Mary Ann Munday

     Mary Ann Munday was born on 1 July 1822 at Hunslet, Yorks, England; The 1851 census shows she was born Hunslet.¹ She was the daughter of James Munday and Rhoda Smith. Mary Ann Munday was baptized on 1 September 1822 at St Peter's Church, Leeds, Yorks, England.¹ She married James Hartley, son of Thomas Hartley, on 20 April 1872 at St Peter's, Leeds, Yorks, England; James was a 58 year old cloth dresser, and widowed, while Mary Ann was 50, and a spinster. They were both residents of Front Row.^2,3,4 Mary Ann Munday died on 26 March 1902 at Hunslet, Leeds, Yorks, England, at age 79.^5,6 She was buried on 29 March 1902 at Holbeck Cemetery, Grave #2125, Holbeck, Yorks, England. Her estate was probated on 11 April 1902 at Wakefield, York, England; Mary Ann was a widow, living at 5 Alton Street, Hunslet. She left effects totaling £240 7s 7d to John James Watkinson, mechanic.⁵
      As of 1851, Mary Ann Munday was also known as Margaret Munday. She lived in 1853 at 8 Front Row, Leeds, Yorks, England; From White's 1853 Directory of Leeds. She appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 19 Front Row, Leeds, Yorks, England; In 1871, there was an unmarried Mary Ann Munday residing at 19 Front Row. Her occupation was a dressmaker. It is likely that this is Mary Ann baptised 1822, and the same as the unmarried Margaret living with James and Rhoda in 1851. There has been no baptism located for a Margaret Munday in that time period, leading this wroter to believe it was merely a census error.⁷ In a city directory for 1872, Mary A. Munday was listed as a dressmaker at "9 Front Row, Campfield, off Water Lane". She appeared on the census of 1881 at 19 Front Row, Leeds, Yorks, England.³ She appeared on the census of 1901 at Hunslet, Yorks, England; In 1901, Mary Ann Hartley, "aunt", was aged 78 and living with John Watkinson and Martha and their family at 5 Alton Street, Hunslet. She was "living on her own means".