The Corfield Family of Shropshire

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Mary Hay Burns, 18711965 (aged 94 years)

All Saints Church, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Name
Mary Hay /Burns/
Surname
Burns
Given names
Mary Hay
Married name
Mary Hay /Corfield/
Family with parents
father
18291901
Birth: 24 June 1829
Death: 12 February 1901
mother
18401901
Birth: 14 June 1840
Death: 14 February 1901
Marriage Marriage27 November 1860Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
10 years
herself
All Saints Church, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
18711965
Birth: 14 February 1871 41 30 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: 19 August 1965
Family with Claud Evelyn Lacey Corfield
husband
All Saints Church, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
18571926
Birth: 30 January 1857 35 35 Templecrone, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Death: 3 June 1926
herself
All Saints Church, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
18711965
Birth: 14 February 1871 41 30 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: 19 August 1965
Marriage Marriage26 September 1906
21 months
daughter
St. Lawrence's Church, Heanor, Derbyshire, England
1908
Birth: 1 July 1908 51 37
Death:
Family with Ernest Murray Robinson
partner
herself
All Saints Church, Wokingham, Berkshire, England
18711965
Birth: 14 February 1871 41 30 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: 19 August 1965
Birth
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Death of a husband
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Address: St Lawrence's Church, Heanor, Derbyshire, England.
Death of a husband
Death
19 August 1965 (aged 94 years)
Burial
Address: All Saints Church, Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
Last change
25 January 202311:39:18
Author of last change: Danny
Note

In 1920 Mary was awarded and OBE, and served as a member of the House of Laaity, 1921-35. Entering local politics 'The Times' noted: "Hon Mrs. Corfield has been returned unopposed for the new Berkshire County Council electoral division of East Wokingham"
In 1928 she wrote the biography of her late husband.
In 1946 Mary became County Alderman and in 1947 became Mayor of Wokingham. In November 1939, when living at the Tithe Barn, Wokingham, she had been Berkshire Organiser for Hospital Supply Depots, a post she held until 1945. She was Life-Vice-President of the Mothers' Union.
For her ancestry see www.thePeerage.com