Eva
Ann Horne's Story
Eva Ann
(1885) Eva was born on Thursday January 22nd
1885 at Mattishall. There is no record of her
baptism but she first attended Mattishall school
on July 5th 1890, together with her younger
sister Florence Kate Horne. The family
were Primitive Methodist so she would have also
attended the village Methodist Church, which
was then behind the village store on church
plain, now known as 'Tabnabs.' Eva was the daughter
of William Mann Horne (1858) a Tailor
of Mattishall and Bertha Dann - Eva's
mother died on April 5th 1889 during a Flu Outbreak
in Mattishall, Eva was just 4 years old. By
a dreadful twist of fate it was an illness which
would take Eva in 1918.
In 1901 we find Eva as a ‘Under
Housemaid’ age 16 working for Charles
B. Norgate a Solicitor and his wife Eliza
together with there two children and two other
domestic servants at 6 Quebec Street, East Dereham.
Sometime after this Eva had moved to London
for in 1910 at the age of 25 Eva married 24
year old Frederick William O’Leary
a full time boy Soldier at Kensington, London.
Frederick William O’Leary was born
in the March quarter of 1886 at Woolwich Kent
the son of Edward O’Leary and Florence
Mary Alberta Fisk.
In the 1911 census it records
Frederick as being born about 1886 at Woolwich
Kent which confirms the above, he was recorded
as a 'Gunner' in the 18 Company Royal Garrison
Artillery Garrison Sheerness Military Barracks
at Kent. During the 1914-1918 war the 18 Company
manned the Eastern Coastal Defences. He must
at sometime gone into action as later we discovered
that he was wounded in the head - see below.
The 1911 census shows Eva and
Frederick were living apart, we assume as his
military position did not give accommodation
to wives of service personal. Eva was a 25 year
old Domestic Cook working for 77 year old Widow
Eugenia Moira, together with her 45 year
old daughter Nina and two visitors from Paris
at 56 Abingdon Villas Kensington West London.
Eva and Frederick had two children:
Molly Frances O'Leary born 1912 and Herbert
Edward O'Leary born 1913.
On Tuesday October 22nd 1918,
Eva at the young age of 34 and heavily pregnant
died at home (20 Percy Road, South Norwood,
London), she died of Spanish Flu. Frederick's
mother was attending to her at the time, she
was recorded present at death. Frederick's mother
lived in the same road at number 39.
Twelve days later on Sunday
November 3rd young Herbert O'Leary aged
just 5 was to suffer the same fate, he also
died of Spanish Flu. Again Frederick's mother
was nursing him, this time at her house. 39
Percy Road. She was recorded also present at
young Harry's death. She must have been distraught.
It is hard to believe what she must have gone
through, not only witnessing her daughter in-law
dying in such an awful way and then we assume
arranging and attending her funeral but then
to go through the same thing all again losing
her little grandson all within a few days
Timeline:
Eva Ann Horne born
January 22, 1885
Daughter of William Mann Horne (1858)
a Tailor and Shopkeeper and Bertha Dann
of Mattishall
1891:- Mattishall
census page 22:Schedule No.154: 35 South Green
William M Horne, Head, Mar, aged 33,
Grocer & Tailor, born Mattishall
Alice M Horne, Wife, Mar, aged 28, born
Costessey
Eva A Horne, Daughter,
aged 6, Scholar, born Mattishall
Flora K Horne, Daughter, aged 4, Scholar,
born Mattishall
Arthur E Horne, Son, aged 2, born Mattishall
1901: Census
- 6 Quebec Stree, East Dereham
Charles B. L Norgate - Head - Solicitor
- born North Elham, Norfolk
Eliza Norgate - wife - age 61 - born
Isington
Beatrice S. Norgate - dau - Single -
age 30 - born East Dereham
Emma C. Gooch - Ser - Single - age 32
- Cook Domestic - born Cley, Norfolk
Charlotte Cooper - Ser - Single - age
23 - Housemaid Domestic - born Gillingham, Norfolk
Eva A. Horne -
Ser - Single - age 16 - Under Housemaid Domestic
- born Mattishall
1910: Marriage
record Eva Ann Horne married Fredrick
William O'Leary at Kensington - Dec quarter
(1a 297)
1910: Dec 31st
- Marriage at St Philips Church Kensington -
Entry 147
