Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
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Birthca May 1865, Wolstanton district, Staffs
Deathca Aug 1866, Wolstanton district, Staffs
General7th dau. d.inf.
FatherGeorge Rowe (1813-ca1886)
MotherMary Platt (1830-ca1881)
Notes for Mary Ann Rowe
Her birth index:

Name:                   Mother's Maiden Surname:
ROWE, MARY ANN          PLATT  
GRO Reference: 1865  J Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 144
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There is only one Mary A Rowe marriage in Staffordshire within 50 years of her birth:

First name(s)     Mary Ann
Last name         Rowe
Marriage quarter  2
Marriage year     1882
MarriageFinder    Mary Ann Rowe married one of these people
                  Thomas Perkins, Richard Henry Nicholls
District          Stoke on Trent
County            Staffordshire
Country           England
Volume            6B
Page number       262
Record set        England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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The next step is to look at the 1891 census to see which couples might be found there:

In 1891 Mary A Nicholls was listed for Stoke on Trent but with a Michael Nicholls. She was born in Hanley Staffs.
  Not her.

In 1891 a possibility apart from the birth location: Mary Nicholls widow with her three children in the house of her mother-in-law who was 77.  What does 1901 say?

None of the Mary (Ann) Perkins make any sense.
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In 1901 None of the Mary Perkins or Nicholls make any sense.
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The answer is that she died an infant:

Name:                Age at Death (in years):  
ROWE, MARY ANN       1  
GRO Reference: 1866  S Quarter in WOLSTANTON  Volume 06B  Page 77
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Last Modified 23 Aug 2021Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
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