Robert WALTON in England. He died UNKNOWN. Mary J CLARKE was born 1849 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. She died UNKNOWN.


Marriage Notes for Robert WALTON\Mary J CLARKE:

There is no indication that Mary and Robert ever married.

Other Marriages/Unions for Mary J CLARKE:
See Henry W KNIBBS & Mary J CLARKE OR William TRUE & Mary J CLARKE


Notes for Robert WALTON:

The register entry for the death of his step-son William Knibbs in 1892, identifed Robert Walton and Mary Knibbs as William's parents, suggesting that Robert appeared on the scene as Mary's partner before that time. As far as we know, they never married.

It also shows Robert was born in England, but that's all we know about him.


Notes for Mary J CLARKE:

Mary was the daughter of Joseph H Clarke and his wife Mary A.

From the Annual Report, of the Town of Andover,Receipts and Expenditures for year ending 7 February, 1876:
Mary J. Knibbs moved from Haverhill to the Almshouses.


The Report of the Overseers' of the Poor, identified that Mary was one of paupers remaining in the Almshouses at the end of the financial year. She was the only one in the age group 20-30 years. The report also made reference to the fact that Mary gave birth to a daughter that year.
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In 1880, we can see Mary, as a widow, living at the town's Alms Houses in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts:
Walter B Allen Head Mar 48 Supertiundant Alms House Massachusetts
Eliza Allen Wife 40 Matron Scotland
Cassie I Allen Daur 21 Assistant Matron Massachusetts
............James Duncan Head Mar 62 Scotland
Mary J Knibs - Wid 30 Massachusetts
Clara B Knibs 4 Massachusetts
Sarah E. Hunt 21 Massachusetts
Nancy Shattuck 27 Massachusetts
George Shattuck 30 Massachusetts
Frache L. Shattuck 3 Massachusetts
Mary K. French 97 Massachusetts
Rebecca Merrill 80 New Hampshire, United States
Emma Wardman 37 England
Mary C. Cannard 37 Massachusetts
Gertrude Clark 3 Massachusetts
Catherine Daley 19 Ireland
Charles Holt 29 Massachusetts
Caroline A. Russell 78 Maine
Elbridge G. Wardwell 70 Massachusetts
Lavinia Wardwell 70 Massachusetts
Ann Howell 80 Ireland
Sylvia Abbott 53 New Hampshire
Daniel Faulkner 73 Massachusetts........................etc..

I'm pretty sure Henry Knibbs was still living in 1880, so it may have simply been convenient to declare herself a widow.
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From the Annual Report, of the Town of Andover,Receipts and Expenditures for year ending 7 February, 1886:

The Report of the Overseers' of the Poor, identified that Mary's daughter, Jessie T Knibbs, was in the Almshouse, aged 10 months. There was no mention of others from the family. Her date of birth was given as Dec 16, 1885.
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From the Annual Report, of the Town of Andover,Receipts and Expenditures for year ending 10 January, 1893:

The Report of the Overseers' of the Poor, identified that Mary's son, William Knibbs, died in the Almshouse, aged 10 years on Nov 26, 1892.
There was no mention of others from the family being at the Almshouse.
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I suspect that Mary didn't ever remarry after Henry Knibbs died.

Sources for Mary J CLARKE:

  1. LDS Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, (for her daughter Jessie) 
  2. 1880 US Federal Census, gave approx age