Frederick William O'Leary age 26 a Bachelor,
Soldier of Garrison
Eva Annie Horne
age 26 a Spinster of 56 Albion Villas W
Fathers: Edward O'Leary a Corporal &
William Horne a Grocer
Witness: Annie Maydew & Sidney
Combes
1911: Census
- 56 Abingdon Villas Kensington W, London
Eugenia Moira - Head - Widow age 77 (1834)
born London
Nina Moira - Daughter - Single - age
45 (1866) - born London
Dorothy Tunstall - Visitor - Single -
age 21 (1890) - Professional Musical - Home
in Paris
Arthur Tunstall - Visitor - Single -
age 19 (1892) - Engineer Fitter Visitor - Home
in Paris
Eva Oleary - Domestic
Servant - Married - age 26 (1885) - Cook Domestic
Visitor - Home Norfolk
Ella Pitman - Domestic Servant - Single
- age 24 (1887) Parlourmaid - born Devonshire
Eva's husband Frederick
was living at the barracks - in the record there
seems to be confussion over his marital status
Meanwhile
Frederick was here:
1911: Census - 18 Company R G A Garrison
Sheerness Military Barracks, Kent
Frederick William O'Leary - Single
? - Gunner - age 26 (1885) - born Woolwich
Kent
1912: Birth
record - Molly F O'Leary at Medway -
June quarter (2a 1378)
1912: Mar 14 - Frederick and Eva were
living at 7 Otway Street Chatham, Kent - Frederick
was a Police Constable.
1913: Birth
record - Herbert E O'Leary at Medway
- Sep quarter (2a 1561)
1918: Oct 22nd
- Eva Ann O'Leary died of Spanish Flu
age 33 years
1918: Frederick and Eva were
recorded as living at 20 Percy Street, South
Norwood, London - Occupation Army Pensioner
1918: Nov 3rd
- Herbert O'Leary (Frederick and Eva's
son) died of Spanish Flu age 5 years
More on Frederick William
O'Leary
Frederick remarried:
1919: April 26th - Frederick
William O'Leary married Edith
L Herbert at Croydon - Jun quarter (2a 921)
1919: Apr 26th - Marriage at
St Marks, The Church of Holy Innocents South
Norwood Surrey - Entry 250
Frederick William O'Leary
age 32, Widower, Switchman of 39 Percy Road
Edith Lilian Herbert age 23, (1896) Spinster
of 5 Milton Avenue East Croydon
Fathers: Edward Francis O'Leary a Master
Tailor in the Army & Walter James Herbert
a Motor Mechanic
Witness: Florence M A Mummery and Leslie
William Mummery
I believe this to be Edith:-
1894: - Birth record - Edith
Lilian Herbert at Westham - Dec quarter
(4a 371)
1921: April
21st - Frederick William
O'Leary died (took his own life)
age 35
1921: - Frederick was living
at 20 Percy Street, South Norwood, London -
Fredrick was an Electrician (Switch Board Attendant)
Armistice day was November 11th
1918, although the troops had begun to come
home in the summer and with them came this virulent
virus which could kill its victims in less than
a day. It is claimed Spanish Flu took more lives
than the war itself and more than the Black
Death.
The real victims of this tragedy
are Fredrick and his daughter Molly for within
a few days their whole lives had been shattered
and changed forever. It is not clear where Eva
and her young son Herbert are buried.
From all accounts Frederick
was wounded in the war and discharged on June
26th 1916 with shrapnel in his head
Frederick remarried on April
26th 1919 to Edith L Herbert at Croydon,
they were still living at Percy-road. However
happiness was not to last - Frederick had survived
the war, albeit wounded, he then endured the
awful experience of losing his wife and son
to Spanish Flu so we will never know how this
all effected him or what went on in Fredericks
mind, but from all accounts his wounds, the
loss of his wife and his son must have been
to much to take, for on, Thursday, April 21st,
1921 he took his own life.
Croydon
Times 27/04/1921
A PITIABLE
SUICIDE
------------------
Shrapnel Wounded Ex-Soldier Ends His Life
------------------
WHILST OF UNSOUND MIND
A pitiable
story of the suffering of an ex-serviceman
who in 1915 sustained a severe shrapnel
wound in the head, which later resulted
in paralysis of the right side, was unfolded
at an inquest conducted by the Borough
Coroner (Dr. H. B. Jackson) at the Union
Offices Croydon on Monday morning of Frederick
Wm O’Leary (34), a switchboard attendant,
who resided at Percy-road, South Norwood.
