Person:Martha Dennis (12)

Martha Dennis was born in 1878 at Birkenhead in Cheshire, daughter of a labourer named John Dennis and his wife Rose. Martha appears in the 1881 census living with her parents and siblings at 17 Eldon Place in the town. By the time of the 1891 census, Martha's father had died.

On 24th November 1897, Martha married a cattle drover and dock labourer called Alexander Kelly. They married at St Nicholas' Church in Liverpool, but settled back in Birkenhead, which is also where he was from. The 1901 census finds them living at 2 Brook Square. In 1911 they were living at 24 Lord Street, and reported that although they had had seven children, only two were still living: Martha and Mary.

Alexander died aged just 33, on 8th September 1911 at the Workhouse Infirmary in Birkenhead. In 1918, Martha's daughter Martha also appears to have died, leaving her with only one surviving daughter, Mary, out of seven children.

In 1924, Martha remarried. Her second husband was a dock labourer named Daniel Redmond, who was originally from County Wexford in Ireland. The marriage was brief; Daniel died just over two years later in 1926.

In 1929, Martha's only surviving daughter, Mary, married. Martha lived to see four grandchildren from this marriage.

Martha died on 5th May 1938 at the Municipal Hospital in Birkenhead.

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

   b. Martha DENNIS, December Quarter 1878, Birkenhead Registration District, Vol. 8a, page 462

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 20; Page 34, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 17 Eldon Place, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John Dennis, head, married, male, 36 [1844/5], General Laborer, b. Truro, Cornwall
   Rosa A. Dennis, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], b. Ireland
   William Dennis, son, male, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Eliza Dennis, daughter, female, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary A. Dennis, daughter, female, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John Dennis, son, male, 4 [1876/7], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Martha Dennis, daughter, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Margaret Dennis, daughter, 10m [1880], b. Birkenhead, CHeshire
   John O'Connor, boarder, widower, male, 65 [1815/6], Butcher, b. Ireland
   John Lee, boarder, unmarried, male, 19 [1861/2], General Laborer, b. Liverpool, Lancashire

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 82; Page 54, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 23 Eldon Place, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Rose Dennis, head, widow, female, 40 [1850/1], b. Kildare, Ireland
   William Dennis, son, single, male, 21 [1869/70], Ships Fireman, employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Elizabeth Dennis, daughter, single, female, 19 [1871/2], General Servant (Domestic), employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary A. Dennis, daughter, single, female, 16 [1874/5], General Servant (Domestic), employed, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John Dennis, son, male, 14 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Martha Dennis, daughter, female, 13 [1877/8], Scholar, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Maggie Dennis, daughter, female, 10 [1880/1], 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 3388; Folio 159; Page 10, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 2 Brook Square, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   1 room occupied
   Alexander Kelly, head, married, male, 22 [1878/9], Cattle Drover, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Martha Kelly, wife, married, female, 22 [1878/9], 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 21966; Schedule 5, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 24 Lord Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   1 room occupied
   Alexandra [sic] Kelly, male, 31 [1879/80], married 10 years, 7 children, 2 still living, Labourer (Dock), worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Martha Kelly, female, 30 [1880/1], b. Cheshire
   Martha Kelly, female, 9 [1901/2], School, b. Cheshire
   Mary Ann Kelly, female, 2 [1908/9], b. Cheshire

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

   Registration District Birkenhead
   1938 Death in the Sub-district of Birkenhead South in the County Borough of Birkenhead
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   242	Fifth May 1938, 56 Church Road, U.D.	Martha Redmond	Female	57 years	of 21 Sandford Street, Birkenhead U.D. widow of Daniel Redmond, a Dock Labourer	1a. Cholaemia b. Chronic cholecystitis & c. Cholelithiasis Certified by E.W. Thomas, F.R.C.S.	M.A. Loraine, Daughter, 8 Brook Street, Birkenhead	Fifth May 1938	S.W. Owens, Registrar