Martha BRIGGS, 1794

Name
Martha /BRIGGS/
Given names
Martha
Surname
BRIGGS
Birth May 20, 1794 41 38
Death of a motherRachael PEARSON
before November 14, 1796 (aged 2 years)
Burial of a motherRachael PEARSON
November 14, 1796 (aged 2 years)
Marriage of a parentFrancis BRIGGSJane SHEPHERDView this family
August 13, 1797 (aged 3 years)
Note: Married after the calling of banns.
Birth of a half-siblingUnnamed BRIGGS
before April 18, 1799 (aged 4 years)
Death of a half-siblingUnnamed BRIGGS
before April 18, 1799 (aged 4 years)
Burial of a half-siblingUnnamed BRIGGS
April 18, 1799 (aged 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherEdward BRIGGS
before April 13, 1801 (aged 6 years)
Death of a fatherFrancis BRIGGS
August 5, 1834 (aged 40 years)
Burial of a fatherFrancis BRIGGS
August 19, 1834 (aged 40 years)
Note: Recorded as being 81 years of age.
Death of a sisterMary BRIGGS
December 4, 1862 (aged 68 years) Age: 74
Address: 3 Sunny Bank, Leeds
Cause: Typhoid fever
Note: Esther WILKINS (daughter) of Darrington, near Pontefract, was present at the death and registered it…

Esther WILKINS (daughter) of Darrington, near Pontefract, was present at the death and registered it.

At that time typhoid was a nasty prolonged illness which is no doubt why Esther was summoned to nurse her mother. It is caused by the ingestion of food or fluid infected by a specific bacterium which entered the food chain due to poor hygiene or poor sanitation. Leeds was growing rapidly during Mary's life there resulting in reduced open land and gardens and increasing numbers of small sized housing and commercial developments most of which had limited washing and sanitation in close association with wells providing water for all purposes.

Burial of a sisterMary BRIGGS
December 6, 1862 (aged 68 years)
Address: Burial register records Mary's abode as "Woodhouse Leeds".
Note: Buried with spouse.
Death of a half-brotherEdward BRIGGS
July 16, 1883 (aged 89 years)
Family with parents
father
17531834
Birth: before January 7, 1753Bingley, Yorkshire, England
Death: August 5, 1834Eldwick, Yorkshire, England
mother
17551796
Birth: before November 30, 1755Mitham near Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Death: before November 14, 1796Sconce, Yorkshire, England
Religious marriage Religious marriageOctober 10, 1775All Saints Church, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
3 years
elder brother
1778
Birth: December 15, 1778 25 23Harden, West Yorkshire, England (adjacent to Bingley)
23 months
elder brother
1780
Birth: October 24, 1780 27 24Fawether, Yorkshire, England
2 years
elder brother
1783
Birth: February 23, 1783 30 27Faweather, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
2 years
elder brother
1785
Birth: June 10, 1785 32 29Menstron, Parish of Otley, West Yorkshire, England
3 years
elder sister
Newton Kyme School House with Holdsworth House on Left - 2015
17881862
Birth: February 23, 1788 35 32Faweather, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
Death: December 4, 18623 Sunny Bank Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
2 years
elder brother
1790
Birth: March 24, 1790 37 34Fawether, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
4 years
herself
1794
Birth: May 20, 1794 41 38Fawether, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
Father’s family with Jane SHEPHERD
father
17531834
Birth: before January 7, 1753Bingley, Yorkshire, England
Death: August 5, 1834Eldwick, Yorkshire, England
step-mother
17641814
Birth: before July 29, 1764Otley, Yorkshire, England
Death: before December 30, 1814Sconce, Yorkshire, England
Religious marriage Religious marriageAugust 13, 1797All Saints Church, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
20 months
half-sibling
17991799
Birth: before April 18, 1799 46 34Sconce, Yorkshire, England (Adjacent to Fawether)
Death: before April 18, 1799Sconce, Yorkshire, England (Adjacent Fawether)
2 years
half-brother
18011883
Birth: before April 13, 1801 48 36Fawether, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
Death: July 16, 1883Hope St, Bingley, Yorkshire, England