He was found suffocated in the kitchen
of his house last Thursday evening.“A
PIECE OF SHRAPNEL IN THE HEAD”
The widow Mrs. E.
L. O’Leary, stated that deceased
had been in the Army, and whilst discharged
on June 26th, 1916, suffering from the
effects of a shrapnel wound in the head.
He was paralyzed in the right side, and
witness believed that he had a piece of
shrapnel in his head which could not be
extracted. He always complained of pains
in the head.
Recently he had had an attack if influenza
and only recommenced work on Tuesday last.
Witness last saw him alive on Thursday
morning. He then saw her off at South
Norwood station when she went to London.
THE WIFES HOMECOMING
Returning to her
home that same evening, witness found
the door locked, and receiving no answer,
after knocking for some time, she went
to he brother-in-law’s house and
informed him. He brought a ladder, climbed
in through one of the upstairs windows,
and opened the front door. On entering
witness proceeded to the kitchen and opening
the door smelt gas. She rushed across
and opened the window, and in doing so
kicked the body of her husband, which
was lying on the floor.
In reply to the Coroner, witness said
that when deceased saw her off at Norwood
Junction he seemed strange in his manner.
He had had fits of depression, but never
threatened to take his life. One night
last week, when suffering in his head,
he asked witness to give him something
to put him out of his misery.
LETTER LEFT BY THE
DECEASED
The Coroner produced
a letter addressed to the widow “and
others” which was written by deceased.
In it he said: “No doubt when you
get this I will be gone. I cannot stand
the pain in my head any longer. I have
stood it as long as I can, but I feel
as though I am going mad.”
Frederick Wm Mummery, Percy-road, South
Norwood, brother-in-law, stated that Mrs
O’Leary came to his house on Thursday
evening and asked him to force the door
of her house as she could not enter. Witness
procured a ladder and entered though one
of the bedroom windows. He smelt gas strongly,
and as Mrs O’Leary was almost in
hysterics, he took her away. When he returned
the body had been removed to the backyard.
COVERED WITH A QUILT
William Edward Stanley,
labourer of Stanley-road, said he was
called into the house by Mrs O’Leary.
He went onto the kitchen, the door of
which was ajar. Mrs O’Leary followed
witness and witness also kicked the body,
which was lying on the floor. He led Mrs
O’Leary out of the room and then
opened the doors and windows. Witness
on looking round, saw the body on the
floor, which was covered with a quilt.
Witness did not touch the quilt, but ran
out to the door to call the police. As
he reached the doorway he met PC Fitzgerald.
Dr. A.R. Mansell said when he examined
the body it was quite cold. He was under
the impression that deceased had been
dead about two hours. The doctor attributed
death to gas poisoning.
A GAS RING TUBE
P.S. Fitzgerald
(30Z) said at 9:20pm on Thursday, he was
called to the house and preceded to the
kitchen saw the deceased lying down covered
with a quilt. With assistance, witness
carried the body to the yard and immediately
sent for the doctor. Witness inspected
the kitchen and found the tube of a gas
ring has been attached to a bracket, and
apparently deceased had placed this in
his mouth. He also found a letter near
by. Witness tried artificial respiration,
but without effect.
A verdict of “Suicide while of an
unsound mind” was returned, and
the Coroner remarked that the people who
first arrived on the scene should have
tried to first get the man out into the
air. He, however greatly appreciated the
prompt action of the Police Sergeant.
The widow also thanked the police officer
for his assistance. |
Frederick's early death has
recently been classified as a First World War
Casualty and is remembered in the United Kingdoms'
Book of Remembrance.' as below
In
Remembrance of
Gunner
FREDERICK WILLIAM O'LEARY
Service Number 15646
Died 21/04/1921
Aged 34
1st Bn. Royal Garrison Artillery
(Served
as ELDER, Charles William). Son of Edward
O'Leary;
Husband of Eva Anna O'Leary (nee Horne)
of South Norwood, London. |
It is not clear
at this time why Fred served as Charles William
Elder and Alias O'Leary??
