Catherine PRINGLE

1871 - 1948  (76 years)

• Name	Catherine PRINGLE
  Birth	30 Apr 1871	35 Cuthbert Street, Westoe, Co. Durham   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	30 Mar 1881	69 Victoria Road, South Shields   [3]
  Residence	18 Jun 1887	South Shields
  	Age is given as 18 on marriage certificate, though this clearly was not so. She was only just over 16.
  	Age: 18
  Census	5 Apr 1891	Headlam Street, Wallsend, Northumberland   [2]
  Residence	9 Oct 1895	15 Church Street, Willington Quay, Northumberland
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Bewicke Road, Willington Quay, Northumberland   [4]
  Death	CIR 1948
  Notes	Married when just 16, said to have been pregnant. Had dark hair & brown eyes.
  Person ID	I679	Gadd
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2007

  
  

  Father	Alexander PRINGLE,   b. 22 Dec 1844, South Shields, Co. Durham d. Abt Sep 1895, South Shields Reg'n District (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Hannah DONALDSON,   b. Abt 1838, South Shields, Co. Durham d. Q3 1911, Tynemouth Reg'n District (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1869	Christ Church, Tynemouth   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Woodrow GRAHAM,   b. 11 Jan 1866, Low Pit, Willington, Northumberland d. CIR Aug 1945, South Shields, Co. Durham (Age 79 years)  [7]
  Marriage	18 Jun 1887	Christ Church, Tynemouth
  	The anomaly that a girl could marry at 12 but not consent to sexual intercourse outside marriage until 16 remained in place from 1885 until the Marriage Act of 1929. Technically, therefore, although Catherine was old enough to marry, William Woodrow GRAHAM had committed an offence in getting Catherine PRINGLE pregnant with their daughter Catherine - unless her birth was significantly premature. This probably accounts for Catherine claiming to be 18 when they married, and for the marriage taking place in Tynemouth rather than in Catherine's home parish. [Stephen Gadd, 2 Jan 2007]
  Children	1. Catherine Hannah GRAHAM,   b. 16 Dec 1887, 85 Henry Street, Westoe, South Shields + 2. Ann (Nancy) GRAHAM,   b. Abt 1889, South Shields, Co. Durham d. 1971 (Age 82 years)   3. Margaret GRAHAM,   b. Abt 1890, South Shields, Co. Durham d. Abt 1896 (Age 6 years) + 4. Lillian GRAHAM,   b. Abt Mar 1891, Willington Quay, Northumberland + 5. George GRAHAM,   b. Abt 1895, Willington, Northumberland + 6. Alexander Pringle GRAHAM,   b. 09 Oct 1895, 15 Church Street, Willington Quay, Northumberland d. 19 Nov 1943, North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, London (Age 48 years)   7. Emily GRAHAM   8. William GRAHAM
  Family ID	F230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2007

  
  

• Photos

  PRINGLE, Catherine & GRAHAM, Doreen (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S385] PRINGLE, Catherine - Birth Certificate, (8 June 1871). [S360] 1891 Census, (5th April 1891). [S355] 1881 Census, (3 April 1881). [S359] 1901 Census, (31 March 1901). [S357] FreeBMD, (FreeBMD.rootsweb.com). [S411] PRINGLE-MARSHALL (DONALDSON) Marriage Certificate, (15th February 1869). [S293] Doreen Graham says that their 1st child was an "uninvited guest at the.