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I'm looking for details of Mazilla(h) Hopkins, born 1836 in Shenington Oxford. I believe she had an illegitimate daughter Elizabeth in 1855/1856, married William Whitehead in 1858 and had another daughter Catherine in 1859. then nothing till 1911 census when she is listed as married (for 40m years) with no children to William A Birchall in Coventry. I can't find a death for Wm Whitehead, a birth for Wm Birchall (c1842?), a marriage Whitehead/Birchall or what happened to Elizabeth or Catherine. Can anyone help please?

Is this her in 1861?

Name: Matilda Whitehead
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William Whitehead
Gender: Female
Where born: Shenington, Oxfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Brackley St Peter
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Brackley
Sub-registration district: Brackley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 38
Household Members: Name Age
William Whitehead 28 Agric. Lab.
Matilda Whitehead 25
Catha Whitehead 1

Yes I think it is her but of course the census person etc got her name wrong. I thought with such an unusual forename I would have had no problems tracing her but... How does she show up in 1871 etc

1871

Name: Mazellah Whitchead
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Shenington, Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: St James
Town: Brackley
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Registration district: Brackley
Sub-registration district: Brackley
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 155
Household Members: Name Age
Mazellah Whitchead 35 Widow, Dressmake
Katherine Whitchead 11 daughter, Lacemaker
John Whitchead 6 son
Thomas Bazeley 40 Lodger

Deaths Sep 1868 (>99%)
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Whitehead William 33 Brackley 3b 2

1881

Name: Mazillan Beasley
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: Shinington, Gloucestershire, England

Civil Parish: Coventry St Michael
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street address: 5 Court 4 Spon Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Charwoman

Registration district: Coventry
Sub-registration district: St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Miles 27
Catherine Whitehead 22
Wm.Henry Miles 2
Mazillan Beasley 45 Married, Charwoman

???

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1872 (>99%)
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Barcley Thomas Brackley 3b 9
KITELY William Brackley 3b 9
Summers Eunice Brackley 3b 9
WHITEHEAD Marillah Brackley 3b 9

Name: WHITEHEAD, Catharine
Registration District: Help Coventry
County: Warwickshire
Year of Registration: 1882
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: Help 6D
Page No: Help 802
MarriageFinder™: Catharine Whitehead married one of the following people Help ADAMS, George view record
MILES, Henry view record

Christina, I think Catherine married Henry Miles as she is with him in the 1881 census posted.

Is this the death for your Mazilla(h) please?

Deaths Mar 1914 (>99%)
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Birchall Mazillah 77 Coventry 6d 962

Dear rootgatherer
Thank you so much for those leads, it looks like she was widowed and married Thomas Barcley (Beasley?). Did he die and then she married Wm Birchall?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1888 (>99%)
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BEASLEY Mazilla Coventry 6d 811 <<<<<<<<<<<<<
BIRCHALL William Albert Coventry 6d 811 <<<<<<<<<<<<<
TAYLOR Selina Coventry 6d 811
Wood Herbert John Coventry 6d 811

Yes I've got her death as
Deaths Mar 1914
Birchall Mazillah 77 Coventry 6d 962 ((from FreeBMD)

also
Deaths Sep 1920
BIRCHALL William A 79 Coventry 6d 594

That's great, any luck with the illegitimate daughter Elizabeth Hopkins 1855? I supppose she may have been W Whitehead's anyway and may have taken his name when they married? What do you think?

Mazillan Beasley

England and Wales Census, 1881
birth: 1836 — Shinington, Gloucester, England
residence: Coventry St Michael, Warwick, England

Geoff, I think it looks like she married 3 times. You probably would be best to buy the 1872 marriage certificate to checkout the husbands name but it certainly looks like your lady. If it was my tree, I would want to be sure of the facts before adding them.

Not sure about the daughter Elizabeth. If she had been William's daughter you would have thought that she would be living with them in 1861. How do you know of her please?

She's listed in the Baptisms in Shenington parish records
1856 February Hopkins Elizabeth (Parents) Mazilla (Profession) --

As Profession is blank & is the father's (Farmer/labourer etc) and the child took her mother's name I assume she's out of wedlock.

??

1871

Name: Elizabeth Hopkins
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Shenington, Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: West Adderbury
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Banbury
Sub-registration district: Bloxham
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household schedule number: 47
Household Members: Name Age
Caroline Rogers 60
Elizabeth M A Rogers 15
Laura M A Rogers 14
Elizabeth Hopkins 15

A marriage certificate will give you the name of Mazilla's father and his occupation. This is a possible for Elizabeth but you need to know her Grandfather's name to confirm.

Name: Elizabeth Hopkins
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Shenington, Oxfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Shenington
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Banbury
Sub-registration district: Swalcliffe
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 74

Household Members: Name Age
William Hopkins 62 Ag. Lab b. Goldicott, Warwickshire, England
Elizabeth Hopkins 61 b. Mixbury, Oxfordshire, England
Daniel Hopkins 27
Caroline Hopkins 18
William Hopkins 13
Elizabeth Hopkins 5