Frederick's Family Timeline
Frederick’s
parents:
|
|
Florence
Mary Alberta Fisk (1859 - 1941)
Courtesy of
Brian Rollinson |
Edward
Francis O'Leary (1852 - 1886)
Courtesy of
Brian Rollinson |
Frederick’s
father:
1855: Birth record –
Edward O’Leary at St Pancras –
Jun quarter (1b 102) - or -
1852: Edward Francis O'Leary
in 1852, at Co. Cork Ireland.
Edward was baptised in St Mary
Ross Cork July 1852 his mother & father
being Julia MURPHY baptised Boherboy/Boherbue
1826 His father Timothy Henry (O') LEARY
b. about 1830. They had 6 children, Edward Francis
.Angela, Hannah. Mary & Margaret & James.
Edward came to England in 1868/9
and joined the army. He died in 1886 at Colchester
Essex where he is buried. The whereabouts of
his grave is known,
Frederick’s
parents:
1878: Marriage record –
Edward Francis O’Leary married Florence
Mary Alberta Fisk at St. George Hanover
Square – Dec quarter (1a 772)
Florence was born Apr 28th 1859 at St Georges
Hanover Square the daughter of Herbert Steverson
Fisk a Cabinet Maker and Sarah Ann Fell
Edward and Florence had children:
[1] Edward
Herbert O'Leary born Jan 29th 1879 at
St George Hanover Square Mar quarter (1a 417)
Edward served in the Royal Navy. In 1925 there
is a record of a marriage to a Elizabeth Gard
However, in 1939 he was recorded as single
and now retired, he was living at 138 London
Rd Bognor Regis, Sussex, with John & Mary
Pledge where he was a Labourer. He died in
1949 age 70 at Chichester
[2] Kathleen Frances Margaret
O'Leary born in the Mar quater of 1881
at Orsett (4a 283)
Kathleen married Ernest John Richard White
a Boot Repairer in the Jun quarter or 1908
at Croydon
In 1939 they were living at 132 Boundaries
Rd Battersea where Earnest was Boot Maker
& Repairer Instructor LCC Institutes
Kathleen died in 1941 age 61 at Battersea
[3] Elizabeth O'Leary
is born Apr 4th 1883 at Malta
In 1939 Elizabeth was Refreshment Managress
at Refreshment Room Chapel Station Southport,
she was single
[4] Frederick
William O’Leary in the Mar
quarter of 1886 at Woolwich (1d 1265)
1881: Census
- Tilbury Fort
Edward O'Leary - Head - age 28 - Corp
Royal Arty - Irland
Frances M A O'Leary - Wife - age 19 -
Pimlico, Middlesex
Edward H O'Leary - Son - age 2 - Pimlico,
Middlesex
Kathleen O'Leary - Dau - age 4months
- Chadwell St Mary, Essex,
Frederick’s
father died
1886: Death record –
Edward O’Leary at Colchester –
Jun quarter (4a 231) age 33 (1853)
Edward was a full time soldier and we assume
he was at Colchester Barracks
So it appears that Frederick
never knew his father, he was brought up by
his stepfather (below)
It also appears that his mother’s family
ties where around the St George Hanover Square
area as she was born and married there twice
and as we will see Florence and William would
have six children all registered at St George
Hanover Square.
Fredrick’s
mother remarries
1887: Marriage record –
Florence Mary A. O’Leary married
William Mummery at St. George Hanover
Square – Sep quarter (1a 931)
William Mummery was born on July 25th
1860 in Saint Mildred’s parish, Canterbury,
Kent - son of John George Mummery (born
1828), a shoemaker, and Sophia (Ellis) Mummery
in Saint Mildred’s parish, Canterbury,
Kent .
Florence and William had children:
[1] Florence Jannetta Mummery
was born in the Sep quarter of 1888 at St
Geo Han Sq (1a 398)
Florence married James Stephen Bates
or Sydney Grantham Combs in the Dec
quarter of 1909 at Croydon (2a 618)
[2] Reginald Mummery was born in the
Dec quarter of 1890 at St Geo Han Sq (1a 375)
Reginald appears to have married Maggie
S. Short in the Jun quarter of 1924 at
Lewisham (1d 2083)
[3] Bertha Amy Mummery
was born in the Jun quarter of 1892 at St
Geo Han Sq (1a 443)
There is no marriage record of a Bertha that
resembles this Bertha but there is an Amy
B.
