Mary Pike

1847 - 1933  (86 years)

• Name	Mary Pike
  Birth	18 June 1847	St Columb Major, Cornwall   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	19 Apr 1848	St Columb Major, Cornwall   [3, 4]
  Baptism	21 Sep 1852	St Columb Major, Cornwall   [5]
  Occupation	Bef 1874  [6]
  	Governess
  Immigration	Abt 1880  [7]
  Occupation	1882  [8]
  	Housemaid
  Death	2 Dec 1933	Footscray, Victoria   [9]
  Burial	3 Dec 1933	Footscray Cemetery   [9, 10]
  Person ID	I112086254002	FHC018 - Coward Tree
  Last Modified	23 May 2023

  
  

  Father	John Pike,   b. Abt 1812   d. Aug 1868, Wimborne, Dorset (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Christiana Hawken,   b. Abt 1825   d. 29 Dec 1850, St Columb Major, Cornwall (Age ~ 25 years)
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry William Coward,   b. 9 Jan 1859, South Australia d. 1 Dec 1927, Footscray, Victoria (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1882	Ballarat Victoria   [8]
  Children	1. William Ernest Coward,   b. 6 Apr 1889, Ballarat Victoria d. 17 Dec 1969, Stawell Vic. (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  1847 Birth Certificate gives name as Mary Jane Hawken. 1848 Baptised Bible Christian (Methodist) as Mary Jane Hawken. 1851 census of St. Columb Major - Maryjane Pike aged 4 living with Elizabeth Harris, Char Woman and family. 1852 Baptised Anglican Parish Church as Mary Jane Pike Hawken. 1861 census of St. Columb Major - Mary J Pike aged 13 living with John Barry, Carpenter and family. 1874 Name on passport is Mary Pike. 1882 Name on Marriage Certificate is Mary Pike. Mary appears to have given a false age on her marriage certificate. She claimed to have been 27 when in fact she was 35. She might not have known her real age but it is unlikely that she was out by 8 years. It is more likely that she lied about her age because she was marrying a man who was 12 years younger.

  
  

• Sources

  [S83956133] Birth Certificate. . Birth registered as Mary Jane Hawken. Baptism register gives birth date as 18 Aug 1847. [S83956177] St Columb Bible Christian Circuit Baptisms 1838-1874, (Sheila Townsend and Stephen Townsend (CD ROM)). . 19th Apr 1848 Mary Jane the daughter of Christianna Hawkin of St Columb was baptized at the (Bible Christian) Preachers House St Columb by George Tilley [S83956178] Parish Register, St Columb Major. [S83956180] Family Legend. [S83956179] Passport issued in Berne, Switzerland, (2 Jul 1874). [S83956138] Marriage Certificate. [S83956135] Death Certificate. [S83956136] Footscray Cemetery Register. C of E - D - 667