Hi List I am looking for the descendents of Mary Ann Frances SPRAGUE (nee SWEET) b. 8 Nov 1866 Hackney Middlesex, and according to the National Burial Index Mary Ann Frances SPRAGUE was buried 7 Dec 1945 age 77 St Mary the Virgin South Benfleet Essex. Family records tell us that Mary Ann married Arthur SPRAGUE, but she was possibly also married previously. There were 5 possible children of this SPRAGUE marriage: Mary Ann 1885, Arthur Thomas 1887, Gertrude 1890, Maud 1892 and Eleanor Frances 1896. I would be interested in hearing from anyone with any of these names in their tree. Thank you Lorna

Hello From the censuses it's clear that Mary is the daughter of David and Mary Sweet (both of whom came from Cornwall) and she was single in 1881, and shown as Arthur's wife in 1891. Arthur is also shown as single in 1881. As the marriage of Mary Ann Sweet and Arthur Isaac Sprague took place in 1895 it's very likely that one of them was married previously. Do you have any reason to know Mary was married twice? The MC would of course show whether one or both was widowed. FreeBMD doesn't show any obvious earlier marriage for either of them. Dick Mathews B & L Jones wrote: > Hi List > > I am looking for the descendents of Mary Ann Frances SPRAGUE (nee SWEET) b. > 8 Nov 1866 Hackney Middlesex, and according to the National Burial Index > Mary Ann Frances SPRAGUE was buried 7 Dec 1945 age 77 St Mary the Virgin > South Benfleet Essex. > > Family records tell us that Mary Ann married Arthur SPRAGUE, but she was > possibly also married previously. There were 5 possible children of this > SPRAGUE marriage: Mary Ann 1885, Arthur Thomas 1887, Gertrude 1890, Maud > 1892 and Eleanor Frances 1896. > > I would be interested in hearing from anyone with any of these names in > their tree. > > Thank you > Lorna > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.11/1554 - Release Date: 7/15/2008 6:03 PM > > >

Hi Dick Thank you for your advice. An older member of the family said she remembered "there was something about a second marriage". I took this to mean a second marriage for Mary, but as other information comes to light I think it was Arthur who married twice. There is a marriage in 1884 of Arthur SPRAGUE and Mary Ann SANDERS, this is the Mary Ann in the 1891 Census. Then there is the death of Mary Ann SPRAGUE in 1893 (age 28 yrs), and the 1895 marriage. Thus I believe the Mary Ann in the 1901 Census to be mine as her brother Arthur SWEET is living with her, so two of the children there are her step-children. This seems to sort it out now for me, although now I've found the 1895 marriage I will order the certificate. Thanks again Lorna. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Mathews [mailto:rm006a0005@blueyonder.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 6:45 PM > To: B & L Jones > Cc: ESSEX-UK@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Ess] Mary Ann Frances SPRAGUE (nee SWEET) > > Hello > > From the censuses it's clear that Mary is the daughter of > David and Mary Sweet (both of whom came from Cornwall) and > she was single in 1881, and shown as Arthur's wife in 1891. > Arthur is also shown as single in 1881. > As the marriage of Mary Ann Sweet and Arthur Isaac Sprague > took place in > 1895 it's very likely that one of them was married > previously. Do you have any reason to know Mary was married twice? > The MC would of course show whether one or both was widowed. > FreeBMD doesn't show any obvious earlier marriage for either of them. > > Dick Mathews > > > B & L Jones wrote: > > Hi List > > > > I am looking for the descendents of Mary Ann Frances > SPRAGUE (nee SWEET) b. > > 8 Nov 1866 Hackney Middlesex, and according to the National Burial > > Index Mary Ann Frances SPRAGUE was buried 7 Dec 1945 age 77 St Mary > > the Virgin South Benfleet Essex. > > > > Family records tell us that Mary Ann married Arthur > SPRAGUE, but she > > was possibly also married previously. There were 5 > possible children > > of this SPRAGUE marriage: Mary Ann 1885, Arthur Thomas > 1887, Gertrude > > 1890, Maud > > 1892 and Eleanor Frances 1896. > > > > I would be interested in hearing from anyone with any of > these names > > in their tree. > > > > Thank you > > Lorna > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > > Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.11/1554 - Release Date: > > 7/15/2008 6:03 PM > > > > > > > > >