Amy B Mummery married William F. Ehlers
in the Mar quarter of 1938 at Thanet (2a 1997)
This is just a guess!!!!
[4] Edgar Walter Mummery was born in
the Jun quarter of 1895 at St Geo Han Sq (1a
433)
Edgar married Helen Morris in the Dec
quarter of 1915 at Bromley (2a 1583)
[5] Cecilia Ruth Mummery
was born in the Sep quarter of 1897 at St
Geo Han Sq (1a 468)
Cecilia married John C. Pugh in the
Mar quarter of 1917 at Croydon (2a 567)
[6] Leslie William Mummery
was born in the Dec quarter of 1900 at St
Geo Han Sq (1a 414) - Sept 16th 1900
Leslie married Mary Barnes in the Dec
quarter or 1919 at Croydon (2a 960)
Mary was born on Oct 16th 1897 at 94 Swingstone
Road, Thorton Heath, Croydon, Surrey - daughter
of Thomas Barnes (1862) and Mary
Etheridge (1871-1955)
Leslie and Mary had 6 children - Peggy, Joan,
Kathleen, Reginald, Frederick & Lorna.
Kathleen Mummery married Gordon
Wesley Udell at Brentford in the March
quarter of 1944 - Gordon was born on Sep 5th
1918 at Stettler, Alberta Canada the son of
George Wesley Udell and Rosemary
Harper - Gordon and enlisted in the Armed
Forces on the 17th of July 1941 - He was a
Machinist, Welder, Ticketed Electrician, Utility
Manager, Councilor for 7 years and Mayor of
Valemount 1974 to 1979- He died on Mar 16th
2012 age 94. - Gordon Walter Udell,
son of Gordon and Kathleen.
1891: Census
Westmount Street
William Mummery - Head - age 30 - Shoemaker
- Cantabury
Florence Mummery - Wife - age 30 - Pimlico
London
Elizabeth O'Leary - Step-dau - age 7
- Malta
Fredrick O'Leary
- Step-son - age 5 - Woolwich Kent
Florence Mummery - Dau - age 2 - Pimlico
London
Reginald Mummery - Son - age 7months
- Pimlico London
Kathleen
was here
1891: Census - The Soldiers Daughters
Home Hampstead, London
Kathleen Frances Margaret O'Leary -
Labourer - age 10 Scholar - Tilbury Fort,
Essex
1901: Census
- No 7 Depot Royal Artillery
Frederick O'Leary
- Soldier - age 15 - Woolwich Kent
Meanwhile
Fred's mother and family were here
1901: Census - 4 Effingham Street
St George Hanover Square
William Mummery - Head - age 40 - Boot
Maker / own account at home - Canterbury,
Kent
Florence Mummery - Wife - age 40 -
Pimlico London
Florence Mummery
- Dau - age 12 - Pimlico London
Reginald Mummery - Son - age 10 - Pimlico
London
Bertha A Mummery - Dau -age 9 - Pimlico
London
Edgar A Mummery - Son - age 6 - Pimlico
London
Cecilia R Mummery - Dau - age 3 - Pimlico
London
Leslie Mummery - Son - age 5months
- Pimlico London
1903: Aug 20th
- At the age of 19 Fred joined the Royal Garrison
Artillery for a 9 year Short-Service - He cliamed
he was Charles William Elder but alias
Frederick William O'Leary.
Service number 121469 - WHY, we may never know!!
- So why this name, did it means someting to
him or did he just make it up? - There was a
Charles William Elder born Aug 10th 1850
at Kensington the son of Charles Elder
an Historical and Portrate Painter and Caroline
Geary who had married in 1845 at St Pancras.
