Thread: Mary Ann Lepine

I cannot trace the birth of my great-grandmother, Mary Ann Lepine. I have found her marriage certificates (06.09.1903 to John Houston, aged 22, and 26.08.1920 to Charles Lucas, aged 37 or 39) and her death certificate (19.09.1941, aged 57), but cannot find her birth certificate.

In the 1891 census, she is shown as 6 years old, living with Adam and Dinah Lepine, in Poplar, East London. I think these were actually her grandparents (although the record lists them as parents) and that her mother was Elizabeth Lepine. I also think Mary Ann was illegitimate. The details of her father on the 2 marriage certificates are not the same: the first shows him as William Lepine and the second as John Thomas Lepine.

In the 1891 census, all the rest of the family apart from Dinah are shown as being born in Poplar, but Mary Ann is listed as born in Paddington.

There is only 1 Mary Ann Lepine born in Poplar at about the right time (1880) and I know that this is not my great-grandmother, as I have been in touch with her great-granddaughter and she married a different man at the same time that my Mary Ann married John Houston. She also lived with her daughter in later life and did not die until the 60s.

I live in Cheshire so cannot easily access the records to trawl through them indivually. I have considered that Mary Ann may not have been her first name and so have purchased several birth certificates from the time and area, but to no avail.

I would be really grateful if anyone here could help me to trace her birth certificate, as I need to know what information it contains (although I am aware that the father's name may be missing or even fictitious!)

Thank you.

Hi
Yes, that is correct. I have the 2 marriage certificates and her death cert but cannot trace her birth cert.
Thanks

Hello spursgirl

The details of her father on the 2 marriage certificates are not the same: the first shows him as William Lepine and the second as John Thomas Lepine.

The 1903 marriage certificate to John HOUSTON shows father Will crossed out and Thomas LE PINE with what looks like D.E.D which could mean deceased, but I am uncertain whther this means Will /Thomas

Mary is 22 , b circa 1881

witnesses: EA PAUL MD *****Y

The 1920 certificate shows Mary Ann HOUSTON d/o John Thomas LEPINE dec'd

Mary is 37 b circa 1883

witnesses: Henry J JAMES / JONES Phoebe WALKER


There is an on line marriage for Thomas William LEPINE b 1866 s/o Adam LEPINE = Sarah Rebecca Ann DELL 25/12/1887 St John Cubitt Town
Thomas died 1890 Sarah remarried 1892 Wm McNEIL

Having found this, Sarah McNEIL is linked to a tree with Adam Lepine information on!

Conclusion MAry ANN LE PINE could be an illeg child b circa 1881- 1883, albeit the 1881 census shows her as being b 1885
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