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My 4xGGrandmother Lucy Peatman became Lucy Roberts on marriage, she also seems to have been known as Mary. She was born in 1799 at Long Bennington & I have her on census data at Welby Lincolnshire through to 1871. She was a widow living alone at that stage. I can find no trace of her after that. Can anyone else locate her after 1871 & find a death registration or burial for her?

Grantham district covers Welby. There are these 2, ages aren't correct on either but it's not unusual for a person of that age to not know exactly how old they are, same for the person registering the death.

Deaths Sep 1875 (>99%)
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ROBERTS Mary 80 Grantham 7a 315

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Deaths Mar 1880 (>99%)
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Roberts Mary 76 Grantham 7a 321

Lucy Mary Roberts
England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007
Name: Lucy Mary Roberts
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year: 1860
Registration District: Bourne
County: Lincolnshire
Event Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Volume: 7A
Page: 153
Line Number: 21

She is in an almshouse in 1 871 so that 1860 death can't be her
1871 census

77 Alms House, Welby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Mary Roberts Head - Female 73 1798 widow occ nurse - b Long Bennington Lincolnshire, England

Lucy Peatman
England Births and Christenings
Name: Lucy Peatman
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 01 May 1799
Christening Place: Long Bennington, Lincoln, England
Father's Name: William Peatman
Mother's Name: Hannah

Can't see a Lucy - as Welby comes under Grantham any of these might be her:

Deaths Sep 1875 (>99%)
ROBERTS Mary 80 Grantham 7a 315

Deaths Mar 1880 (>99%)
Roberts Mary 76 Grantham 7a 321

Deaths Mar 1882 (>99%)
Roberts Mary 82 Grantham 7a 289

Deaths Mar 1884 (>99%)
Roberts Mary 53 Grantham 7a 291

Jan

Margee, thanks for the 2 death regns you have come up with, they seem to warrant following up, although I can't find any trace of a burial at Welby.

Actually looking at the ones that brummiejan posted the 1882 one is closest in age. I missed that one.

Edit: Just realized, in that case she should be on the 81 census but I can't see her.

Where was her husband buried? Surely she would be buried with him?

The only issue with the 1882 entry is that Lucy/Mary isn't on the 1881 census at Welby. Need to try and find this Mary on the census to get a line on that Mary.

Merged, she was widowed quite young, her husband was buried at Welby, but there is no trace of her burial there in the burial register, so unless it missed being recorded it appears she was buried elsewhere.

Burial
County Lincolnshire
Place Welby
Church St Bartholomew
RegisterNumber
BurialDate 22 Feb 1846
Forename William
Surname ROBERTS
Age 52
Abode Welby


County Lincolnshire
Place Welby
Church St Bartholomew
RegisterNumber
MarriageDate 09 Oct 1828
GroomForename William
GroomSurname ROBERTS
GroomCondition Widower
BrideForename Lucy
BrideSurname PEATMAN

(above from below link)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/search/index.shtml

Chris :)


Baptism
County Lincolnshire
Place Long Bennington
Church St Swithin
RegisterNumber 177
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 09 Oct 1819
Forename William
Sex M
FatherForename
MotherForename Lucy
FatherSurname
MotherSurname PEATMAN
Abode L. Bennington

(might have related)

Only other thought I have is whether she was living elsewhere. I assume you have tracked down her children 1881, just in case she was with one of them?
Jan

Thanks for the input, William Peatman is my 3x GGrandfather. Lucy lived with John Roberts & his family after her husband died, but he then died. I am struggling to track down what happened to some of her children, but will have to redouble my efforts to try and trace them.