Person:Dennis Kelly (6)

Dennis Kelly was born on 21st April 1876 at Birkenhead in Cheshire, son of Catherine Kelly, formerly Ralston, and her husband Dennis Kelly, a boilermaker. Young Dennis was the seventh (but sixth surviving) of the couple's eleven children. The 1881 census finds him living with his parents and siblings at 22 Eldon Street in Birkenhead. In 1891 they were nearby at 8 Eldon Place, and Dennis was by this time working as a dock labourer.

In 1896, aged 20, Dennis married Margaret O'Neill, who was 16 and also from Birkenhead. They married at St Werburgh's Catholic Church in Birkenhead on 4th October 1896. They went on to have six children together, although three died young and one of the three who survived to adulthood died aged 21.

The 1901 census finds Margaret and Dennis living with her widowed mother at 49 St Anne Street. They appear to have stayed in that area for the rest of their lives; the 1911 census and the 1939 register taken at the outbreak of the Second World War both find them at 47 St Anne Street.

Margaret died in 1940, aged 60. Dennis survived her by about nine years. He died at St Catherine's Hospital in Birkenhead on 3rd October 1949, aged 73.

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

   1876. Birth in the Sub-district of Birkenhead in the County of Chester
   No.101
   When and where born: Twenty first April 1876, 195 Market Street
   Name: Denis
   Sex: Boy
   Father: Denis KELLY, Iron Works Labourer
   Mother: Catherine KELLY, formerly RALSTON
   Informant: C. Kelly, Mother, 195 Market Street, Birkenhead
   Registered: Eighth May 1876

   
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 7; Page 7, 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 83; Page 55, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 8 Eldon Place, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   4 rooms occupied
   John Kelly, head, married, male, 49 [1841/2], Dock Laborer, employed, b. Kildare, Ireland
   Catherine Kelly, wife, married, female, 45 [1845/6], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Edward Kelly, son, single, male, 17 [1873/4], Dock Laborer, employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Dennis Kelly, son, male, 15 [1875/6], Dock Laborer, employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Alexander Kelly, son, male, 13 [1877/8], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Frank Kelly, son, male, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary E. Kelly, daughter, 4 [1886/7], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Peter Kelly, son, male, 3 [1887/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Patrick A. Kelly, son, male, 7 [1883/4], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   ~ [another household at same address]
   2 rooms occupied
   John Kenny, head, single, male, 49 [1841/2], General Laborer, employed, b. Newry, Ireland
   Catherine Kenny, sister, single, female, 40 [1850/1], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 3390; Folio 123; Page 14, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 49 St Anne Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Ellen O'Neil, head, widow, female, 54 [1846/7], b. Ireland
   Ellen O'Neil, daughter, single, female, 23 [1877/8], Laundress, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   William H. Rowlands, son in law, married, male, 29 [1871/2], Dock Labourer, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary J. Rowlands, daughter, married, female, 25 [1875/6], Landress, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John Rowlands, grandson, single, male, 4 [1896/7], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Angelina Rowlands, granddaughter, single, female, 3 [1897/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Ellen Rowlands, granddaughter, single, female, 5mo [1900], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Dennis Kelly, son in law, married, male, 25 [1875/6], Cattle drover, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret Kelly, daughter, married, female, 21 [1879/80], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Dennis Kelly, grandson, single, male, 3 [1897/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Thomas Kelly, grandson, single, male, 1 [1899/1900], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire

5. ↑ 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 21975; Schedule 48, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 47 St Anne Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   6 rooms occupied
   Dennis Kelly, head, male, 34 [1876/7], married, Docklabrour, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret Kelly, wife, female, 31 [1879/80], married 14 years, 6 children, 3 still living, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Dennis Kelly, son, male, 12 [1898/9], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Catherine Kelly, daughter, female, 6 [1904/5], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Martina Kelly, daughter, female, 4 [1906/7], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   James Doyle, boarder, male, 20 [1890/1], Docklabrour, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary McNamee, tennent, female, 67 [1843/4], widow, Charwoman, b. Crossmaglen, Armagh

6. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   RG101/3908D/020/2, 29 Sep 1939.

   47 St Anne Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Dennis Kelly, male, b. 21 Apr 1876, married, Dock Lab
   Margaret Kelly, female, b. 1 Jan 1880, married, Housewife
   Margaret Caraher, female, b. 1 Feb 1907, married, Housewife
   [one record closed]
   John Caraher, male, b. 28 Apr 1933, single, At school
   [two records closed]

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

   Registration District Birkenhead
   1949 Death in the Sub-district of Birkenhead South in the County Borough of Birkenhead
   No. 480
   When and where died: Third October 1949, 56 Church Road, UD
   Name and surname: Denis KELLY
   Sex: Male
   Age: 73 years
   Occupation: of 73 Cavendish Street, Birkenhead UD Dock Labourer (retired)
   Cause of death: 1a. Cachexia due to b. Postericoid carcinoma c. of Oesophagus Certfieid by Z.R. Plomuiski MD
   Signature, description and residence of informant: M Caraher, Daughter, Present at death, 63 Cavendish Street, Birkenhead
   When registered: Third October 1949
   Signature of Registrar: H.H. Quine, Deputy Registrar

   56 Church Road was the postal address of St Catherine's Hospital, which had been built as Birkenhead Union Workhouse. By convention it was not named on birth and death certificates, dating back to when it had been the workhouse.