Person:Margaret O'Neill (32)

Margaret O'Neill was born on 1st January 1880 at Birkenhead in Cheshire, daughter of a dock labourer named John O'Neill and his wife Ellen. The 1881 census finds Margaret living with her parents and two older sisters at 26 St Anne Street in the town. Ten years later Margaret was visiting a couple called Robert and Sarah Banks in the Tranmere area of Birkenhead.

Margaret was married at the age of 16 to a cattle drover and dock labourer called Dennis Kelly, who was 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.

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

   b. Margaret O'NEILL, March Quarter 1880, Birkenhead Registration District, Volume 8a, page 509

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 57; Page 23, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 26 St Ann Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John O'Neal, head, married, male, 33 [1847/8], Dock Labourer, b. Wales
   Ellen O'Neal, wife, married, female, 30 [1850/1], b. Ireland
   Mary J. O'Neal, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Ellen O'Neal, daughter, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret O'Neal, daughter, female, 1 [1879/80], 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 2888; Folio 96; Page 18, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 12 Queens Buildings, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Robert Banks, head, married, male, 29 [1861/2], Coal Porter, employed, b. Tranmere, Cheshire
   Sarah Banks, wife, married, female, 25 [1865/6], b. Ireland
   Margaret Banks, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Robert Banks, son, male, 1 [1869/70], b. Newcastle on Tyne, Durham [sic]
   Margaret O'Neill, visitor, female, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, 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. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 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. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Margaret KELLY, December Quarter 1940, Birkenhead Registration District, Volume 8a, page 1130, aged 59 [1880/1]