Birth: 11 March 1896 2 Grove Place, Artichoke Hill, St George in the East, London, UK
Father: Robert Higgins 1868-a1898
Mother: Catherine Donoghue c1868-1957
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 6 June 1920 St Mary & St Michael R.C., 2 Lukin Street, St George in the EastSt George in the East, London, UK
Husband: Daniel Thomas Conroy 1895-1951
Death: 29 December 1981 6 Shurdington Road, Brockworth, Gloucestershire, UK
Douglas D Conroy 1921
Kathleen Lilian Conroy [Bevan] 1924-a1951
Terence Anthony Conroy 1926-1995
Gerald T Conroy 1934
Adopted
Emily Florence Relf [Hodgson] 1938-2017
Birth of Mary Elizabeth Higgins in FreeBMD in April-June 1896 in St. Geo. East (1C 355). "Registration District St George in the East 1896 Birth in the Sub-district of Saint George's North in the County of London. [No.] 338 Eleventh March 1896 [at] 2 Grove Place Artichoke Hill Mary Elizabeth [father] Robert Higgins [a] Barman, [mother] Catherine Higgins formerly Donoghue [infomant] Catherine Higgins [who made her mark] [of] 2 Grove Place [on] Fifteenth April 1896"
In the 1901 census as Mary E Higgins aged 5, born in St Georges, London, and living her widowed aunt (Catherine Donoughe), and three cousins (Michael, Annie and Ellen) in two rooms at 1 Grove Place, St George in the East, London, but another for Mary Higgins aged 5, born in Holborn, London and living with her mother (Catherine Higgins), brother (Robert) and two sisters (Hannah and Ann) in three rooms at 15 Ship Alley, St George North, St George in the East, London..
In the 1911 census as Mary Higgins aged 15, born in St Georges, a cigar maker, and living her widowed aunt (Catherine Donoghue), and two cousins (Michael and Ellen Donoghue) in three rooms at 19 Johnson Street, Commercial Road East, St George in the East, London.
Marriage of Mary E Higgins and Daniel T Conroy in FreeBMD in April-June 1920 in St. Geo. East (1C 601). "1920. Marriage solemnized at St Mary & St Michael's Church in the District of S. George in the East in the County of London. [No.] 128 Sixth June 1920 Daniel Thomas Conroy [aged] 25 years [a] Bachelor [and] Colour Mixer [of] 59 Cowley Street [father] John Conroy (deceased) [a] Coachman, [and] Mary Elizabeth Higgins [aged] 24 years [a] Spinster [and] Cigarette Packer [of] 19 Johnson Street [father] Robert Higgins (deceased) [a] Carman. Married in the St Mary & St Michaels Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Catholics by Certificate [...] in the Presence of us J Donoghue [and] Lily Mary Conroy".
I cannot locate the family in the 1921 census.
Her son was registered in April-June 1921 in Whitechapel.
Her daughter was registered in January-March 1924 in Mile End.
Her son was registered in October-December 1925 in Stepney.
Her son was registered in April-June 1934 in Romford.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Mary E Conroy born 11 March 1896, married, and living with Daniel P Conroy (husband?), Gerald T and Terence A Conroy (sons?) plus two others (son and daughter?) at Carelaker's Lodge, Lodge Avenue, Barking, Essex.
Her daughter was adopted on 16 Octiober 1941 when they were living at South East Essex Technical College, Barking, Essex.
Her husband died at St Andrews Hospital, Billericay on 9 October 1951, but his address was St Tersa, Burnaby Road, Basildon, registered in October-December 1951 in Brentwood, and he left effects of £2031 8s to Mary Elizabeth Conroy widow and Kathleen Lilian Bevan, wife of Reginald Franklin Bevan.
Entry in Ancestry Gloucestershire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1974 for Mary E Conroy address 97 Park End Road, Southgate, Gloucester in 1956, other occupants Gerald T Conroy (son?) and Catherine Higgins (mother?) and another family.
Her mother's death was registered in January-March 1957 in Gloucester City.
Four entries in Ancestry Gloucestershire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1974 for Mary E Conroy address 11 Cowley Road, Tuffley, Gloucester from 1961 to 1968, oter occupant Gerald T Conroy (son?) in 1961.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Mary Elizabeth Conroy, born on 11 March 1896, in October-December 1981 in Gloucester (22 2004). "Death 198 Registration District Gloucester Sub-district Gloucester County of Gloucestershire [on] Twentyninth December 1981 [at] 6 Shurdington Road, Brockworth Mary Elizabeth Conroy [formerly] Higgins [born] 11th March 1896 [in] London Widow of Daniel Thomas Conroy Ships Purser [of] 6 Shurdington Road, Brockworth [informant] Emily Florence Hodgson Daughter [cause] Cerebral thrombosis
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Mary Elizabeth Conroy died 29 December 1981 in Brockworth, Glos probate 4 February 1982 in Llandaff. "Conroy, Mary Elizabeth of 6 Shurdington Rd Brockworth Glos died 29 December 1981 Probate Llandaff 4 February Not exceeding £25000".
Her adopted daughter was born on 14 October 1938 in Southend on Sea, daughter of Emma A Higgins born 1910 and William Relf, adopted by Daniel Thomas Conroy caretaker of and living at South East Essex Technical College, Barking and his wife Mary Elizabeth Conroy on 16 October 1941, married to John William Hodgson in Gloucester 1958, and died on 17 August 2017 at 97 Calton, Road, Gloucester.
There are three entries in Ancestry Family Treees for Mary Elizabeth Higgins.
Note that St George in the East became part of Stepney on 1 January 1920. Brockworth is just east of Gloucester between M5 and A46.
Mary Elizabeth Higgins was the mother of Terence Anthony Conroy, husband of Beatrice N Campbell, granddaughter of Charlotte Sophia Frankis, wife of William Charles Winn, husband of Emily Dutton, first cousin of Joseph Garibaldi Dutton, husband of Mary Ann Payne, my great aunt.
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