Mary Jane Engleheart
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Mary Jane Engleheart was the daughter of Nathaniel Brown Engleheart and Mary Jane Engleheart (we know this because of her sister Georgiana in the 1861 census has a christening record with these parents).
She was the mother of Ernest Richardson.
A Mary Jane Engleheart married a Pelham Richardson on the 2nd June 1832 at Saint Luke, Old Charlton, Kent, England.
This is likely to be our Mary Jane as they had a son called Pelham.
In 1841 she was living at Dartmouth grove, Blackheath, Kent with her husband Pelham (a bookseller), and her daughter Mary (4) along with 5 other young Engleheart girls.
In 1851 when she was 37 she was at Dartmouth Row, Blackheath, Kent, still living with her husband Pelham who is now a bookseller and publisher (and employer of 3 men and a boy). Her children Pelham Engleheart Richardson (6), Edith (3) and Ernest Murray Richardson (2) are with her. They had three servants, a nurse, a cook, and a maid.
In 1861 Mary is 47 and a widow (and fund holder), and living at 1 Morden Road, Kidbrooke (which is very close to Blackheath Park). Her daughter Mary (still unmarried) has come back to live with her, as are her other children Pelham (now a clerk for the East India company) and Ernest who is now 12. The nurse is still there, but the other two servants have changed. Her sister Georgiana C. Engleheart (still unmarried) is visiting (she was born in Charlton, in Kent, unlike Mary who was born in London, Middlesex). Charlton is only 2 miles from where they are currently living in Blackheath.
In Richardson Census#1871Kidbrooke Mary is 57 and an annuitant, now living a few doors down at 8 Morden Road (assuming they didn't renumber the houses). Her children Mary (34) and Ernest (22) are still at home, still unmarried, and still unemployed.