Mary Ellen (Dixon) Carrigher (abt. 1885)

Born about 1885 in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Peter Carrigher — married 1904 in Prescot Registration District, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Biography

This profile is part of the St Helens, Lancashire One Place Study.

Mary Ellen Dixon was born in 1885 in St Helens, Lancashire. She was the daughter of Moses Dixon and Johanna (Crow) Dixon.

Mary married Peter Carrigher in 1904, in a registrar-attended ceremony in Prescot district.

Their daughter Doris Agnes was born in about 1905 in Widnes, Lancashire.

Their daughter Mary was born in 1908 in Widnes; her birth was registered in the third quarter of 1908 in Prescot district. Young Mary died in 1920, aged 12; she was buried on 13 Nov 1920 in St Helens Cemetery, in an unpurchased grave.

Their son James was born in 1911; his birth was registered in the third quarter of 1911 in Prescot district. Young James died in 1913, aged 2; he was buried on 27 Sep 1913 in St Helens Cemetery, in an unpurchased grave.

Peter died in 1944 in Manchester.

Sources

• Birth registration (uncertain match) listed on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp (Mary Ellen Dixon, last quarter 1885, Prescot district, mother Penketh)

• Marriage registration http://www.ukbmdcertificateordering.co.uk/certapp.php?type=marriages&data=CARRIGHER%7CPeter%7CDIXON%7CMary+E%7CPrescot+Register+Office+or+Registrar+Attended%7CPrescot%7C1904%7C1904%7C%7CPT%3AR%2F72%2F136%7CC%7C35168%7Clancashire%7CPT&lang=

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QBF-W3Z : 26 November 2020), Moses Dixon, Widnes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9LS-NFM : 21 May 2019), James Dixon in household of Moses Dixon, Widnes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Farnworth subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. and second page "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9LS-NF3 : 21 May 2019), Mary Ellen Dixon, Widnes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Farnworth subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWT1-11J : 12 August 2019), Peter Carrigher, Windle, St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

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