Brock Family History

Mary Ann Temperton

1827 – 1895

Mary Ann Temperton was born in 1827, daughter of Thomas Temperton and Ellen Gillyott. She married John Houlton on 24 March 1850. Mary died in 1895.

A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
Birth
1827, Hull (census)
Marriage
March 24th 1850 to John Houlton in Mill Street Chapel, Hull
Death
1895 Hull aged 68 years
Parents
Thomas Temperton and Ellen Gillyott
Siblings
{Maria Temperton* born March 2nd 1814, Hull {Elizabeth Temperton* born December 5th 1815, Hull {Hannah Temperton* born August 20th 1820, Hull {Sarah Temperton* born November 13th 1822, Hull Thomas Temperton baptised June 13th 1825, Holy Trinity, Hull Mary Ann Temperton born 1827, Hull Eliza Temperton born about1829, Hull Ellen Temperton born about 1831, Hull Jane Temperton born 1832, Hull Henry George Temperton baptised July 21st 1834, Holy Trinity, Hull *all baptised August 31st 1823, Waltham St. Wesleyan Methodist, Hull
Children
George William Houlton born Thealby, Lincolnshire Harry Houlton born 1851, Hull Thomas Houlton born 1853, Hull Eliza Jane Houlton born 1857, Hull Alice Houlton born 1864, Hull Annie Houlton born 1861, Hull Frederick Houlton born 1864, Hull Albert Houlton born 1867, Hull
1841c
Living in Hull William Blanshard aged 60, Silversmith Sarah Blanshard aged 60 Mary Ann Temperton aged 14 born Yorkshire Ann Cooper aged 30 Ellen Barnett aged 5 Address: Silver Street Occupation of Mary Ann: Indoor Servant
1850
Marries John Houlton in Mill Street Chapel
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook

Family

Parents

The children of Thomas & Ellen

· · · · · · Mary Ann Temperton b. 1827this page · · · ·

Marriage

Children

AHChild · the line continuesAlice Houltonmain line1859–1934

Life

Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1827

Born

1827

1827, Hull (census)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1841

Census · 1841

1841

Living in Hull William Blanshard aged 60, Silversmith Sarah Blanshard aged 60 Mary Ann Temperton aged 14 born Yorkshire Ann Cooper aged 30 Ellen Barnett aged 5 Address: Silver Street Occupation of Mary Ann: Indoor Servant— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1850

Married John Houlton

24 March 1850

No. 64 | The twenty fourth day of

March 1850 | John Houlton | 33 | Widower | Butcher | 33 West Street Kingston-upon-Hull | Joseph Houlton | Cordwainer — Mary Ann Temperton | 24 | Spinster | — | 33 West Street Kingston-upon-Hull | Thomas Temperton | Ballast Lighterman — Married in the Mill Street Chapel according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Primitive Methodists — This Marriage was solemnized between us: John Houlton · Mary Ann Temperton — in the Presence of us: The mark of Joseph ✗ Houlton · Eliza Temperton

— Marriage certificate — Mill Street chapel (1850), Mum's copy
Read at the image record Evidence
Confirmed against the original record, read at the image:
  • Marriage certificate — Mill Street chapel (1850), Mum's copy — GRO certified copy of an entry (AB 220387, issued 29 Jan 2007 — Mum's certificate), Registration District Hull, Mill Street Chapel, entry No. 64; her full-resolution scan read this pass, 7 Jul 2026. Corroborated by the GRO marriage index, Q1 1850 Hull read at the image
1895

Died

1895

1895 Hull aged 68 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.