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The info below from Electoral Registers on the Fennelleys might give clues about the " breakup" of family ?
(Source: Newcastle Central Library. Electoral Registers- book form)
Those eligible to vote in Parliamentary Elections are listed.
Walker Ward.
1914/1915
20 East Terrace, Patrick Finley, Henry Smith
22 " " Walter McEldon
1920
20 East Terrace,
Patrick Finley, Frank Finley, Martin Fitzpatrick, Henry Smith, Mary Ann Smith
22 East Terrace,
Walter McEldon
1923
20 East Terr,
Patrick Finley, James Finley, Henry and Mary Ann Smith
22 East Terr,
Walter and Alice McEldon
1925
20 East Terr
Patrick, James, Frank Finley, Henry and Mary Ann Smith
22 East Terr
Walter and Alice McEldon
1927
20 East Terr,
Patrick, James and Frank Finley, Henry , Mary Ann and George Smith.
22 East Terr,
Walter and Alice McEldon
1928/29
20 East Terr,
James and Frank Finley, Henry and Mary Ann Smith ( no more Patrick)
22 East Terr,
Walter and Alice McEldon
1929/30
20 East Terr
James and Frank Finley, Henry and Mary Ann Smith, Ellen Lees, Annie Parkinson
22 East Terr
Walter and Alice McEldon
( by now, Alice nee Fennelly/Finley , aged c38, and Walter would have had 8 children)
1930/31. No Finley or McEldon in East Terrace.
As these registers are in Ward order, then Street alpha order. Finding the family is needle in haystack stuff !
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Browsing in Newcastle area Trade Directories, in late 1920s, reveals only
" St Joseph's home for Aged and Infirm" , under the "Care of the Little Sisters of the Poor", Georges Rd, Newcastle.
Michael
