Mary Matilda Draine

Mary was born on September 6th, 1886 in Rossendale.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1886
  DRAINE    Mary Matilda         Rossendale    Hyndburn    ROSS/44/42

Mary's father was John Draine and her mother was Elizabeth Knowles.  Her paternal grandparents were Robert John Draine and Hannah (Anna) Astin; her maternal grandparents were John Knowles and Jane Abbott. She had two brothers and five sisters, named John, Walter, Jane, Elizabeth, Betsy, Alice and Sarah.  She was the second oldest of the eight children.  She died at the age of 95 in September 1981 in Rossendale.² 

• Death Notes

  Name:    Mary Matilda Whittaker
  Death Age:    95
  Birth Date:    6 Sep 1886
  Registration Date:    Sep 1981
  Registration district:    Hyndburn and Rossendale
  Inferred County:    Lancashire
  Volume:    40
  Page:    1401

‌Mary and Thomas were married in a civil ceremony on June 28th, 1913 in Accrington.³ 

• Marriage/Union Notes

  Primitave (Methodist)
  Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1913
  DRAINE    Mary Matilda    WHITTAKER    Thomas Stanley    Hyndburn Register Office or Registrar Attended

They had a daughter named Mary.  The family line is yet to be completed.