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Mary Wilkinson was born in Perth Scotland in 1801 according to the 1871 census where she is shown under her married name of Mary FRANCE. She married William FRANCE in June 1819 in Mirfield, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

William and Mary had 9 children between 1821 and 1839.

When and why did she move from Scotland to Yorkshire? She was still a teenager when she did. Who were her parents and siblings?

Grateful thanks for any new information.

Have you checked out the witness to the marriage Benjamin Holmes. Could he be a relative? The other witness seems to be a church official as he is a witness to most of the marriages on the page.

Mary probably moved for work.

As father's name is not included on marriage records at that time and her birth was before civil registration, I'm not sure how you can find her parent's names.

Did Mary have a sister called Lydia? On the image of the marriage the marriage above was of a Lydia Wilkinson on 31st May 1819 and one of the witnesses to that marriage was a Benjamin Wilkinson.

EDIT - On the 1841 census she gives her birthplace as Yorkshire??

Kath. x

If this is Mary, she is said to have been born in Aberdeen on the 1851 - she certainly moved about a bit !

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
256, Chapel Hill, Mirfield, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William France Head Married Male 53 1798 Farmer Of 9 Acres No Man & Hand Loom Fancy Weaver Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
Mary France Wife Married Female 50 1801 Weaver Wife Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
John France Son Unmarried Male 20 1831 Fancy Weaver Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
Epraium France Son Unmarried Male 18 1833 Fancy Weavers Son Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
Robert France Son Unmarried Male 14 1837 Errand Boy Mirfield, Yorkshire, England
David France Son Unmarried Male 11 1840 At Home Mirfield, Yorkshire, England

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Botney Bay, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield Union, Yorkshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
William France Male 40 1801 Yorkshire, England
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Mary France Female 40 1801 Yorkshire, England
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Jane France Female 15 1826 Yorkshire, England
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George France Male 13 1828 Yorkshire, England
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John France Male 10 1831 Yorkshire, England
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Ephraim France Male 8 1833 Yorkshire, England
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Hannah France Male 7 1834 Yorkshire, England
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Robert France Male 4 1837 Yorkshire, England
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David France Male 2 1839 Yorkshire, England

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Copley Bank, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Beaumont Head Married Male 51 1810 Joiner And Cabinet Maker Yorkshire, England
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Grace Beaumont Wife Married Female 35 1826 - Yorkshire, England
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William Edward Beaumont Son - Male 11 1850 - Yorkshire, England
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Mary France Beaumont Daughter - Female 9 1852 - Yorkshire, England
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Emma Beaumont Daughter - Female 6 1855 - Yorkshire, England
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Herbert Beaumont Son - Male 4 1857 - Yorkshire, England
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Mary France Mother In Law Widow Female 63 1798 Independent Lady Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Bolster Moor (Clarks Rest), Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Beaumont Head Married Male 68 1813 Farmer Of 7 Ac Golcar, Yorkshire, England
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Grace Beaumont Wife Married Female 54 1827 - Linthwaite, Yorkshire, England
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William Ed Beaumont Son Single Male 29 1852 Joiner Golcar, Yorkshire, England
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Mary France Beaumont Daughter Single Female 26 1855 Dress Maker Golcar, Yorkshire, England
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Emma Beaumont Daughter Single Female 24 1857 - Golcar, Yorkshire, England
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Herbert Beaumont Son Single Male 22 1859 Joiner Golcar, Yorkshire, England
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Clara Beaumont Daughter Single Female 18 1863 Mantle Maker Golcar, Yorkshire, England
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Mary France Mother In Law Widow Female 83 1798 Independent Lodger Golcar, Yorkshire, England

This is the 1871. I think the 1861 and 1881 that you have posted safc, are the wrong person.


1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Chapel Hill, Mirfield, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Mary France Head - Female 70 1801 - Scotland
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John France Son - Male 40 1831 - Yorkshire, England
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Ada France Granddaughter - Female 7 1864 - Yorkshire, England



For the family in previous post.



1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Bolster Moor, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Fred Beaumont Head - Male 55 1816 - Yorkshire, England
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Grace Beaumont Wife - Female 45 1826 - Yorkshire, England
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W Edwin Beaumont Son - Male 21 1850 - Yorkshire, England
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Mary F Beaumont Daughter - Female 19 1852 - Yorkshire, England
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Emma Beaumont Daughter - Female 16 1855 - Yorkshire, England
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Herbert Beaumont Son - Male 14 1857 - Yorkshire, England
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Clara Beaumont Daughter - Female 8 1863 - Yorkshire, England
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Mary France Mother-In-Law - Female 72 1799 - Yorkshire, England

Thanks to all for info provided. I agree with alviegal that the 1861/1881 entries provided by safc are not the same Mary.

KathleenBell, i'd be grateful to know where you got the marriage image ???

Tks. David

The records are available on Find My Past as England marriages 1538-1973 as a transcript and below Bishop's transcript which has an image of the record attached

Record set Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts Of Marriages
First name(s) William
Last name France
Birth year -
Marriage year 1819
Spouse's first name(s) Mary
Spouse's last name Wilkinson
Residence Dewsbury
County Yorkshire (West Riding)
Country England
Marriage place Dewsbury
Marriage date 05 Jun 1819
Spouse's residence Dewsbury
Archive Borthwick Institute for Archives
Page 216
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from England, Great Britain

William is given as Bachelor and a Clothier and Mary as Spinster, both of this Parish.
Married by Banns.

Interesting looking at the other images - so many of the Grooms were Clothiers

Possibly the Lydia Wilkinson whose marriage shows as the one before Mary

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Holden Clough, Birstall, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England

First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
William Auty Male 50 1791 Yorkshire, England Woollen Spinner
Lydia Auty Female 40 1801 Yorkshire, England
Mary Auty Female 15 1826
Joseph Auty Male 15 1826 Yorkshire, England
Lydia Auty Female 11 1830 Yorkshire, England Transcription