- Grandparents
- John Yarrow 1744-1812
- Mary Rayner 17??-?
- unknown Wright line
Mary Yarrow
1804-1856
Mary Yarrow was the sixth of the eleven known children of William Yarrow and his wife Elizabeth Wright of Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire.
She married Owen Owen, an "Eating House" keeper, and the couple went to live at 'The Yorkshire Grey' pub at 53 Lower Thames Street, London where they had five children.
The Eating House that the couple kept was across the road from the river, a busy area for barges which would be tied up at the wharfs at Lower Thames Street. This must have made their Eating House a very profitable one. However, London frequently suffered plagues of rats coming from overseas in the barges and it is possible that Owen Owen fell victim to this when he died in 1849 suffering from diarrhoea for 4 days.
Mary's brother, John Yarrow (back in Little Thetford) and her brother-in-law William Pavett, were noted as executors (along with Mary) in the will of her husband Owen.
The pub stayed in the Owen family hands for around 40 years, when it passed to Mary and Owen's oldest son William Owen and later to his wife Sarah.
Further Details
Born:
27th April 1804, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire.
Baptised:
19th May 1804, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire.
Married:
- Owen Owen (1802-1849) on 19th April 1829, St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London
Children:
- William Owen (1831-1870) married Sarah Lister (1829-1887)
- Matelda Owen (1833)
- Elizabeth Owen (1837-1842)
- Maria Owen (1835-?)
- Jane Owen (1839-?)
Census
- 1841: 30yrs, All Hallows Barking, London.
- 1851: 47yrs, 'The Yorkshire Grey', 53 Lower Thames Street, All Hallows Barking, London.
Died:
10th February 1856, aged 51 years, at 53 Lower Thames Street, London.
Buried:
Location not known.
Further Reading
- Yorkshire Grey, 53 Lower Thames Street, All Hallows Barking
Brief history of'The Yorkshire Grey' pub at www.deadpubs.co.uk. - Map of Lower Thames Street
Lower Thames Street in London is right next to the Thames and the Tower of London.