Mary Ann BATES

between Oct 1843 and Dec 18431 -

Life History

between Oct 1843 and Dec 1843	Born in East Stonehouse.1
13th Sep 1865	Married Thomas Henry Parkes PENNELL in Pancras.8,3
4th Sep 1866	Birth of daughter Lilian Adelaide Sarah PENNELL in Pancras, Regents Park.6,2
15th Oct 1866	Registered birth in Pancras.2 Of Lilian Adelaide Sarah Pennell
15th Oct 1866	Resident in Pancras, Regents Park (Albany Street, 95).2
21st Mar 1870	Married Edmund Wallis Ridley BEAL in Pancras, St Matthew Bedford Town.22,23,24,3 From Marriage Certificate :- 1) By Banns 2) Vicar - Charles Phillips 3) Witnesses - Henry Bates & Isabella Sarah Bates 4) Groom - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal, full, bachelor, Clerk in insurance company, 166 Hampstead Road 5) Father of the groom - Edward Blake Beal, gentleman 6) Bride - Mary Ann Bates. 20, spinster, 16 St George Road Primrose Hill 7) Father of the bride - Henry Bates, Coast Guard Officer Research Note :- Mary Ann Bates declares her age to be 20 when it is actually 26.
between Jan 1871 and Mar 1871	Birth of son Edmund Wallis Ridley BEAL in Pancras.5,10
2nd Apr 1871	Recorded in census in Pancras, Regents Park (St George Road).5 Age on Census - 27
between Apr 1872 and Jun 1872	Birth of daughter Frances Kate Mary BEAL in Islington.11,12
20th Dec 1873	Birth of daughter Edith Mary BEAL in Islington.13,14
1875	Seperated.3 From Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal
17th Aug 1875	Birth of son Edward Henry Blake BEAL in Pancras, Kentish Town.11,15,16,17
26th Mar 1877	Death of Thomas Henry Parkes PENNELL in Fulham.7,3
3rd Apr 1881	Recorded in census in Lambeth, Brixton (Valentia Road, 3).4 Head of household Lodger x 1
4th Feb 1884	Divorced from Edmund Wallis Ridley BEAL in Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.9,3 Divorce Court File : 9335 Appellant - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal Respondent - Mary Ann Pennell otherwise Mary Ann Beal Type : Husband's petition Petition Filed : 4 feb 1884 From the Times :- Three children born to the petitioner Separated 9 years ago making her an allowance Court must pronounce a decree nisi for nullity of marriage between the petitioner and the respondent Petitioner applied for custody of the children Judge says "By the law of England those children are not his. he has succeeded in showing that he was not married to their mother. That being so, the law of England says that he is not their father, and now you ask that he should take the custody of them from their mother." The matter (of custody) be bought to Court under a separate motion. Research Note :- The Times spells the surname as BEALE
28th Jun 1884	Divorced from Edmund Wallis Ridley BEAL.9 Decree Nisi
13th Jun 1885	Divorced from Edmund Wallis Ridley BEAL.9 Final Decree
9th Jun 1907	Death of Edmund Wallis Ridley BEAL in Dartford.18,19,20,21

Sources

1. BMD Birth Index - BATES - Mary Ann Bates
- 1843, Q4, Mary Ann Bates, East Stonehouse, 9, 348
2. Birth Certificate - PENNELL - Lilian Adelaide Sarah Pennell - 1866
- Lilian Adelaide Sarah Pennell, 4 September 1866, Birth Certificate, Pancras
3. Times - Divorce - Beale v Beale alias Pennell
- The Times, Monday, Jun 30, 1884; pg. 4; Issue 31173; col E
4. Census 1881 Lambeth RG11/617, F86, P41 - Mary Ann Beal
5. Census 1871 Pancras RG10/207, F66, P49 - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal
6. BMD Birth Index - PENNELL - Lilian Adelaide Sarah Pennell
- 1866, Q4, Lilian A S Pennell, Pancras, 1b, 6
7. BMD Death Index - PENNELL - Thomas Henry P Pennell
- 1877, Q1, Thomas Henry P Pennell, Fulham, 1a, 144
8. BMD Marriage Index - Thomas Henry Parkes Pennell - 1865
- 1865, Q3, Thomas Henry Parkes Pennell, Pancras, 1b, 228
9. Divorce Court File : 9335 - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal
- National Archives J77 / 313 / 9335
10. BMD Birth Index - BEAL - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal - 1871
- 1871, Q1, Edmund Wallis R Beal, Pancras, 1b, 22
11. Census 1891 Islington RG12/171, F38, P24 - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal
12. BMD Birth Index - BEAL - Frances Kate Mary Beal
- 1872, Q2, Frances Kate M Beal, Islington, 1b, 242
13. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 - Edith Mary Beal
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
14. BMD Birth Index - BEAL - Edith Mary Beal
- 1874, Q1, Edith Mary Beal, Islington, 1b, 237
15. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 - Edward Henry Blake Beal
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
16. BMD Birth Index - BEAL - Edward Henry Blake Beal
- 1875, Q3, Edward Henry B Beal, Pancras, 1b, 200
17. Birth Certificate - BEAL - Edward Henry Blake Beal - 1875
- Edward Henry Beal, 17 August 1875, Birth Certificate, Pancras
18. BMD Death Index - BEAL - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal - 1907
- 1907, Q2, Edmund Wallis R Beal, Dartford, 2a, 343
19. Times - Deaths - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal
- The Times, Thursday, Jun 13, 1907; pg. 2; Issue 38358; col A
20. Times - Deaths - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal
- The Times, Wednesday, Jun 12, 1907; pg. 1: Issue 383857; col A
21. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, 1907 - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
22. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal, Mary Ann Bates
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
23. BMD Marriage Index - Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal - 1870
- 1870, Q1, Edmund Wallis R Beal, Pancras, 1b, 4
24. Marriage Certificate - Beal & Bates - 1870
- Edmund Wallis Ridley Beal, 21 March 1870, Marriage Certificate, Pancras