Mary Waters/Walters

1794 – 1878

✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-08

Mary Waters was baptised at Ludford Magna, on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, on 26 October 1794 — a daughter of John Waters and Elizabeth Hornsey. In June 1814 she married Christopher Stubbs and came down into the Marsh, first to North Cockerington and then to Alvingham.

She was the mother of a large family — a dozen children between 1815 and 1839 — and the wife of a 200-acre farmer; the censuses set her at Alvingham and, in old age, at West Ashby. She outlived her husband by three years, dying in 1878 — the same year that carried off her son Joseph. Her maiden name comes down to us unsettled: Waters, Walters, or the marriage register's own "Wautars" — a spelling for a round-two leaf to fix.

Composed from validated records · 2026-07-08

Baptism: October 26th 1794, Ludford Magna
Marriage: To Christopher Stubbs
Burial: 1878 aged 85 years
Parents: John Waters and Elizabeth Hornsey
Siblings: John Waters baptised August 24th, Ludford Magna Robert Waters baptised January 29th 1792, Ludford Magna

In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook

Family

Parents

JWFatherJohn Waters

Marriage

CSSpouseChristopher Stubbs1786–1875

Children

ESChild · the line continuesEliza Stubbsmain line1831–1907

Photographs

1 photograph is with the family — family sign-in

Life

Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred

1794

Baptised — Ludford Magna

26 October 1794 at Ludford Magna

Mary Waters — baptised 26 October 1794, Ludford Magna — daughter of John Waters and Elizabeth Hornsey.— Baptism, 1794 — Ludford Magna

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

Baptism, 1794 — Ludford Magna — Baptism of Mary Waters, 26 October 1794, Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire; parents John Waters and Elizabeth Hornsey — from Janet Brock's research (with a register image among her papers). Not yet re-read by us at the leaf — a round-two read to settle the surname and confirm the parents. from Mum’s research

1814

Married Christopher Stubbs — Alvingham

1814 at Alvingham

Mary Waters or Wautars — single — married Christopher Stubbs — single — 2 June 1814, Alvingham.— Marriage to Christopher Stubbs, 1814 — Alvingham

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Marriage to Christopher Stubbs, 1814 — Alvingham — England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (FamilySearch, ark 1:1:QP7H-NDDM) — marriage of Christopher Stubbs to Mary Waters or Wautars, 2 June 1814, Alvingham. Index confirmed 8 July 2026. The indexer's uncertainty — "Waters or Wautars" — is exactly the surname question the register leaf will settle. index entry — original not yet seen

1814

Married Christopher Stubbs

2 June 1814 at Alvingham

June 2nd 1814 to Mary Walters in Alvingham— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

1878

Died in 1878

1878

1878 aged 85 years— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

Our research

Mary Waters of Ludford Magna

Research · Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire

Her Ludford Magna baptism (1794) and parents — John Waters and Elizabeth Hornsey — come from Janet Brock's research; her marriage is confirmed in the FamilySearch index, where the surname is given as "Waters or Wautars." Still to do (round two): read the Ludford Magna baptism and the Alvingham marriage register leaves to settle the maiden name (Waters / Walters / Wautars) and confirm the Waters and Hornsey lines; and her 1878 death and burial at the image (Janet's page gives her age as 85, though an October 1794 baptism reads nearer 84).