See also

Family of William Mann and Mary Cox

  • Husband:

  • William Mann (1835-1917)

  • Wife:

  • Mary Cox (1863-1948)

  • Marriage:

  • 19 Nov 1909

  • St. Nicholas with St. Peter Church, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England1 2

  •  

  • William a widower and parish clerk of North Lopham and son of David Mann a coach smith. Mary a spinster of North Lopham and daughter of Edward Cox a woodman. Married by licence and witnessed by Bertie Fowler and Nellie Cunningham

Husband: William Mann

  • Name:

  • William Mann3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • David Mann (1806?-1873)

  • Mother:

  • Maria Bryant (1809-1886)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shoe maker becoming a school master, insurance agent and parish clerk4 5 6 7 8 9 2 10

  • Birth:

  • 2 Aug 1835

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England3 11 5 6 7 8 9 10

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Dec 1835 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Crown Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • son of David Mann (coachsmith) and Maria late Bryant

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 5)

  • Melford Green, Long Melford, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • aged 5, living with parents and five siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 15)

  • 4 Church Lane, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England4

  •  

  • servant aged 15 unmarried, shoe maker living with a sister Sarah Maria Steward and her husband. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 25)

  • School House, High Street, Tuddenham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • head of the household aged 25 married, school master living with his wife and a sister. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 35)

  • Hopton, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 35 married, national schoolmaster living with his wife. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 45)

  • Nethergate Street, Hopton, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • head of the household aged 45 married, schoolmaster living with his wife. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 55)

  • School Masters House, Primrose Lane, North Lopham, Norfolk, England8

  •  

  • head of the household aged 54 married, school master living with his wife. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 65)

  • North Lopham, Norfolk, England9

  •  

  • head of the household aged 65 married, retired teacher (pensioner) living with his wife. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 74)

  • Hill House, North Lopham, Norfolk, England10

  •  

  • married head of the household and a superannuated teacher and insurance agent on his own account living in six rooms with his wife Mary, and niece Ellen Cunningham. Born in Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 16 Jun 1917 (age 81)

  • Thetford "Registration District", Norfolk, England12 13

  • Probate:

  • 11 Jul 1917

  • Probate Registry, London, England13

  •  

  • of North Lopham Norfolk, effects of £278 4s 11d (~£10,000 in 2005) administered by Mary Mann widow

Wife: Mary Cox

  • Name:

  • Mary Cox14 15 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • dressmaker16 17 18 10

  • Birth:

  • 30 Dec 1863

  • North Lopham, Norfolk, England14 19 16 17 18 10 20 21

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Feb 1864 (age 0)

  • St. Nicholas's Church, Church Road, North Lopham, Norfolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter of Edward Cox (labourer) and Esther of North Lopham

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 7)

  • The Street, North Lopham, Norfolk, England19

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Edward and Esther, and sisters Maria, Ellen and Eliza. Born in North Lopham Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 17)

  • The Street, North Lopham, Norfolk, England16

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker and living with her parents Edward and Ester, and nephew Harry Cox. Born in North Lopham Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 27)

  • The Street, North Lopham, Norfolk, England17

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker and living in four rooms with her parents Edward and Esther. Born in North Lopham Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 35)

  • North Lopham, Norfolk, England18

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a dressmaker on her own account at home and living with her widowed mother Esther. Born in North Lopham Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 47)

  • Hill House, North Lopham, Norfolk, England10

  •  

  • married working as a dressmaker on her own account and living in six rooms with her husband William, and niece Ellen Cunningham. Born in North Lopham Norfolk and married for one year and without children

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 54 yrs 6 mns)

  • North Lopham, Norfolk, England20

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in six rooms with her husband William, niece Florence Cox, and a boarder. Born in North Lopham Norfolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 75)

  • The Rosary, The Street, North Lopham, Norfolk, England21

  •  

  • widowed doing unpaid domestic duties and living with Albert Abbott, a closed record, and two others. Born on 30th December 1863

  • Death:

  • Q4 1948 (age 84)

  • Wayland "Registration District", Norfolk, England22

Note on Wife: Mary Cox

After William's death Mary married William Wightman (c1860-1937) in Thetford registration district in the fourth quarter of 191823 20 24

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Yarmouth 1909 quarter:4 volume:4b page:34. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

2.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Great Yarmouth St. Nicholas marriages 1909-1911 Norfolk Record office ref:PD 28/115 page:35 entry:70. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

3.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1012 book:2 folio:24 page:11.

4.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1545 folio:524 page:8.

5.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1142 folio:16 page:9.

6.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1874 folio:113 page:3.

7.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:2013 folio:65 page:3.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1548 folio:117 page:16.

9.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1866 folio:7 page:6.

10.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:11745 class:RG78 piece:649 registration district:239 sub-district:2 enumeration district:18 schedule:61. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

11.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Thetford 1917 quarter:2 volume:4b page:425.

13.

Ancestry England and Wales National Probate Calendar (Index to Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Guiltcross 1864 quarter:1 volume:4b page:272. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

15.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). North Lopham St. Nicholas baptisms 1849-2009 Norfolk Record Office ref:PD 338/17 page:35 entry:274. Cit. Date: 28 October 2025.

16.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1973 folio:45 page:3 schedule:16. Cit. Date: 28 October 2025.

17.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1548 folio:112 page:6 schedule:45. Cit. Date: 28 October 2025.

18.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1866 folio:7 page:6 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 28 October 2025.

19.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1840 folio:69 page:12 schedule:72. Cit. Date: 28 October 2025.

20.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9901 registration district:239 sub-district:2 enumeration district:17, 18, 19 schedule:67. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

21.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6588I page:11 line:31 letter code:TSDI. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wayland 1948 quarter:4 volume:4b page:622. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

23.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Thetford 1918 quarter:4 volume:4b page:887. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.

24.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Norwich1937 quarter:1 volume:4b page:226. Cit. Date: 27 October 2025.