Miriam Manetta Davis
1861 - 1902 (41 years)
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Name Miriam Manetta Davis [1, 2] Born 17 May 1861 Bridge, Kent 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Census 1871 Bridge Street, Bridge, Kent [2] Census 1881 Westfield View, Westgate no.12, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Occupation Abt 1881 Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Confectioner's assistant Occupation Abt 1883 Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire Waitress Census 1891 75 Wentworth Road, Swinton, Yorkshire [3] - She was described as being employed by the head of household as a housekeeper but, given she was living with a married coal miner with whom she subsequently had children, it can be assumed that they were not being totally straight with the enumerator.
Census 1901 52 Temperance Street, Swinton, Yorkshire [4] - She was described as Isaac Goodman's wife but they never married.
Name Minnie Marples [3] Name Miriam Minetta Davis Died 10 Jul 1902 22 Wortley Avenue, Swinton, Yorkshire Person ID I923 Main Tree Last Modified 2 Jan 2018
Father John Davis, b. 4 Sep 1831, Bridge, Kent , d. 1912, Rotherham Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Mother Julia Marchant Lansdell, b. Abt 1841, Pembury, Kent , d. 1908, Rotherham Registration District, Yorkshire (Age ~ 67 years) Relationship natural Married 31 Jul 1860 Selling, Kent - Their marriage was witnessed by Stephen, John, Isabella and Hannah Lansdell, Thomas Foat Cozens and Louisa Cozens.
Family ID F18 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Children + 1. May Davis, b. 12 May 1883, Priory Grange, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire , d. 18 Apr 1954, Chesterfield Registration District, Derbyshire (Age 70 years) [unknown]Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 Family ID F258 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Isaac Goodman, b. 1859, Rawmarsh, Yorkshire , d. 1939, Rother Valley Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 80 years) Children + 1. Winnie Marples, b. Abt 1893, Kilnhurst, Yorkshire , d. 1916, Rotherham Registration District, Yorkshire (Age ~ 23 years) [natural]2. Vessey Goodman Marples, b. Abt 1895, Kilnhurst, Yorkshire , d. 21 Aug 1915, Gallipoli (Age ~ 20 years) [natural]Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 Family ID F404 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 George Marples, b. Abt 1852, Sheffield, Yorkshire , d. 10 Jul 1889, Wentworth, Yorkshire (Age ~ 37 years) Married 1 Mar 1888 St Barnabas, Sheffield, Yorkshire - Miriam's marriage to George Marples was witnessed by Harry Walker and Caroline Emma Marples.
Children + 1. Frank Marples, b. Abt 1888, Sheffield, Yorkshire [natural]Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 Family ID F35 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 17 May 1861 - Bridge, Kent 
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Notes - Miriam was born on 17 May 1861 in the small village of Bridge near Canterbury in Kent. Her father was the grocer there and she was his eldest child - with 3 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters. Her family moved from Kent to Rotherham in the 1870s. There is no clear reason for the move so it is assumed it was for economic motives.
In the 1881 census, Miriam was living with her parents in Rotherham and working as a confectioner's assistant. Two years later, described as a waitress, she gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, May Davis. She had the child at Priory Grange, Sharrow Lane, Ecclesall Bierlow - a house belonging to a George Tyzack. Her daughter, May appears to have been fostered - probably from birth - by Richard Orton (a confectioner in Rotherham) and his wife Mary who moved to Conisbrough before 1891. They had no children of their own. It is possible that May never knew her mother.
Miriam Manetta Davis went on to marry George Marples, on 1 March 1888 at St Barnabas, Sheffield. Their son, Frank, was born the same year. George did not live to enjoy his marriage for long as he died on 10 July 1889 in Wentworth, Yorkshire - the village where Miriam's parents were then living.
Miriam Manetta Marples then moved in with a coal miner named Isaac Goodman. In the 1891 census she was described as his housekeeper and he was married but with no sign of his wife. By the 1901 census, the couple were described as married. There were two children of the match - Winnie (born c. 1893) and Vessey (born 1895 - killed at Gallipoli on 21 August 1915). However, no marriage did take place as is evidenced by Miriam's death certificate the following year, when her surname reverted to Marples. She died, aged just 41, on 10 July 1902 in Swinton, Yorkshire in the house she shared with Isaac.
- Miriam was born on 17 May 1861 in the small village of Bridge near Canterbury in Kent. Her father was the grocer there and she was his eldest child - with 3 younger brothers and 2 younger sisters. Her family moved from Kent to Rotherham in the 1870s. There is no clear reason for the move so it is assumed it was for economic motives.
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Sources - [S105] 1881 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (3 April 1881;), RG 11., RG 11/4671 f.18 p.30 (Reliability: 3).
Westfield View, Westgate no.12, Rotherham
John Davis, Head, Mar, 49, Grocer (Foreman), Kent Bridge
Julia M. Davis, Wife, Mar, 39, Kent Pembury
Miriam M. Davis, Daur, Unm, 19, Confectioners Assistant, Kent Bridge
John A.C. Davis, Son, 18, Grocers Assistant, Kent Bridge
George R. Davis, Son, 16, Hosier (Apprentice), Kent Bridge
Ammie A. Davis, Daur, 12, Scholar, Kent Bridge
Percy E. Davis, Son, 8, Scholar, Kent Bridge
Louisa L. Davis, Daur, 4, Scholar, Yorks Rotherham - [S104] 1871 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (2 April 1871;), RG 10/965 f.28 pp.3-4 (Reliability: 3).
Bridge St., Bridge
John Davis, Head, Mar, 39, Grocer, Bridge; Kent
Julia M. Davis, Wife, Mar, 29, Pembury; Kent
Miriam M. Davis, Daug, 9, Bridge; Kent
John A.C. Davis, Son, 8, Bridge; Kent
George R. Davis, Son, 6, Bridge; Kent
Annie A. Davis, 3, Bridge; Kent
Flora? Lett, Serv, Unm, 16, General Serv, Bridge; Kent - [S107] 1891 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (5 April 1891;), RG 12/3856 f.132 p.33 (Reliability: 3).
75 Wentworth Rd, Swinton, York (4 rooms)
Isaac Goodman, Head, M, 30, Coal miner, Employed, Lincolnshire [do.] Rawmarsh
Minnie Marples, Serv, Wid, 29, Housekeeper (Dom), Employed, Kent, Bridge
Frank Marples, Boarder, 2, Yorkshire Sheffield - [S108] 1901 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (31 March 1901;), RG 13., RG 13/4402 f.24 p.39 (Reliability: 3).
52 Temperance Street, Swinton, Yorkshire (4 rooms)
Isaac Goodman, Head, M, 41, Coal Miner (C Hewer), Worker, Yorks Rawmarsh
Miriam Goodman, Wife, M, 39, Kent Bridge
Frank M Goodman, Son, S, 12, Yorks Sheffield
Winnie Goodman, Daur, S, 8, Yorks Kilnhurst
Vessey Goodman, Son, S, 6, Yorks Kilnhurst
- [S105] 1881 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (3 April 1881;), RG 11., RG 11/4671 f.18 p.30 (Reliability: 3).