Person:Christina Kelly (2)

Christina Kelly was born on 16th October 1871 at Birkenhead in Cheshire, daughter of Catherine Kelly, formerly Ralston, and her husband Dennis Kelly, a boilermaker. Christina was the fifth (but fourth surviving) of the family's eleven children.

Three days after her nineteenth birthday, Christina married William Smith, a butcher from Barrow-in-Furness. They married in Liverpool, but then returned across the Mersey to Birkenhead, where they had four children together. William died aged just 31 in 1902.

On 1st August 1904, Christina remarried. Her second husband was George Steadman, a labourer originally from Hanmer on the Flintshire / Shropshire border. They went on to have another five children together. Christina's father died in November 1904, after which her mother appears to have lived with Christina. By the time of the 1911 census they were living at 26 Sandford Street, where they would live for the rest of their lives. Christina was working as a domestic servant at this time. Christina's mother died at 26 Sandford Street in 1933.

At the outbreak of the Second World War they had Christina's widowed brother Frank living with them, along with two apparently unrelated young men, possible lodgers.

George Steadman died in 1946, aged 78. Christina outlived him by four years and died in 1950, also aged 78.

1. ↑ Birth certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   1871. Birth in the Sub-district of Birkenhead in the County of Chester
   No.346
   When and where born: Sixteenth October 1871, 195 Market Street
   Name: Christina
   Sex: Girl
   Father: Denis KELLY, Labourer
   Mother: Catherine KELLY, formerly RALSTON
   Informant: Catherine Kelly, Mother, 195 Market Street, Birkenhead
   Registered: Twentysecond November 1871

   
2. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3577; Folio 6; Page 6, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 22 Eldon Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Dennis Kelley, head, married, male, 40 [1840/1], General Laborer, b. Ireland
   Catherine Kelley, wife, married, female, 36 [1844/5], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   William Kelley, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1862/3], General Laborer, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Bridget Kelley, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1866/7], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Christina Kelley, daughter, female, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John J. Kelley, son, male, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Edward Kelly, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Dennis Kelly, son, male, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Alexander Kelly, son, male, 2 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John Kenny, boarder, unmarried, male, 40 [1840/1], General Laborer, b. Ireland
   Catherine Kenny, sister, unmarried, female, 35 [1845/6], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Patrick Lynch, boarder, married, male, 23 [1857/8], General Laborer, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary A. Lynch, wife, married, female, 23 [1857/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire

3. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 2880; Folio 81; Page 52, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 7 Eldon Place, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   2 rooms occupied
   William Smith, head, married, male, 19 [1871/2], Butcher, employed, b. Barrow in Furness, Lancashire
   Christina Smith, wife, married, female, 19 [1871/2], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   ~ second household at same address ~
   2 rooms occupied
   John Smith, head, married, male, 45 [1845/6], Butcher, employed, b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Teresa Smith, wife, married, female, 57 [1833/4], b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Edward Smith, son, single, male, 17 [1873/4], Butcher, employed, b. Fleetwood, Lancashire
   John Smith, son, male, 14 [1876/7], Butcher, employed, b. Liverpool, Lancashire

4. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 21963; Schedule 156, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 26 Sandford Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   6 rooms occupied
   Catherine Kelly, head, female, 64 [1846/7], widow, married 49 years, General Servant Domestic, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   George Steadman, son in law, male, 44 [1866/7], married, Labourer, worker, b. Shropshire
   Christina Steadman, wife, female, 39 [1871/2], married 7 years, 3 children, 3 still living, General Servant Domestic, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Edward Smith, stepson, male, 18 [1892/3], single, Railway Porter, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Francis Smith, stepson, male, 16 [1894/5], Railway Porter, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Christina Smith, stepdaughter, female, 13 [1897/8], Attending School, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Joseph Smith, stepson, male, 11 [1899/1900], Attending School, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Esther Ann Steadman, daughter, female, 6 [1904/5], Attending School, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Albert George Steadman, son, male, 4 [1906/7], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Frederick Steadman, son, male, 1 [1909/10], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Walter Le Laurie, boarder, male, 41 [1869/70], married, Labourer, worker, b. Oxton, Cheshire
   Marie Le Laurie, wife, female, 43 [1867/8], married, 0 children, General Servant Domestic, worker, b. Secombe, Cheshire

   Against Edward Smith's name is recorded 4 children, 4 still living, which has been crossed out. It is presumed this referred to the children from his mother's first marriage rather than to him.

5. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Birkenhead County Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   26 Sandford Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   George Steadman, male, b. 4 Apr 1868, married, Retired Boatman
   Christina Steadman, female, b. 16 Oct 1871, married, Unpaid Domestic Duties
   [one record closed]
   Frank Kelly, male, b. 7 Apr 1881, single, Engineers Labourer
   William Gordon, male, b. 10 Apr 1907, single, Dock Labourer
   Thomas Gordon, male, b. 24 Feb 1913, single, Dock Labourer

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Christina STEADMAN, March Quarter 1950, Birkenhead Registration District, Vol. 10a, page 2, aged 78 [1871/2]