Mary was born in 1920. She was the daughter of Stanley Hunt and Nelly O'Kane. She passed away in 1998.
Molly worked in a factory making things for the Army.
Went to Canada with parents, came back,
Molly met Norman when he came to visit his (step-) aunt Nellie.
The family went to Canada and Molly worked in a dry cleaning company, Norman as a welder.
BIRTH
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005 Name: Mary C Hunt Mother's Maiden Surname: O'Kane Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1920 Registration district: Gateshead Inferred County: Durham Volume Number: 10a Page Number: 2169
6 August 1920 according to passage record and death record...
But she went to Canada with her parents in 1921:
MIGRATION
in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 Name: Eleanor Hunt Gender: Female Age: 32 Birth Year: abt 1889 Date of Arrival: 22 Apr 1921 Vessel: Caronia Search Ship Database: Search for the Caronia in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
She is travelling with Stanley and Mary Charlotte.
in the Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924 Name: Mary Hunt Gender: Female Estimated birth year: abt 1920 Birth Place: Gateshead, England Age: 9 Months Date of Arrival: 22 Apr 1921 Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Ship Name: Caronia
But then she came back in 1935 (together with her mother and two siblings)
in the UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 Name: Mary Hunt Birth Date: abt 1920 Age: 15 Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada Arrival Date: 2 Nov 1935 Port of Arrival: London, England Ports of Voyage: Plymouth Ship Name: Aurania Search Ship Database: Search for the Aurania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping line: Cunard White Star Official Number: 147277
MARRIAGE
Double wedding with sister Audrey!
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Mary C Hunt Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1941 Registration district: Brentford Inferred County: Middlesex Spouse: Norman T S Mansell Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 1068
CHILDREN
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005 Name: Margaret E Mansell Mother's Maiden Surname: Hunt Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1943 Registration district: Brentford Inferred County: Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 474
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005 Name: Norma M Mansell Mother's Maiden Surname: Hunt Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1945 Registration district: Brentford Inferred County: Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 445
PASSAGE
They then go to Canada
in the UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 Name: Norman Mancell Gender: Male Age: 32 Birth Date: abt 1920 Departure Date: 2 Oct 1952 Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Destination Port: Montreal, Canada Ship Name: Ascania Shipping Line: Cunard White Star Limited
Then she comes back, travelling on her own to 37 Alwyn Avenue, intending to take up residence, it says... But NB the daughters travelled to UK in April 1955
in the UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 Name: Mary Mansell Arrival Age: 35 Birth Date: 6 Aug 1920 Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada Arrival Date: 22 Oct 1955 Port of Arrival: Southampton, England Ports of Voyage: Montreal Ship Name: Ascania Shipping Line: Cunard Steamship Company Ltd Official Number: 0101/01
DEATH
in the Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Mary Charlotte Mansell Gender: F (Female) Birth Date: 6 Aug 1920 Birth Place: Gateshead, Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England Death Date: 1 Dec 1998 Death Place: White Rock, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Cemetery: Victory Memorial Park Burial or Cremation Place: Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Has Bio?: N
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