Born: 19 April 1848

Birth Certificate:

Registration District	Kidderminster
in the Sub-District of	Lower Mitton
in the County of	Worcestershire
When and where born	19 April 1848 at Lower Mitton
Name	Mary
Sex	Girl
Name of Father	Edwin Lee
Name of Mother	Mary Lee, formerly Large
Profession of Father	Labourer
Informant	Mary Lee , Mother, Lower Mitton
When Registered	8 May 1848

Father: Edwin Lee

Mother: Mary Large

Siblings: (For dates, etc, see the extended family)

1. Kesiah Lee
2. Jemima Lee
3. Richard Lee
4. Edwin Lee
5. Josiah Lee
6.   Mary Lee
7. Jane Lee
8. Mahala Lee
9. Ellen Lee
10. Edward Lee
11. Mark Lee

5-generation pedigree

Baptismal Entry:

The father's name given as Edwin on GRO, Edward in Parish Register.

Married: Thomas Whitehouse

Marriage Certificate:

Registration District	Dudley
Solemnized at	The Parish Church
in the Parish of	Netherton
in the County of	Worcester
When Married	1 November 1869
Name and Surname	Mary Lees
Age	full
Condition	Spinster
Profession
Residence	Dudley
Father's Name	Edward Lees
Father's Profession	Labourer
Witnesses	Eli Hill, Elizabeth Hill groom's stepfather and mother

Children:

1. William Henry Whitehouse
2. Thomas Whitehouse
3. Elizabeth Whitehouse
4. Mark Whitehouse
5. Emily Whitehouse
6. Dinah Whitehouse
7. Edward Whitehouse

plus 5 unknown children, dead by 1911

The Whitehouse family, circa 1890

Died: 16 August 1913 Gravestone in Lye Cemetery gravestone

Death Certificate:

Registration District	Stourbridge
in the Sub-District of	Stourbridge
in the Counties of	Worcester, etc
When and where died	16 August 1913, Fletcher Street, Woollescote
Name and Surname	Mary Whitehouse
Sex	Female
Age	65 years
Occupation	Wife of Thomas Whitehouse, galvanised holloware manufacturer
Cause of death	Carcinoma of Rectum
Informant	the mark of Thomas Whitehouse, widower of deceased, Present at the death, 16 Fletcher Street Woollescote
When Registered	18 August 1913

Addresses:

Said, by Harold Whitehouse, one of her grandsons, to have been Irish, or at least to have had a distinct Irish accent. It should, however, be noted Harold Whitehouse was only five years old when she died, and thus the claim is based on a very old memory.

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