Mary Catherine Hall (later Mary Catherine Banfield)

1 July 1894 to 6 February 1970

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Newcastle under Lyme

1894

Mary Catherine Hall, daughter of Colonel Arthur and Mira (nee Stubbs) Hall (HAL00102), was born in 1894 and baptised on 1 July 1894. Her birth was registered in Newcastle under Lyme in the third quarter of 1894 (GRO Staffordshire Vol 6B Page 61).

1901

1901 Census – Brampton, Newcastle under Lyme

Arthur John Hall, 32, timber merchant

Catherine Mira Hall, 34

Mary C Hall, 6

Henry Hall, 3

Three servants

Arthur John Hall in back row, Marianne Baker neé Hall in doorway,

James Hall of Kynsal Lodge, Henry Hall born 1897, Mary Hall neé Twigg, Catherine Mira Hall neé Stubbs with Mary Catherine Hall on her knee (Ann Dalgleish records)

1921

1921 Census – Parkpilds House, Barlaston, Staffordshire

Arthur John Hall, 53, retired timber work, retired Colonel

Catherine Nora Hall, 54, born Penkridge, Staffordshire

Mary Catherine Hall, 26

Henry Hall, 24

Two servants

Stoke on Trent

1922

Mary Catherine Hall married Edgar Stanley Banfield on 6 June 1922 at Tittensor, Stoke on Trent. Banfield-Hall, June 6, at St Luke’s, Tittensor, by the Rev Prebendary H V Stuart, Edgar Stanley, son of Mr and Mrs J T Banfield, of Bellair, Natal, to Mary Catherine, elder daughter of Colonel and Mrs Hall, of Parkfields, Tittensor (Staffordshire Advertiser, 10 June 1922).

Edgar Stanley Banfield was born in or about 1884 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal.

Rev Edgar Stanley Banfield, Lincoln Theological College (curate of Stoke on Trent) (Lichfield Mercury, 30 September 1921). Edgar Stanley Banfield, Lincoln Theological College, licensed to the curacy of Stoke on Trent (Shrewsbury Chronicle, 24 September 1920, The Record 23 September 1920).

1923

Their son, John Edgar Banfield, was born in 1923.

1924

Their daughter, Catherine M Banfield, was born in 1924.

1933

Edgar Stanley Banfield, a clergyman, of Parkfields, Tittensor, Stoke, returned from Cape Town to Southampton on the Balmoral Castle, arriving on 26 June 1933 (incoming passenger lists).

1934

Their son, Clement P Banfield, was born in 1934.

1935

Edgar Stanley Banfield, a minister of religion, of 18 Granville Terrace, Stone, Staffordshire, returned from Natal to Southampton on the Carnarvon Castle, arriving on 27 May 1935 (incoming passenger lists). Travelling with him were John Edgar Banfield, 12 and Catherine May Banfield, 11.

Heath Hayes Priest. Shropshire Vicarage for Rev E S Banfield. After having been priest in charge of St John’s church, Heath Hayes, since June last, believed to be the shortest term of office on record, the Rev Edgar Stanley Banfield is to be instituted vicar of Dawley Magna, Shropshire, on January 15 by the Bishop of Lichfield (Dr J H Kempthorne). Previous to taking up his duties at Heath Hayes, Mr Banfield had been for six and a half years military chaplain to the defence forces of the Union of South Africa. He was born in Natal, served with the South African Brigade during the Great War as a stretcher bearer, and in 1917 joined the RAF as a pilot. A years after the Armistice he entered Lichfield Thoellogical College, and in 1921 he was ordained priest by the Bishop of Lichfield. Mr Banfield was on the staff at Stoke on Trent under Prebendary H V Stuart, the late Dean of Carlisle who was for some years vicar of Cannock, and whilst there was priest in charge of St Paul’s church, Mount Pleasant. Subsequently he went to Guernsey and eventually returned to South Africa. (Cannock Advertiser, 21 December 1935).

1939

1939 Register – The Vicarage, Dawley, Telford, Shropshire

Edgar S Banfield, born 11 November 1883, Minister of Religion, Church of England

Mary C Banfield, born 1 July 1894

Catherine M Banfield, born 1 May 1924

Clement P Banfield, born 13 August 1934

1958

Edgar S Banfield died at Wellington, Shropshire in the third quarter of 1958, aged 74 (GRO Volume 9A page 193). Rev Edgar Stanley Banfield, Inglewood, Church Street, Shifnal, formerly vicar of St Giles, Shrewsbury, and rural dean of Shifnal, who died on July 7 last, left £4,109 gross; £3,026 net value (Wellington Journal, 27 September 1958).

1970

Mary Banfield died on 6 February 1970. BANFIELD Mary Catherine of 53 Albert Road Albrighton Wolverhampton died 6 February 1970 Probate Sheffield 22 April £13812 (Probate Records).