 43 year old widow of the same address and daughter of George ATKIN deceased, a sickle maker. Witnesses were John JOHNSON and Mary Helen JOHNSON. (GRO September Q 1904 Sheffield 9c 689) (Marriage Certificate) The 1911 census of Sheffield Cottage, Amber Hill, Lincolnshire: *James W. CRAFT, head, aged 45, married, income partly from interest partly from smallholding (cottager), born at Amber Hill, Lincolnshire; Mary CRAFT, wife, aged 51, married 6 years, no children, born at Sheffield, Yorkshire. (RG14/19550) The death of a Mary CRAFT aged 54 was registered in 1914. (GRO December Q 1914 Boston 7a 458) CRAFT Mary of Sheffield Cottage Amber Hill near Boston Lincolnshire (wife of James William CRAFT) died 28 November 1914 Probate London 11 December to the said James William CRAFT small holder Effects £675 10s 1d (National Probate Calendar 1914) (revised 12.02.2019)