Mary Horton was the third child of William Horton & Elizabeth Gamble born Jan-March 1880 at Harborne, Staffs.
In 1881 Mary was with her parents & older sister Emilia & older brother Harry at 240 St Pauls Rd, Harborne, Staffs.
Mary was still living at home, now 38 Hope St, West Bromwich, in 1891 with her parents & sister & brothers Harry & Oswald.
Mary was still living at Hope St in 1901 with her parents, her father having become the head master of an elementary school. Both Mary & her brother Oswald were pupil teachers.
By 1911 Mary was a certificated assistant school mistress & was living with her brother, Oswald, also an assistant school master, at 188 Beeches Rd, West Bromwich. They had a 24 year old domestic servant, Bertha May Watton.
In 1952 Mary was the informant of her brother Oswald’s death &
her address at this time was 8 Ernest Rd, Smethwick.