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SPAFFORD, Mary A. (Polly)
1866 - 1943 (78 years) Has 4 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1822 - 1899 (77 years)-
Name SPAFFORD, Mary A. (Polly) Birth Between 1865 and 1866 Bracebridge, Lincolnshire 
Gender Female Death 1943 Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I3529 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father SPAFFORD, William, b. 1822, Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England d. 23 May 1899, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Mother WHYLEY, Ann, b. 1838, Marston, Lincolnshire, England d. 26 Jan 1892, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 54 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1860 Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F604 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 TEMPLE, Frederick, b. 1852, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. 1891, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 39 years) Marriage 1887 Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. TEMPLE, Lottie, b. 1884, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire d. Aft 1891 (Age > 8 years)2. TEMPLE, Beatrice Alice, b. 7 Mar 1888, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d. 1981, Gainsborough Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. TEMPLE, Julia, b. 1891, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1891, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years)Family ID F1693 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 SHAW, William, b. 1865, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. Aft 1901 (Age > 37 years) Marriage 1893 Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F1694 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY A. SPAFFORD 1865-1943
The birth of a Mary Alice SPAFFORD was registered in 1865.
(GRO December Q 1865 Newport Sh. 6a 733)
From the 1881 census of Newark Road, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire:
William SPAFFORD, head, aged 58, wheelwright at works, born at Beckingham, Lincolnshire;
Ann SPAFFORD, wife, aged 43, born at Marston, Lincolnshire;
Walter SPAFFORD, son, aged 19, general labourer, unmarried, born at Lincoln;
*Mary A. SPAFFORD, daughter, aged 15, servant domestic, born at Bracebridge, Lincolnshire;
Bernard SPAFFORD, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Bracebridge, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3238/115/36)
This same Mary Alice SPAFFORD married Frederick TEMPLE in 1887.
(GRO September Q 1887 Lincoln 7a 751)
From the 1891 census of 4 Linton Street, St. Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, Lincolnshire:
Frederick TEMPLE, head, aged 39, joiner, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
*Mary A. TEMPLE, wife, aged 25, born at Newport, Salop;
Beatrice TEMPLE, daughter, aged 3, born at Lincoln;
Lottie TEMPLE, daughter, aged 6, born at Lincoln;
Julia TEMPLE, daughter, aged 1 month, born at Lincoln.
(RG12/2590/110/46)
Her husband Frederick TEMPLE died in 1891.
Mary Alice TEMPLE married William SHAW in 1893.
(GRO December Q 1893 Lincoln 7a 1015)
The 1901 census of No. 5 Kirton Square, St. Benedict, Lincoln, Lincolnshire:
William SHAW, head, married, aged 35, boiler maker's labourer, born at Leeds, Yorkshire;
*Mary A. SHAW, wife, aged 35, born at Newport, Mon.;
William B. SHAW, son, aged 7, born at Lincoln, Lincolnshire;
Elsy A. SHAW, daughter, aged 3, born at Lincoln, Lincolnshire;
Beatrice A. TEMPLE, daughter-in-law, aged 13, born at Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
RG13/3062/82/8)
The death of Mary Alice SHAW aged 77 was registered in 1943.
(GRO March Q 1943 Lincoln 7a 616.
NOTES & QUERIES:
1871 census: Untraced
The 1881 census shows Mary A. SPAFFORD to have been born in Bracebridge, Lincolnshire.
The 1891 census show Mary A. TEMPLE to have been born at Newport, Salop.
The 1901 census shows her to have been born in Newport, Mon.
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