Person:Mary Kelly (114)

Mary Ellen Kelly was born in Birkenhead in 1887, daughter of a charwoman named Bridget Kelly. Mary was raised by her grandparents, Dennis Kelly and Catherine Ralston - who went on to have another child of their own the following year. Thus Mary had an uncle who was younger than her.

In 1910, aged 22, Mary married a George Coppack from Grimsby. They do not appear to have had any children. They married in Liverpool and appear in the 1911 census living at 18 Circus Street in Liverpool.

The 1939 Register, taken at the start of the Second World War, finds Mary and George living at 45 Beaufort Square in Birkenhead, with Mary described as doing "unpaid domestic duties", whilst George was a crane driver. George died in 1941, aged 53.

In the early 1950s, Mary lived with her widowed uncle Patrick Albert (who was only three years older than her) at 21 Adelphi Street, Birkenhead. Mary died in 1959, aged 71.

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

   1887. BIRTH in the Sub-district of Birkenhead in the County of Chester
   No.324
   When and where born: Twenty-first April 1887, 8 Eldon Place U.S.D.
   Name: Mary Ellen
   Sex: Girl
   Father: -
   Mother: Bridget Kelly, a Charwoman
   Informant: X the mark of Bridget Kelly, Mother, 8 Eldon Place, Birkenhead
   Registered: Thirty-first May 1887

   
2. ↑ 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

3. ↑ 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 165; Page 21, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 13 George Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Dennis Kelly, head, married, male, 59 [1841/2], Ships Boiler Maker, worker, b. Ireland
   Catherine Kelly, wife, married, female, 55 [1845/6], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Frank Kelly, son, single, male, 19 [1881/2], General Labourer, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Albert Kelly, son, single, male, 17 [1883/4], Apprentice Baker, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Peter Kelly, son, single, male, 13 [1887/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   Mary E. Kelly, granddaughter, female, 14 [1886/7], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire
   John Kenny, visitor, single, male, 60 [1840/1], Ragman, own account, b. Ireland
   Catherine Kenny, servant, single, female, 46 [1854/5], General servant, worker, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire

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 22163; Schedule 731, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 18 Circus Street, Liverpool, Lancashire
   1 room occupied
   George Coppack, husband, male, 22 [1888/9], Married 1 year, 0 children, General Labourer, worker, b. Grimsby, Lincolnshire
   Mary E. Coppack, wife, female, 23 [1887/8], b. Birkenhead, Cheshire

5. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register.

   Address: 45 Beaufort Square, Birkenhead County Borough, Cheshire
   COPPACK George, male, b. 20 Jun 1888, married, Crane Driver
   COPPACK Mary E., female, b. 19 Apr 1887, married, Unpaid Domestic Duties

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

   d. Mary E. COPPACK, March Quarter 1959, Birkenhead Registration District, Vol. 10a, page 29, aged 71 [1887/8]