Person:Margaret Mooney (5)

Margaret Mooney was born in 1872 in Birkenhead in Cheshire. She was her parents' second child called Margaret - they'd also had a Margaret who had died as a baby in 1871. Margaret appears in the 1881 census living with her parents and siblings at 25 Back St Anne Street in Birkenhead. By 1891 Margaret had left home and was working as a domestic servant in the Tranmere area of Birkenhead.

On 22nd April 1895, aged 22, she married Edward Kelly, a dock labourer also from Birkenhead. They went on to have at twelve children between 1896 and 1919, although four of them died young.

It appears that Margaret died in 1924, aged 51. Edward outlived her by fourteen years.

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

   b. Margaret MOONEY, September Quarter 1872, Birkenhead Registration District, Vol. 8a, page 435

   George and Alice Mooney had another daughter called Margaret Mooney, whose birth was registered in the first quarter of 1871 and who appears with them in the 1871 census. She died in the third quarter of 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 3579; Folio 50; Page 32, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 25 Back St Anne Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   George Mooney, head, married, male, 43 [1837/8], Dock Labr, b. Ireland
   Alice Mooney, wife, married, female, 38 [1842/3], b. Ireland
   George Mooney, son, male, 16 [1864/5], Dock Labr, b. Birkenhead
   Rose A. Mooney, daughter, female, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Birkenhead
   Margaret Mooney, daughter, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Birkenhead
   Michael Mooney, son, male, 4 [1876/7], b. Birkenhead
   Alice Mooney, daughter, female, 2 [1878/9], b. Birkenhead

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 2887; Folio 56; Page 43, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 32 Clifton Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Henry R. Nickson, head, married, male, 50 [1840/1], Shipwright Foreman, employed, b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Emily A. Nickson, wife, married, female, 45 [1845/6], b. Liverpool, Lancashire
   Sarah Nickson, daughter, single, female, 25 [1865/6], Drapers Assistant, employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary S. Nickson, daughter, single, female, 23 [1867/8], Telegraphist, employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Alice A. Nickson, daughter, single, female, 20 [1870/1], Railway Clerk, employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Henry R. Nickson, son, single, male, 17 [1873/4], Shipping Clerk, employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   George Nickson, son, single, male, 15 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   William Nickson, son, male, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Edward A. Nickson, son, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret A. Mooney, servant, single, female, 17 [1873/4], General Servant Domestic, 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 3389; Folio 100; Page 32, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 108 Brook Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Edward Kelly, head, married, male, 27 [1873/4], General Labourer, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret Kelly, wife, married, female, 26 [1874/5], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Edward Kelly, son, single, male, 2 [1898/9], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Michael Kelly, son, male, 1 [1899/1900], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   James Laing, b[rother] in law, married, male, 24 [1876/7], Dock Labourer, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Alice Laing, s[ister] in law, married, female, 22 [1878/9], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret Laing, niece, single, 5mo [1900], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   William Lewis, boarder, married, male, 50 [1850/1], Ships Rigger, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Rachel Lewis, boarder, married, female, 48 [1852/3], 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 21967; Schedule 254, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 34 Queensbury Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Edward Kelly, head, male, 37 [1873/4], married, Cattle Drover (Lairage), worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret Kelly, wife, female, 36 [1874/5], married 15 years, 8 children, 6 still living, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Edward Kelly, son, male, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Michael Kelly, son, male, 11 [1899/1900], School, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Winnifred Agnes Kelly, daughter, female, 9 [1901/2], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Joseph Kelly, son, male, 6 [1904/5], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   George Kelly, son, male, 3 [1907/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Catherine Kelly, daughter, female, 1 [1909/10], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire

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

   d. Margaret KELLY, June Quarter 1924, Birkenhead Registration District, Volume 8a, page 537, aged 49 [1874/5]

   Death certificate needs to be obtained to confirm, but this appears to be the only plausible death in the Birkenhead district. There does not appear to have been any other Margaret Kelly in the 1911 census in the district who would be a better match for this death.