Mary Ann Cotton Timeline
October 1832
Mary Ann Robson born at Low Moorsley
11 November 1832
c.1833
c.1835
Mary Ann Robson baptised at St Mary’s Church, West Rainton
Family moved to East Rainton
Family moved to North Hetton colliery and then to East
Murton colliery
Recorded in the Census as living in Durham Place, Murton,
New Winning
Michael Robson (father) dies in mining accident
Margaret Robson (mother) marries George Stott at St
Andrew’s, Dalton-le-Dale
Working as a nursemaid at South Hetton House
Recorded on the Census as living in Murton Colliery
Marries William Mowbray in Newcastle
Mowbray family move to the West Country
Mowbray family return to Murton Colliery
Margaret Jane Mowbray (daughter) baptised at St Andrew’s,
Dalton-le-Dale
Isabella Jane Mowbray (daughter) baptised at Holy Trinity,
South Hetton
Margaret Jane Mowbray (daughter) buried at Holy Trinity,
South Hetton
Recorded on Census living in a pub at South Hetton
Margaret Jane Mowbray (another daughter) baptised at Holy
Trinity, South Hetton
John Robert Mowbray (son) baptised at Holy Trinity, South
Hetton
John Robert Mowbray (son) buried at Holy Trinity, South
Hetton
William Mowbray (husband) buried at Holy Trinity, South
Hetton
Margaret Jane Mowbray (daughter) buried at Holy Trinity,
South Hetton
Marries George Ward in Holy Trinity, Sunderland
George Ward (husband) buried in Sunderland Cemetery
John Robinson buried at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
Margaret Stott (mother) dies at New Seaham
James Robinson buried at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
Elizabeth Robinson buried at Bishopwearmouth Cemetery
Isabella Mowbray (daughter) buried at Bishopwearmouth
Cemetery
Married to James Robinson at St Michael’s. Bishopwearmouth
Mary Isabella Robinson (daughter) baptised at St Andrew’s,
Deptford, Sunderland
Mary Isabella Robinson (daughter) buried at St Andrew’s,
Deptford, Sunderland
1841
1842
18 September 1843
c.1848
1851
18 July 1852
1852
1857
5 April 1857
December 1858
24 June 1860
1861
December 1861
22 November 1863
22 September 1864
18 January 1865
2 May 1865
28 August 1865
21 October 1865
23 December 1866
15 March 1867
21 April 1867
26 April 1867
2 May 1867
11 August 1867
18 February 1868
1 March 1868
25 March 1870
17 September 1870
1871
22 September 1871
10 March 1872
31 March 1872
3 April 1872
12 July 1872
21 August 1872
7 January 1873
24 March 1873
Working as a nurse at Sunderland Infirmary
Margaret Cotton dies at Walbottle, Northumberland
Marries Fred Cotton at St Andrew’s, Newcastle
Recorded on Census as living in Walbottle, Northumberland
Fred Cotton (husband) buried at Auckland St Helen (West
Auckland)
Fred Cotton (stepson) buried at Auckland St Helen
Robert Robson (son) buried at Auckland St Helen
Joseph Natrass buried at Auckland St Helen
Charles Edward Cotton (stepson) dies
Charged with murder of Charles Edward Cotton
Margaret Edith Quick-Manning Cotton (daughter) born
Executed at Durham Gaol