(age 24)
1910: Marriage record - Fredrick
William O'Leary married Eva Ann Horne
at Kensington - Dec quarter (1a 297)
1911: Census
- 18 Company R G A Garrison Sheerness Military
Barracks, Kent
Frederick William O'Leary
- Single ? - Gunner - age 26 (1885) - born Woolwich
Kent
Eva was here
1911: Census - 56 Abingdon Villas
Kensington W, London
Eugenia Moira - Head - Widow age 77
(1834) born London
Nina Moira - Daughter - Single - age
45 (1866) - born London
Dorothy Tunstall - Visitor - Single
- age 21 (1890) - Professional Musical - Home
in Paris
Arthur Tunstall - Visitor - Single
- age 19 (1892) - Engineer Fitter Visitor
- Home in Paris
Eva Oleary
- Domestic Servant - Married - age
26 (1885) - Cook Domestic Visitor - Home Norfolk
Ella Pitman - Domestic Servant - Single
- age 24 (1887) Parlourmaid - born Devonshire
Fred's mother
and family were here
1911: Census - 39 Percy Road South
Norwood London
William Mummery - Head - age 51 - Bootmaker
and Repairer at Home worker - Canterbury
Florence Mary Alberta Mummery - Wife
- Married 24 years - age 51 - Pimlico London
Reginald Mummery - Son - single - age
20 - Boot Repairer - Pimlico London
Edgar Walter Mummery - Son - age 16
- Boy in Saw Mill - Pimlico London
Ruth Mummery - Dau - age 13 - Scholar
- Pimlico London
Leslie William Mummery - Son - age
10 Scholar - Pimlico London
(age 26)
1912: Mar 14 - Fredrick and Eva were
living at 7 Otway Street Chatham, Kent - Frederick
was a Police Constable.
Frederick would have been on
of the 129 bicycling police patrols in Kent.
Each cycle patrol was issued with a forage cap,
knickers and puttees. The forage cap being replaced
in 1915 with a peaked cap.
1916: Sep 23rd
- UK Silver War Badge - Dover Castle
Fred William O'Leary
- Reg Number, 15646 - Royal Garrison Artillery,
12 Siege Battery - Rank, a/Bdr - Enlisted, Aug
20, 1903 - Discharged, Jun 26, 1916 - Para 392
(xvl) K'R's Sickness (Shell Shock) - Served
overseas
(age 32)
1918: Frederick was recorded as living
at 20 Percy Street, South Norwood, London -
Occupation Army Pensioner
1918: Oct 22nd
- Eva Ann O'Leary died age 34
1918: A few
days later in the Dec quarter young Herbert
Eadward O'Leary died age 4
1919: Apr 26th
- Marriage at St Marks, The Church of Holy Innocents
South Norwood Surrey - Entry 250
Frederick William O'Leary
age 32, Widower, Swithman of 39 Percy Road
Edith Lilian Herbert age 23, (1896) Spinster
of 5 Milton Avenue East Croydon
Fathers: Edward Francis O'Leary a Master Tailor
in the Army & Walter James Herbert a Motor
Mechanic
Witness: Florence M A Mummery and Leslie William
Mummery
(age 34)
1921: - Frederick was recorded as living
at 20 Percy Street, South Norwood, London -
Fredrick was an Electrician (Switch Board Attendant)
Frederick's
mother (Florence
Mary Alberta Mummery nee O'Leary, late Fisk)
died
1941: Death record –
Florence Mummery at Croydon – Sep
quarter (2a 1034) age 81 (1860)
My mother (Kathleen Mummery)
loved her grandmother (Florence Fisk)
dearly and has her picture on her wall. My mother
was raised for a portion of her childhood in
her grandmother’s house on Percy Road.
This was during the period when her father was
convalescing with asthma. Her grandmother was
a strong Christian and took her to church as
a child. She recalls when Florence was taken
to the hospital to die. Florence was selfless,
she moved her stuff into one room when her son’s
family moved in - Gordon Walter Udell, Canada
It is not known where Molly
was at this time but she was now left orphaned
at the age of 9.
It is said that on hearing
this dreadful news William Mann Horne
1858 (Molly's Grandfather) announced Molly could
come to live with the Horne family at Mattishall,
Norfolk. The death of his eldest daughter must
have brought back a lot of memories and emotions
for William for he must have recalled the awful
time in 1889 when he lost his wife, Bertha
Dann (Eva's mother) to the flu virus at
the very young age of 30. However fate was to
deal another blow, for William just a few days
later fell from his horse and trap seriously
damaging his back and after a few days of suffering
much pain died on Thursday May 5th 1921. Therefore
the plan for Molly to come to Norfolk never
materialised and Molly was from all accounts
placed elsewhere in London. Precise details
are unclear at this time.
More on Molly Frances O'Leary
It is not quite clear to the
precise details regarding Molly's early years
following her father's death or where she lived
as Molly never talked about it.
1921: the
year of her father's death Molly was in "Guys"
hospital next to London Bridge/The Shard. suffering
from a TB hip.
