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SHATWELL, Mary Ann
1824 - 1883 (60 years) Has no ancestors but 12 descendants in this family tree.
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Name SHATWELL, Mary Ann Birth Between 1823 and 1824 Malpas Or Macclesfield, Cheshire 
Gender Female Death 1883 Stockport Registration District, Cheshire Person ID I4488 Edgoose Last Modified 7 Feb 2026
Family 1 LANCELEY, Richard Buckley d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. LANCELY, Mary Jane, b. 1849, Chester, Cheshire d. 1922, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 73 years)Family ID F1908 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 MOLES, James, b. Between 1815 and 1816, Stockport, Cheshire, England d. 1856, Stockport Registration District, Cheshire (Age 41 years) Marriage 1846 Stockport Registration District, Cheshire Children 1. MOLES, Mary Jane, b. 1848, Stockport Registration District, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. MOLES, James Henry, b. 1854, Stockport Registration District, Cheshire d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1952 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Feb 2026
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MARY MOLES formerly LANCELEY née .......... 1823 or 1824-1883
NOTE:
No marriage between Richard Buckley LANCELEY and Mary has been traced. The death of a Richard LANCELEY was registered in 1848, but no marriage between a Mary LANCELEY and James MOLES has been found.
A marriage between a James MOLES and a Mary Ann SHATWELL was registered in 1846.
(GRO March Q 1846 Stockport 19 219)
The birth of a Mary Jane MOLES was registered in 1848.
(GRO March Q 1848 Stockport 19 271)
The 1851 census of 14 New Bridge Lane, Stockport, Cheshire:
James MOLES, head, married, aged 35, librarian, born at Stockport, Cheshire;
*Mary A. MOLES, wife, aged 28, milliner, born at Macclesfield, Cheshire;
Mary J. MOLES, sister (sic), aged 3, born at Stockport, Cheshire.
Margaret TAYLOR, sister (?), married, aged 58, milliner, born at Stockport, Cheshire.
(HO107/2157/173/28)
James MOLES died in 1856.
The 1861 census of 16 London Square, Stockport, Cheshire:
*Mary Ann MOLES, head, aged 35, widow, dressmaker, born at Macclesfield, Cheshire;
Mary J. MOLES, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Stockport, Cheshire;
James Henry MOLES, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Stockport, Cheshire.
(RG9/2564/23/39)
The 1871 census of No. 80, Wellington Road South, Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire:
*Mary A. MOLES, head, widow, aged 46, upholsterer, born at Macclesfield, Cheshire;
Mary J. MOLES, daughter, aged 22, unmarried, upholsterer, born at Stockport, Cheshire;
James H. MOLES, son, aged 17, commercial clerk [corn], born at Stockport, Cheshire.
(RG10/3663/61/4)
The 1881 census entry is the presumed connection between Mary Jane MOLES, daughter of Richard Buckley LANCELEY, who married William PACKER in 1872 and gave birth to two children, Louisa and William. See below:
In the 1881 census of 11 Bath Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, a Mary MOLES has her grandchildren Louisa and William PACKER living with her:
*Mary MOLES, head, (age illegible), married (sic), uphostress, born at Malpas, Cheshire;
Louisa PACKER, granddaughter, aged 8, scholar, born in Birmingham;
Willm. PACKER, grandson, aged 5, scholar, born in Birmingham;
Joseph TAYLOR, lodger, aged 8 (sic), locksmith, born in Birmingham;
Ellen BOUNDY, lodger, aged 44, married, (occupation illegible), born at Gloster (sic).
(RG11/3000/74/4)
(revised 14.12.2008)