Researching Mary Sykes
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14370 people with the Sykes surname? In that year Sykes was ranked number 274 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Sykes on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mary Sykes and the Sykes Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sykes Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sykes family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 14313 people with the Sykes surname in the UK? Sykes is now ranked number 404 for popularity in the UK. |
Sykes Family Tree Databases
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Sykes Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 42535 people with the Sykes surname in the USA? Sykes is ranked number 143 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sykes Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Sykes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Sykes
Mary Sykes
Mary Elaine Sykes (24 August 1896 – 25 February 1981) was a British solicitor, politician and magistrate. She was one of the first women solicitors in England and Wales. She read English at Royal Holloway College (1914–1917) and law at the University of Leeds (1918–1919). She obtained a BA and LL.B both from the University of London.
Having been articled to her father, a partner in his own firm of solicitors in Huddersfield (Armitage, Sykes and Hinchcliffe), in November 1922, along with Mary Pickup, Carrie Morrison, and Maud Crofts, she was one of the first women to sit the Law Society’s Final Examination, the first time the examination was opened to women following the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919. Morrison was the first of them to finish her articles, and was the first woman admitted to the role of solicitor. Sykes was admitted as a solicitor in 1923. She worked for her father’s firm until 1930, when she set up her own firm, Mary E Sykes & Co. She remained in practice as a solicitor until 1968. In 1980 Mary E Sykes & Co merged with Ramsdens Solicitors. Sykes was elected president of the Huddersfield Law Society in 1951 and in 1955 was appointed as a magistrate.
In 1935 she was elected as a Labour councillor on the Huddersfield Borough Council. In 1938 she became Huddersfield’s first woman alderman, and in 1945 she became the first woman to be elected as Mayor of Huddersfield. She was a member of the Labour Party and served as President of the Huddersfield Labour Party.
She was a founder member of the Huddersfield branch of the British Federation of Women Graduates, and a member of the Women’s Luncheon Club, the Business and Professional Women’s Club, and the Huddersfield Soroptimist Club.
She was friends with the renowned naturalist Phyllis Kelway. She married Richard Harry Browne in 1953.
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