MARY ELIZABETH BOAGEY by OLWYN HART
The Life and Times of Mary Elizabeth Boagey, Hartlepool, 1856-1936 Mary Elizabeth Crabb, nee Boagey (Lizzie 1), born 1856 and died 24/7/1936. She was the sister of my great grandfather, therefore my great grand aunt. Mary Elizabeth Boagey (Lizzie 2): born 1891 and died 1934- my granny’s aunt and namesake. Mary Elizabeth Boagey (Lizzie 1) was the first of two children born to Margaret Atkinson (1839-1896) and Hunter Boagey (1837-1860), my 2 x great grandfather. Their second child was Hunter (1858-1927), my great grandfather, who married Esther Banks Allen in 1890. Tragically, my 2 x great grandfather Hunter died in 1860 as a result of TB, aged only 23, leaving his young wife Margaret with two little children aged 2 and 4, fatherless and husbandless in very difficult times. The name ‘Hunter’ became a family tradition, originating from Isabella Hunter (1792-1849) and Francis Boagey (1791-1842), who married on 17 May 1812. They had 14 children, of whom the young...

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