1930: Jul 12th
- Copy of Birth Certificate for the purpose
of the Unemployment Insurance Act
1912: Mar
14th - Birth Cert Record - Medway in the District
of Rochester & Chatham - Enty 206
Molly Frances O'Leary of 7 Oatway Street
Chatham
Father: Frederick William O'Leary a
Police Constable
Mother: Eva Annie O'Leary formerly
Horne
The next record we have is Molly's
marriage to Wilfred Rollinson
1931: Marriage
record - Molly F. O'Leary married Wilfred
H. A Rollinson at Croydon - Jun quarter
(2a 965)
1931: April
4th - Marriage at St Marks South Norwood
Willfred Harry Alexanda Rollinson a Bachelor
age 29 a Lorry Driver of 37 Percy Road, South
Norwood
Mollie Frances O'Leary
a Spinster age 19 a Assembler of 39 Percy Road,
South Norwood.
Fathers: William Rollinson a Labourer
and Edward Francis O'Leary (Deseased)
Master Tailor - Mollie
has given her grandfather's name as her father.
Witness: Kenneth Rollinson and Joan
M White
Wilfred Henry Alexanda Rollinson
was born on Dec 1st 1902 (Mar quarter of 1903
at Croydon - 2a 290) the son of William Henry
Rollinon a General Labourer in Building
Construction and Jane Simpson who had
married in the Sep quarter of 1902 at Croydon
- In 1911 the family were living at 37 Percy
Road South Norwood - Wilfred was 8 and at that
time he had two younger brothers, Reginald,
age 5 and Ronald, 4.
Mollie and Wilfred had children;
[1] Kenneth W Rollinson
born 1932 in the Croydon district
[2] Brian F. Rollinson born 1934
in the Croydon district
Willfred and Molly
Courtesy of
Brian Rollinson
1939:
Census - 52 Sidney Road, Croydon
Wilfred H A Rollinson - Head - born Dec
1st 1902 - Lorry Driver
Mollie F Rollinson - Wife - born Mar
14th 1912 - Unpaid Domestic Duties
1963:
Electoral Register - 52 Sidney Road South Norwood
London
Wilfred H A Rollinson - Mollie F Rollinson
- Brian F Rollinson
1992: Wilfred
Henry Alexanda Rollinson died at Croydon
age 90
2007:
Jul 27th Molly Frances Rollinson died
at Croydon age 94
Both Wilfred and
Mollies ashes were placed in Plot 364 Gemini
Niche at Croydon Cemetery.
Update:
So What Happend To Frederick's
Widow Edith Lilian
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2020:
Oct 20th - I received a wonderful email
from Louisa Dalrymple of Canada
"When Frederick took
his own life, Edith Lillian O’Leary
was pregnant with his child. She gave
birth to a daughter Margaret Stephanie
O'Leary on December 26th 1921, Her
certified birth certificate says Edith
was residing at 15 Brown Road, Walthastow,
Name of father was Frederick William
O’Leary (deceased) switchboard
attendant - At the age of 6 Stephanie
and her mother Edith came to Canada. The
ships register said the Salvation Army
sponsored their passage, Edith was 31,
widowed and was still going by the last
name O’Leary - As far as I know
my grandmother never had any idea that
she had a half sister living in England.
If you have any pictures of Frederick
or any other information that you could
share I would appreciate it greatly. We
do not have a single picture of him. Thank
you so much!!!!! I can’t wait to
share this with my family" - Louisa
Dalrymple, Canada.
1921:
Dec 26th - 1922 - Birth record - Margaret
Stephanie O'Leary at Westham - Mar
quarter (4a 837) - Mother 'Herbert'
Later to be known
as Stephanie Margaret O'Leary
1928:
June 15th - One way Westbound, third class,
S.S. Regina, sailing from Liverpool June
15th 1928, arriving at Quebec June 23,
1928.
[1] O’Leary,
Edith Lillian, mother 31 yrs old,
widowed, from England, Walthamstow, Great
Britain, English, Cook house keeper -
Give address of destination in Canada
- Salvation Army, Woodside Lodge 480 Jarvis
St. Toronto, Ontario - Nearest relative-
sister Mrs. Wright, 56 Collard
Rd. Walthamstow.
