Mary Jane Bissett - Dublin - abt 1867

[ShaunJ]

Edith Jane Menelly was a domestic servant in Chertsey in the 1901 census. Married gardener Frederick William Chapman in 1902. Born Knighstbridge circa 1874. Daughter of William John Menelly, a valet.

A William John Menelly married (I think) Catherine Stewart in London in 1871 - is it a Stewart connection perhaps...sisters in law?

[Emma08]

That's great info Shaun!! I had been searching incorrectly for her. The location of her in 1901 definitely fits....because the paperwork that contains Edith's signiture is for Mary's son to attend a school in Chertsey! Brilliant.
And yes possible Stewart connection instead.
Thanks so much.

The "sister" link had been confusing me for a while.... It didn't seem to fit with the other info.

[ShaunJ]

Just to confirm, William John Menelly, a draper of King Street, married widow Catherine Stewart also of King Street, at St George Hanover Square on June 7th 1871. Her father was a Walter Bermingham, a farrier, his was Walter Menelly, a draper.

Catherine Menelly died in 1885. I can't see them in the 1881 census. Children Edith and sister Elizabeth are boarders in Great Leighs, Essex.

[Emma08]

I was just having a look at that Shaun....

I found the sisters Edith and Elizabeth as boarders...

So Catherine's father was named Walter?

That's really interesting because, the Henry Stewart, who was Mary Jane's second husband, was born around 1867, was a Farrier Sergeant, and had a father named Walter Stewart..... Seems there might be a connection.....

Do you know where Catherine was born? I'm struggling to find her on census'.

[Emma08]

But if Catherine was a widow....then Stewart was her married name......
I'm struggling to connect this

The Farrier connection is interesting though....

I'll see if I can find Catherine's first husband

[Emma08]

Also, if Catherine was a widow in 1871 and then died in 1885....I wonder how old she was?

[ShaunJ]

I assumed that Catherine was Henry's mother. I haven't looked for her before 1881 as yet...

[ShaunJ]

Catherine Menelly was 42 when she died in Chelsea in 1885.

William John Menelly was remarried in 1893 to a Catherine Pearson in Steyning RD.

[ShaunJ]

Correction to an earlier post - William John Menelly's father was William, not Walter, Menelly per the 1871 marriage detail