Mary Harris

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
• Occupation: 1851; Handloom Weaver Silk
• Residence: 1881, 115, Abbey Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

1881 Census
115 Abbey Street Nuneaton; WAR
Mary TONKS W 57 F Ansley, Warwick, England
Rel: Head
Occ: No Employment
Martha MALL M 25 F Stockingford, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: No Employment
Harriett TONKS U 22 F Stockingford, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Cotton Spinner
Emma TONKS U 20 F Stockingford, Warwick, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Cotton Spinner
Arthur TONKS 10 M Nuneaton, Warwick, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Lucy TONKS 11 m F Nuneaton, Warwick, England
Rel: Grandaur

Mary married John Tonks on 23 Aug 1847 in Saint Peter's, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. John (son of John Tonks and Martha Tebbit) was born in Aug 1823 in Mancetter, Warwickshire, England; died between 1871 and 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Why did they marry at Stoke?
Possible connection via Rushtons Ann Rushon was a Witness and in 1851 Johns first cousin Samson was working on the farm of Robert Rushton and Mary at Hockley Hole. There was also a Christopher Rushton at Snow Hill, (on the Coleshill Turnpike near Mancetter Hill Farm), Nuneaton, a farmer and Licenced Victualler, both had children born at Hartshill. The 1881 Census at Stoke reveals two Edward Rushtons trading as coopers one born Hartshill and the other with a wife born at Wolvey. The latter had a boarder Harry Harris age 22 born at Bulkington.

1. Isaac Tonks was born on 13 Dec 1848 in Ansley, Warwickshire, England.
2. William Tonks was born in 1850 in Caldecote, Warwickshire, England.
3. Charlotte Elizabeth Tonks was born on 15 Apr 1852 in Hartshill, Warwickshire, England.
4. John Tonks was born in Jun 1854 in Hartshill, Warwickshire, England.
5. Martha Tonks was born in 1856 in Stockingford, Warwickshire, England.
6. Harriet Tonks was born in 1858 in Stockingford, Warwickshire, England.
7. Emma Tonks was born in 1861 in Stockingford, Warwickshire, England.
8. Arthur Tonks was born in 1870 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1851, Ansley Common, Ansley, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1851; Agricultural Labourer

Notes:

1851 Census Ansley Common
William HARRIS Head M 49 M Ag Lab Ansley-WAR
Elizabeth HARRIS Wife M 46 F --- Baxterley-WAR

William married Elizabeth Wilkins on 18 Jun 1826 in Saint Laurence, Ansley, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1805 in Baxterley, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]