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Miriam Priscilla Newman

Miriam Priscilla Newman

Female 1886 - 1956  (70 years)

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  • Name Miriam Priscilla Newman 
    Born 1886  Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1891  West Wickham, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • She was visiting her half-aunt, Elizabeth Mansfield. As she was only 4 years old, it seems likely that she was being cared for in the Mansfield household rather than just on a short visit to them. Her mother had a further eight children to care for, the youngest of whom was to die just a couple of months after the census was taken.
    Census 1901  Hall Street, Long Melford, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • She was visiting her first cousin once removed, Ebenezer Ellam.
    Died 1956  Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire
    Person ID I1959  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Charles M Newman,   b. Abt 1829, Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911, Linton Registration District, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Harriet Marsh Potter,   b. 8 Mar 1846, West Wratting, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937  (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 10 Nov 1868  Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Their marriage was witnessed by Charles's siblings, Thomas and Lydia Newman.
    Family ID F225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Leonard Upton,   b. Abt 1886 
    Married 6 Feb 1915  Register Office, Linton, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    • The marriage was witnessed by Mary Heath and Harry Buck.
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F1079  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Births, Marriages and Deaths - Cambridgeshire Index Project, Cambridgeshire County Council, (http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/sub/register/cambsindex.htm;), birth of Miriam P Newman, 1886, Cambridge Registration District (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S108] 1901 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (31 March 1901;), RG 13., RG 13/1745 f.78 p.10 (Reliability: 3).
      Hall St, Melford, Suffolk
      Ebenezer Ellam, Head, M, 36, Grocer (Assistant, Cambs Wratting
      Sarah Ellam, Wife, M, 39, Norfolk Gt Yarmouth
      Miriam Newman, Visitor, S, 14, Suffolk Weston Colville


    3. [S107] 1891 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (5 April 1891;), RG 12/1291 f.64 p.9 (Reliability: 3).
      West Wickham, Cambridgeshire (3 rooms)
      William Mansfield, Head, M, 41, Agricultural Laborer, Cambs West Wickham
      Elizabeth Mansfield, Wife, M, 35, Cambs Balsham
      Naomie Howe, Daur, 10, Scholar, Cambs Balsham
      Marrim Newman, Visitor, 4, Cambs Weston Colvil


    4. [S112] Civil Registration Death Indexes 1837-, General Register Office, death registration of Miriam P. Upton, 69, Luton 4a 98, June quarter 1956 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S42] Births, Marriages and Deaths - Cambridgeshire Index Project, Cambridgeshire County Council, (http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/sub/register/cambsindex.htm;), marriage of Joseph L Upton and Miriam P Newman, 1915, Cambridge Registration District (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S113] Civil Registration Marriage Indexes, General Register Office, (1837-;), marriages of Joseph L Upton and Miriam P Newman share reference Linton 3b 781, March quarter 1915 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S334] Marriage Certificate.
      Registration District: Cambridge; 1915; Marriage solemnized at The Register Office in the District of Linton in the Counties of Cambridge & Essex; no.76; Sixth February 1915; Joseph Leonard Upton, 28 years, Bachelor, Gamekeeper, Weston Colville, father: Joseph Upton, carpenter; and Miriam Priscilla Newman, 28 years, Spinster, Weston Colville, father: Charles Martin Newman (Deceased), Laborer; Married in the Register Office Before me by certificate, Septimus Holltum, Registrar; This marriage was solemnized between us, Joseph Leonard Upton & Miriam Priscilla Newman in the presence of us, Mary Heath & Harry Buck; W. Richardson, Supt. Registrar