Mary Elizabeth Couch 1863 - 1935
Born St Breock, this just S of Wadebridge, N of St Columb, maybe in the St Colomb reg.district.
1863. Mary Elizabeth Couch was born to Emily Couch & William Bickman, painter, St Colomb Mar 1863 . Baptised 25/1/1865 St. Breock, residence Wadebridge, mother Emily Couch, single woman . Parents names from her 1886 m.c. ( father could be an invention!) - details of which see below in 1886, from Cornish OPC . http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=marriages&id=1241960
Cannot find a likely William Bickman in 1861C or 1871C
1871C. Mary E Couch, 8, is living Railway Cottages, St Breock, St Columb Cornwall. Emily is unmarried and a dress maker . John Saunders is widowed and a carpenter
| John | Saunders | Head | - | Male | 76 | 1795 | - | Cornwall, England |
| Mary E | Couch | Visitor | - | Female | 8 | 1863 | - | Wadebridge Cornwall, England |
| Emily | Couch | Boarder | - | Female | 29 | 1842 | - | Wadebridge Cornwall, England |
As Emily is unmarried, then she could be the Emily in 1851C, aged 9, with grandmother, Jenipher Couch, 1783, pauper
1873. Her mother married William Richard Hawkey St Columb Dec1873 - she then aged 10
1881C. Incorrectly named as Mary E C Hawkey, she is living with her mother & step father at Molesworth Street , St Breock, St Colomb, Cornwall
| William R | Hawkey | Head | Married | Male | 46 | 1835 | House Painter & Decorator | Padstow, Cornwall, England |
| Emily | Hawkey | Wife | Married | Female | 39 | 1842 | - | St Breock, Cornwall, England |
| Mary E C | Hawkey | Daughter | Single | Female | 18 | 1863 | Dressmaker | St Breock, Cornwall, England |
1886.Mary Elizabeth Couch, 23, married John Heard , 26, fitter, on 15/6/1886 in St Breock . St Colomb Jun 1886. His address Christchurch, Blackfriarrs Road, hers St Breock . His father James Heard, tailor. The father of the bride was William Bickman, painter, her mother was Emily Couch, afterwards married to William Richard Hawkey, reputed father??. Witnesses Emily Hawkey & William Meagor- Cornish opc.
1886-1889. John & Mary Elizabeth hears leave Cornwall for Plaistow/West Ham, outskirts of London
1889. . Elsie Florence Heard was born to John & Mary Elizabeth on 12/1/1889 West Ham Mar1889
1891. They move to Plumstead and he is likely employed at Woolwich Arsenal
1891C John Heard was living Crescent Road, Plumstead
| John | Heard | Head | Married | Male | 30 | 1861 | Engine Fitter | St Breock Cornwall, England |
| Mary E | Heard | Wife | Married | Female | 28 | 1863 | - | St Breock Cornwall, England |
| Elise F | Heard | Daughter | - | Female | 2 | 1889 | - | Essex, England |
| John F | Heard | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1891 | - | Essex, England |
1901C. John Heard was living 60 Genesta Road, Plumstead
| John | Heard | Head | Married | Male | 40 | 1861 | Gauge Maker Fitter | Wadebridge, Cornwall, England |
| Mary E | Heard | Wife | Married | Female | 38 | 1863 | - | Wadebridge, Cornwall, England |
| Elsie F | Heard | Daughter | - | Female | 12 | 1889 | - | Plaistow, Essex, England |
| John F L | Heard | Son | - | Male | 10 | 1891 | - | Plaistow, Essex, England |
| Gladys E | Heard | Daughter | - | Female | 4 | 1897 | - | Plumstead, Kent, England |
1911C. John Heard was living 60 Genesta Road, Plumstead in 7 rooms. They had been married 24 years: 4 children, 1 dead
| John | Heard | Head | Married | Male | 50 | 1861 | Gange Worker Fitter - Royal Arsenal | Cornwall St Brcock |
| Mary Elizabeth | Heard | Wife | Married | Female | 48 | 1863 | - | Cornwall St Brcock |
| Elsie Florence | Heard | Daughter | Single | Female | 22 | 1889 | Shorthand Typist | London West Ham |
| Gladys Emily | Heard | Daughter | - | Female | 14 | 1897 | School | London Woolwich |
Her husband was a widower by 1939, so, unless they divorced, she should have died 1911-1939 -
1935.Mary E Heard, died- maybe, aged 72, Brighton Dec1935- only near death age, but why Brighton