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ID:73 Mabel Barlow (Myatt)1894-1962

Gaz's Great Grandmother

Birth

31st Jan 1894 

Birchwood Park, Leigh, Staffs

Death

14th Dec 1962 

Colton, Staffordshire

Mother

Ann Burton (b.1862) /ID:77

Father

John Barlow (b.1856) /ID:76

Siblings

John Thomas Barlow (b.1884) /ID:67

 

Edith A Barlow (b.1886) /ID:68

 

Wilfred James Barlow (b.1888) /ID:69

 

Hugh Burton Barlow (b.1889) /ID:70

 

Emily Burton Barlow (b.1890) /ID:71

 

Mabel Barlow (b.1894) /ID:73

 

Reginald George Barlow (b.1896) /ID:72

 

Jeffrey Barlow (b.1897) /ID:74

 

Douglas Barlow (b.1903) /ID:75

Spouse

William John Myatt (b.1892) /ID:489

Children

Gwendoline Myatt (b.1922) /ID:473

 

Joyce Myatt (b.1925) /ID:480

 

Norman W J Myatt (b.1927) /ID:482

 

Patricia A Myatt (b.1933) /ID:483

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

1894

Mabel Barlow was born at Birchwood Park Farm in Leigh, East Staffordshire on 31st January 1894.
Her father was John Barlow from Denstone,an agricultural labourer and her mother was Ann Burton from Stoke on Trent.  
She was one of 14 children, although only 9 were still living by 1911.
When she was born she had older siblings John Thomas, 10, Edith ,8, Wilfred, 6, Hugh, 7 and Emily, 4. 
Her younger brothers were Reginald, born in 1896, Jeffrey, born in 1897 and Douglas born in 1903

 

 

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1901

1901 Census for 'Birchwood Park, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire'

Name                             

Relationship

Status       

Age      

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County               

Occupation               

John Barlow                  

Head            

Married     

44         

1857      

Male      

Stone / (Stowe)        

Farmer                      

John T Barlow 

Son

Single

17

1884

Male

Leigh, Staffordshire

 

Edith A Barlow

Daughter

 

15

1886

Female

Leigh, Staffordshire

 

Hugh B Barlow

Son

 

12

1889

Male

Leigh, Staffordshire

 

Emily B Barlow

Daughter

 

10

1891

Female

Leigh, Staffordshire

 

Mabel Barlow

Daughter

 

7

1894

Female

Leigh, Staffordshire

 

Reginald G Barlow

Son

 

5

1896

Male

Leigh, Staffordshire

 

Jeffrey Barlow

Son

 

4

1897

Male

Leigh, Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

1911

1911 Census for '49, Gaol Road, Stafford, Staffordshire'

Name                             

Relationship

Status       

Age      

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County               

Occupation               

Jane Blanchard             

Head            

Single      

45         

1866      

Female  

Stafford                     

Fancy Drapery Shop

Eliabeth Blanchard

Sister

Single

43

1868

Female

Stafford

Fancy Drapery Shop

Ellen Batkiss Blanchard

Sister

Single

34

1877

Female

Stafford

Fancy Drapery Shop

Mabel Barlow

Servant

Single

17

1894

Female

Birchwood, Staffs

General Domestic Servant

In 1911 Mabel was a general domestic servant at 49, Gaol Road, which was a ‘Fancy Drapery Shop’. The three sisters that lived there were all spinsters , Jane Blanchard (45) , Elizabeth Blanchard (43) and Ellen Batkiss? Blanchard (34).

We know that by 1911 Mabels parents and family had moved to Hixon, Staffordshire.

The house and shop are still in use (shown below) but is now an engineering supply store

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1921

In late 1921- Marriage of Mabel Barlow and  William John Myatt at St Thomas & St Andrews Mission Church in the CastleTown area on Stafford.

The church of St. Thomas and St. Andrew was built on South Street in 1866, designed by W. Culshaw of Liverpool. It was built mainly for railway workers living in Castletown. (By 1972 it was redundant and was demolished shortly afterwards.)

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1922

1922 - Birth of daughter Gwendoline Myatt in Colton, Staffs

 

 

1925

1925 - Birth of daughter Joyce Myatt in Colton, Staffs

 

 

1927

1927 - Birth of son, Norman Myatt in Colton, Staffs

 

 

1927

10 December 1927 - Death of father, John Barlow. 

 

 

1933

1933 - Birth of daughter Patricia Myatt in Colton, Staffs

 

1939

1939 Registry for 'The Row, Colton, Staffordshire'

Name                                   

DOB           

Gender    

Occupation                             

William J Myatt             

01/05/1892

Male         

Leather Worker, LIme Jobber

Mabel Myatt

31/01/1894

Female

UDD

Undisclosed (Gwendoline)

 

 

 

(*Lime Jobber - immerses hides in pits containing lime solution until skin swells and pores open, thus loosening hair; removes hides and stacks them to drain)

1962

14th December 1962 - Mabel passed away, aged 68. She is buried in the old burial ground at St Marys Church, Colton. William was buried with her in 1977.

 

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