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ID:765 Mary Terrett (Territ) 1851-? aka Mary Read
Lisa’s 3rd Great Aunt 
Birth    abt 1851  Merthyr, Glamorganshire, Wales
Death YOD Place of Death
Mary Terrett (originally spelt Territ or Territt), was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in Spring 1851.  She was the eldest child of James and Elizabeth Territ who emigrated to Merthyr from Ireland during the famous Irish Potato Famine of 1845-1850.
1861
1861 Census for 'Portmorlais Castle Lane, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire'
Name                     
Relationship   Status       Age     Est YOB Gender   Birth County                    Occupation                  
James Terrett        Head                Married    33        1828       Male       Ireland Furnace Fitter            
Eliza Terrett Wife Married 29 1832 Female Ireland  
Mary Terrett Daughter   10 1851 Female Merthyr, Glams                 
William Terrett Son   8
1853 Male       Merthyr, Glams               
James Terrett Son   6 1855 Male       Merthyr, Glams               
John Terrett Son   4 1857 Male       Merthyr, Glams               
Thomas Terrett Son   1 1860 Male       Merthyr, Glams               
1871
1871 Census for 'Vaughan Street, Caedraw, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire'
Name                     
Relationship   Status       Age     Est YOB Gender   Birth County                    Occupation                  
James Terrett        Head                Married    42        1829       Male       Ireland Labourer                     
Eliza Terrett Wife Married 38 1833 Female Ireland  
William Terrett Son   18 1853 Male       Merthyr, Glams                Labourer  
James Terrett Son   16 1855 Male       Merthyr, Glams                Labourer  
John Terrett Son   14 1857 Male       Merthyr, Glams                Labourer  
Thomas Terrett Son   12 1859 Male       Merthyr, Glams                Labourer  
Patrick Terrett Son   10 1861 Male       Merthyr, Glams                 
Edward Terrett
Son   8 1863 Male       Merthyr, Glams                 
Richard Terrett Son   6 1865 Male       Merthyr, Glams                 
Mary Terrett Daughter   20 1851 Female
Merthyr, Glams                General Servant
In late 1871 Mary, 20 married Andrew Reed, also 20 in Merthyr Tydfil. He was an Irish labourer.
The couple had their first child, Elizabeth, known as 'Lizzie' in Spring 1873.
In 1881, Mary, 29 lived at a lodging house in Vaughan Street along with her husband, Andrew , a labourer and her daughter, Lizzie, now 8.
We have not yet found any conclusive documents for the couple or their daughter after 1881.