[2] O’Leary, Stephanie Margaret,
daughter of above, 6 years old, England,
Walthamstow, Great Britain, English, Scholar,
Nearest relative- Aunt, Mrs. Wright,
56 Collard Rd. Walthamstow.
I was told Edith she raised
Stephanie all by herself, in Courtland,
Ontario. Edith never had anymore children
and she did eventually remarry later on
in life, She died Oct 26th, 1981 in Linsay,
Ontario with the last name Hanesey.
Edith was buried at Riverside Cemetery,
Cayuga, Ontario. The funeral was taken
care by Pickering-Kee Funeral Home, Cayuga,
Ontario .
Stephanie married Bruce
Veit and they had three children.
She remarried to Jack Clark, Dundas,
Ontario, where they owned a cattle farm,
they did not have any children together.
In their retirement years they moved to
Vancouver Island. She remarried to her
3rd husband Bill Oliphant, She
died April 7, 2004, on Vancouver Island.
- Louisa Dalrymple,
Canada
More on Edith's family.... -
this is how I see
it at the moment however, I can't find
a link between Walter James Herbert and
George but just throwing things in until
we strike lucky!!
Edith's
Grandparents:
1854:
Feb 6th - Marriage at All Saints Church
Lambeth - Entry 288 (LDS)
George Herbert of full age, Bachelor,
Shoemaker of 8 Gloves Hatch, Windmill
Street
Mary Ann Scaplehorn a minor spinster
of 37 Sloane Lane Chelsea
Fathers: George Herbert a Shoemake
and William Scaplehorn a Labourer
Witness: James Butterworth and
William M Dunn
George and Mary
had children:
1851:
Census - Needed
1857:
Birth record - Walter James Herbert
at Pancras - March quarter (1b 84)
1861:
Census - Needed
1871:
Census - St Pancras, London - LDS
George Herbert - Head - age 36
(1835) - Shoemaker - London
Mary Herbert - Wife - age 36 -
Charwoman - Wiltshire
George W Herbert - Son - age 14
(1857) - Lambeth, London
Louisa Herbert - Dau - age 10 (1861)
- Marylebone, London
Frances W Herbert - Son - age 8
(1863) - Marylebone, London
James Herbert - Son - age 4 (1867)
- Marylebone, London
Albert H Herbert - Son - age (1869)
2 - Marylebone, London
1881:
Census - 19 Pancras Street, St Pancras
George Herbert - Head - age 46
(1835) - Cordwainder - Lambeth London
Mary Herbert - Wife - age 46 -
Shoe Binder - Locke.. Wiltshire
George William - Son - single -
age 24 (1857) - Viceman (Whitesmith) -
Lambeth, London
Francis W Herbert - Son - age 18
- Comps Mounter - Marylebone
James Herbert - Son - age 14 -
Errand Boy - Marylebone
Mary R Herbert - Dau - age 2 -
St Giles, London
1889:
Marriage record - Walter James Herbert
to Rosina Sarah Davies at Holburn
- March quarter (1b 719)
1891: Census
- Compton Street Clerkenwell, London -
LDS
Walter James Herbert - Head - age
33 (1858) - Warehouse Porter - London
Rosina S Herbert - Wife - age 30
- London
Ethel E Herbert - Dau - age 1 -
London
1891: Census
- Mortimer Market, St Pancras London
George Herbert - Head - age 56
(1835) - Shoe Maker - England
Mary A Herbert - Wife - age 56
- Shoe Binder - Wiltshire
George W Herbert - Son - single
- age 34 - Smith - England
James Herbert - Son - age 24
- Painter - England
Albert Herbert - Son - age 22
- Painter - Paddington
Mary R Herbert - Dau - age 12
- London
1901: Census
- Walthamstow, Essex
Walter Jas Herbert - Head - age
44 (1857) - Laborer Excavator Navvy -
S Pancras, London
Rose Herbert - Wife - age 40 -
Bermondsey, London
Ethel Herbert - Dau - age 11 -
Clerkenwell, London
Edwin Herbert - Son - age 8 - Walthamstow
Edith Herbert - Dau - age 6 - Walthamstow
1911:
Census - Walter James and family -
Needed
1911:
Census - Hendon, Middlesex - need
census record for more information
Edith Lilian Herbert - age 16 -
Training for Domestic Service - Walhamstow,
Essex
1913: |
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