1841C. Mary Cobden, 4, living Trent Vale, Stoke on Trent, with her mother Ann and sister Maria , actually registered Stoke on T Jun 1841 17 198.- this b.c would give us Ann's maiden name but now sure she was a single parent?? . In Ancestry image Ann is actually Anne.: she has an occupation but I can not decipher it

1847. Her mother married Henry Gotham, then calling himself Henry Gething!!, in Newcastle under Lyme

1851C. Mary Ann Cobden, 14, dress maker, is living Vale Street, Stoke on Trent, with her mother Ann Gotham, 36, and stepfather? Henry Gotham , 25, a saucer maker, one sister, Maria Cobden, and 2 stepsiblings, William & Eliza Gotham.

1854. Mary Ann Cobden, 21, married Edward John Calkin, 22, potter, on 2/10/1854 in Burslem. Both their residences were Sneyd Green. His father, John Calkin, hers given as Henry Cobden , both potters. Henry Gotham is a witness. Is it just coincidence that there is a Henry Cobden and a Henry Gotham?? - both potters. YES, I have proved she was born out of wedlock to Ann Cobden Her age would point to an 1833 birth!!- suspect she was only 17, almost 18!!. Other witnesses are Willamina Lambert, her aunt , who married John Lambert Wolstanton Sep 1852 , and Maria Cobden, her sister

When her sister Maria marries in 1859, her father also given as Henry Cobden, potter.

1856. Alice Jane Calkin was born Stoke on Trent Mar 1856 to parents Edward and Mary Ann. . No baptism on FMP.

1871C. Mary A Calkin, 36, b. Stoke, is living Sutherland Street, Fenton, Stoke upon Trent. with her husband , 2 children and her stepsister .