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Please can someone help me finding a birth?
I am looking for a birth for Mary Theresa Stevenson (may be Stephenson)- i think she was born around 1868 in Preston, Lancashire. I am not certain of the date as i have found different dates. I don't know if it helps but her mother was also called Mary (i think her maiden name may have been cowell) and her father was called Adam stevenson.
If someone can help i would really appreciate it, thanks,

Hannah

Here's that marriage:

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1868
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
STEVENSON Adam COWELL Mary Preston, St John Preston 229/29/190

There's nothing showing on Lancs BMD (births) which does cover Preston.

She isn't on 1871 census with the family

Name: Adam Stevenson
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Preston
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Preston
Sub-registration district: Preston
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Household schedule number: 96
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Stevenson 28
Mary Stevenson 24
John Stevenson 10 months

Thanks for that Janice. I think that is the marriage.

Freewheel, if the birth was not registered, does it mean i won't be able to check those details in any way?

It seems weird that she is not on the census in 1871 with the family.

Quite a lot younger than you thought.....1881 census (which is FREE)

Name: Adam Stevenson
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Ulverston
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address: 54 North Lonsdale Rd
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Foreman Engine Fitter At Works

Registration district: Ulverston
Sub-registration district: Ulverston
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Stevenson 37
Mary Stevenson 34
John Stevenson 10
Mary Stevenson 6 born Preston
Grace Stevenson 4
Elizth. Penny 14

STEVENSON Mary Preston Preston COWELL PRES/220/78

1875

No middle name though.

If this is the correct family she was born a lot later than you thought.

1891 England Census
about Mary Stevenson
Name: Mary Stevenson
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Adam
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Preston, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Ulverston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Ulverston
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:


Registration district: Ulverston
Sub-registration district: Ulverston
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Adam Stevenson 47
Mary Stevenson 44
John Stevenson 20
Mary Stevenson 16
Grace E Stevenson 14
Harry Stevenson 8
Hettie Stevenson 4
James Stevenson 2

Christine

Not weird, Hannah - she wasn't born until around 1874/5

Thanks everyone for the info. i did have her marriage certificate (when she married James Bradshaw in 1888). Thats how i worked out her date of birth. James was a widower and was about 20 years older than her.
I have since mis-placed the certificate.
I now wonder if maybe she lied about how old she was?

using 1881 census

Adam STEVENSON Head M Male 37 Liverpool, Lancashire, England Foreman Engine Fitter At Works
Mary STEVENSON Wife M Female 34 Preston, Lancashire, England
John STEVENSON Son Male 10 Preston, Lancashire, England Scholar
Mary STEVENSON Daur Female 6 Preston, Lancashire, England Scholar
Grace STEVENSON Daur Female 4 Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Elizth. PENNY Serv Girl Female 14 Ulverston, Lancashire, England Domestic Servant

Source Information:
Dwelling 54 North Lonsdale Rd
Census Place Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Family History Library Film 1342022
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4277 / 37
Page Number 37

if this is the right family Mary was born in 1874/5 not 1868

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1875
STEVENSON Mary
Preston
mmn=COWELL

mothers maiden name for the 2nd one was Whiteside

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1875
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
STEVENSON Mary Preston Preston COWELL PRES/220/78
STEVENSON Mary Preston Preston WHITESIDE

How could she have married in 1888 at 13 and still be on the 1891 census under her maiden name Mary Stevenson.

Something isnt adding up

birth
Theresa Mary Stevenson 1867sept qy West Derby gro ref 8b 306

i know, im confused.

Quinsgran, where did you find that birth?

for ref

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1888
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
BRADSHAW * James STEVENSON Mary Theresa Longridge, St Lawrence Preston 243/1/372
BRADSHAW * James STEVENSON Mary Thersa Longridge, St Lawrence

perhaps the best thing would be to find that certificate to check ages, addresses & fathers names

It's on Ancestry and FreeBMD

Have you found her on the 1901 census as Bradshaw?

yes maybe i will have to re-order the certificate as i cant find it. i know i have definitely seen it because thats where i discovered her father's name and one of the witnesses was called Mary Gertrude Magdalena, or something like that because i remember thinking thats a mouthful of a name!