Constance (Dowd) Mellor (1902 - 1999)

Born 27 Jan 1902 in Ardwick, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Rowland Mellor — married 4 Sep 1926 in Independent Chapel, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Died 11 May 1999 at age 97 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England

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Biography

Born: 27 Jan 1902 Hillkirk Street, Ardwick, Lancashire, England. ^[1]

Census: 2 APR 1911 York Street, Levenshulme, Lancashire, England Mary Dowd Head Single Yorkshire Leeds Frederick Dowd Son 10 School Hampshire Isle of Wight Constance Dowd Daughter 9 School Lancashire Manchester Elsie Dowd Daughter 4 Home Lancashire Manchester ^[2]

Parentage: 4 NOV 1918 Manchester, Lancashire, England All three children of Mary Dowd had no father listed on their birth certificates. Both Constance and her brother Fred (or Frad) listed a Fred Dowd, commercial traveller (deceased) on their marriage certificates. This was plainly not true. However there was a family story told by Constance that her father had died in the 'flu epidemic of 1918 at the family home in Longsight, Manchester. She said that his family came to claim the body and that her mother and the children were not allowed to attend the funeral. It took a long time to figure out this puzzle since we didn't know the surname of the children's father but eventually obtained a death certificate for Frederick Binns who died at Mary Dowd's home in 1918. And Frederick Binns was present with 4 month old Frad on the 1901 census. Further we have Y-DNA evidence of male line descent from the Binns family and more recently connections to the wider Binns family using autosomal DNA testing.^[3]

Married: 4 Sep 1926. Independent Chapel, Stockport Road, Longsight, Lancashire, England. Charles Roland Mellor 23 bachelor warehouseman of 12 Hopkinson Street, Longsight father William Flint Mellor, cab proprietor and Constance Dowd 24 spinster, machinist of 38 Greville Street, Longsight father Fred Dowd (deceased). Wit: James Midgley, May Spencer, Elsie Dowd.^[4]

1939 Register: SEP 1939 21 Birch Lane, Longsight, Manchester, England
Mellor, Charles Roland 7 Feb 1903 Collector & Furniture Salesman Mellor, Constance 27 Jan 1902 UDD Dowd, Elsie 8 Dec 1907 Machinist Frock Coveralls Dowd, Marian Elsie 20 Oct 1922 Machinist Frock Coverall Dowd, Leslie Frederick 3 Aug 1924 assistant in chemist shop ^[5]

Died: 11 May 1999 Withington Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
Aged 97 ^[6]

Buried: 21 May 1999 Southern Cemetery, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
(also in this grave are Charles Mellor, Mary Dowd and Elsie Dowd).^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Civil Registration Records - birth certificate
2. ↑ UK Census for England & Wales RG14; Piece: 23823
3. ↑ Civil Registration Records BMD certificates - see uploaded images on profiles for Frad Dowd, Elsie Dowd and Frederick Binns
4. ↑ Civil Registration Records - BMD certificates
5. ↑ RG101/4486I/011/16 from FindMyPast https://www.findmypast.co.uk
6. ↑ Civil Registration Records BMD certificates.
7. ↑ Southern Cemetery Records. Section Z Grave No. 2254