Mystery of the Mungo Family in Liverpool

[Tall Al]

Hi All,

I thought I would revisit this following Ancestry's release of the Liverpool Electoral Rolls for 1832-1970.

Alexander and Rebecca are still at 22 Juliet Street, in the 1929/30 register and I know Alexander died on 30 June 1934 - his death registered by his brother.

My difficulty is I still don't know what happened to Alexander's wife Rebecca - can't find either a death or a re-marriage for her.

Would appreciate some fresh eyes looking at this - I am at a loss.

Thanks

Alan

[stitchwitch]

svb111,

Thank you so much for your kind offer - it is the right couple and I have the information from 1911.
I know Alexander died in 1934 but can't find out what happened to Rebecca. I think they were childless, so this is the end of the line.

Thanks again

Alan

What does it say on his death cert re: marital status, informant?

[Tall Al]

Hi,

Alexander's death certificate doesn't help much. There is no mention of marital status.

He died 30/6/1934 age 57 - General Labourer. Address was different - 35 Burns Street, Bootle. Informant was his brother - A G Mungo Hanford Avenue, Walton (present at death).

This change of address from Juliet Street, may suggest Rebecca died before 1934 but there again the brother (Archibald) was at a different address in 1929/30 than the one he lived at in 1934 when Alexander died.

Rebecca's death is quite puzzling. 

Alan

[heywood]

Hello,
In the newspaper snippets on FindMyPast, there is this reference:

July 1932
A handbag found on a North Wales Pleasure steamer identified as the property of Mrs Rebecca Mungo, 55 yrs of Llys Newydd, Dwyran, Anglesey, wife of a machinist and formerly of Liverpool.
Mrs Mungo is missing ....


Heywood

[Tall Al]

Thank you Heywood - completely stunned by this- do you know where I might be able to get more details - Would there have been an inquest? - held in Liverpool or Anglesey/Caernarvon.

Accident or Suicide?

Alan

[heywood]

The newspapers reporting it are Scottish ones 

You would be able to access the report which does seem to continue a bit,  through FindMyPast or The  British Newspaper Archive.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
They are the same articles.
The Scotsman newspaper  continues that she booked a ticket from Menai Bridge to Liverpool...
They are all 28th July 1832.

Perhaps Anglesey archives might know if there are local papers http://www.anglesey.gov.uk/leisure/records-and-archives/

You would think that it would also be reported in Liverpool
http://liverpool.gov.uk/libraries/archives-family-history/

[garstonite]

A very unusual surname and I still can't find them!!

John Mungo (1842-1911) and his wife Diana (nee Brown) (1841-1900) had six children James 1868, John 1873, Archibald 1875, Alexander 1876, Jane 1880 and Agnes 1872.

Can't seem to see them after 1901 census, when the family were at 21 Romeo Street, Kirkdale.
A relative Rebecca Jones married Alexander in 1903 but then seem to have disappeared. 

Can somebody solve the mystery for me?

FIRST BORN was John 1865 - maybe he died as a baby ?

Baptism: 12 Jun 1865 St Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
 John Mungo - [Child] of John Mungo & Diana
     Born: 14 Mar 1865
     Abode: Kirkdale
     Occupation: Boiler Maker
     Baptised by: W. R. Duncan, Curate
     Register: Baptisms 1864 - 1865, Page 167, Entry 1336
     Source: LDS Film 93892

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Marriage: 18 Apr 1864 St Mary, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England
 John Mungo - of full age, Boiler maker, Bachelor, Bootle
 Diana Brown - of full age, Spinster, Bootle
     Groom's Father: James Mungo, Weaver
     Bride's Father: Alexander Brown, Weaver
     Witness: James Calderwood; Jessie Brown
     Married by Banns by: Thomas Hornby Vicar
     Register: Marriages 1863 - 1866, Page 68, Entry 136
     Source: LDS Film 1647986

[garstonite]

son James is in Lake Street in 1891

Marriage: 26 Apr 1891 St Cuthbert, Everton, Lancashire, England
 James Calderwood Mungo - 23, Boiler Maker, Bachelor, 9 Lake Street
 Annie Florence Burne - 23, Confectioner, Spinster, 8 Lake Street
     Groom's Father: John Mungo, Boiler Maker
     Bride's Father: James Burne, Deceased, Clerk
     Witness: Alfred Burne; Mary C Edwardson
     Married by Banns by: John Wood Curate.
     Register: Marriages 1878 - 1899, Page 113, Entry 225
     Source: LDS Film 2147911

Baptism: 4 May 1892 St Cuthbert, Everton, Lancashire, England
 James Mungo - [Child] of James Calderwood Mungo & Annie Florence
     Born: 12 Mar 1892
     Abode: 16 Lake Street
     Occupation: Boiler Maker
     Baptised by: John Wood
     Register: Baptisms 1892 - 1899, Page 143, Entry 3
     Source: LDS Film 2147911

then in Salisbury road - a little up market now

Baptism: 11 Jul 1897 St Saviour, Everton, Lancashire, England
 Veronica Hannah Mungo - [Child] of James Mungo & Annie
     Born: 9 Jun
     Abode: 30 Salisbury Rd
     Occupation: Boiler Maker
     Baptised by: Frank B. Tyrer
     Register: Baptisms 1894 - 1905, Page 87, Entry 692
     Source: LDS Film 2147928
 

[Tall Al]

Many thanks one and all.

I think collectively you haver solved the mystery.

Very much appreciated

Alan