Born in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Richard Poole
and Ellen (Margerrison) Poole
Wife of
Albert Wilson
— married
2 Mar 1910 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
Olga Ellen Wilson and Enid (Wilson) Womack
Died
at age 81
in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Name: Mary Elizabeth Poole later Wilson. [1] [2] [3]
Born 5 DEC 1884 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. [4] [5] [6] [7]
- Superintendent Registrar's District ECCLESALL BIERLOW.
- Registrar's Sub District ECCLESALL BIERLOW.
- 1885 Births in the Sub District of ECCLESALL BIERLOW in the County of York.
- No 52 Entry 1483.
- 5th December 1884 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Ecclesall Bierlow.
- Mary Elizabeth, girl.
- Parents Charles Richard Poole, Labourer and Ellen Poole formerly Margerrison of 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Ecclesall Bierlow.
- Registered 12th January 1885 J. Taylor Registrar.
Baptism: 5 JAN 1885. John Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. [8]
- CERTIFICATE OF BAPTISM.
- Administered with water, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
- Baptised January 5th 1885.
- Born December 5th 1884.
- Charles Richard & Ellen Poole of Fitzwilliam Street Labourer.
- Baptised by William Price.
- The above is a true copy from the Primitive Methodist Register Book of Baptisms at John Street in Sheffield 5th Circuit.
- Witness my hand this 9th day of January William Price.
Marriage 2 MAR 1910. Register Office, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. Witness. S A Hollins
- Sarah Ann Hollis was a friend of Albert. She and her husband Charles are to be found in the 1911 census reference RG14PN27828 RG78PN1592 RD509 SD6 ED17 SN68. [9] [10]
- 1910 Marriage Solemnized at the District Registry Office in the district of Ecclesall Bierlow in the county of Derby and Sheffield.
- Second March 1910.
- Albert Wilson age 25 years Bachelor Pork Butcher (journeyman), of 64 South View Road, Sheffield, father William Wilson (deceased) a Farmer !!.
- Mary Elizabeth Poole aged 25 years, spinster, of 22 Thornsett Road, Sheffield, father Charles Richard Poole Confectioner (Master).
- Witnesses Ellen Poole, S.A Hollins.
Died 16 JUN 1966 9 Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield 5, South Yorkshire, England. Age: 82y. Cause: Gangrene of leg.[11] [12]
- 16 June 1966 at 9 Fircroft Avenue, Shiregreen.
- Aged 81 Widow of Albert Wilson, butchers slaughterman.
- 1.a Toxemia.
- b.Gangrene of leg.
- c. massive ulceration of leg.
- 11 Carcinoma of breast.
- O.E.Wilson in attendance, 9 Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield.
- Registered 17 June 1966.
Cremation 21 JUN 1966. Burngreave Cemetery, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire. Cremation, 11.30 a.m. - newspaper announcement attached to death certificate. [12]
Census Returns UK
- 5 APR 1891. 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. [13]
- 31 MAR 1901. 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Town, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. [14]
- 2 APR 1911. 58 Mount St , Ecclesall, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England. Age 26 and the wife of the head of the household. [15]
- 19 Jun 1921 Widow age 36 years 6 months, Home Duties. 58 Mount Street, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England [16] Daughter Enid and Olga Ellen were also present.
- 29 Sep 1939 23 Duncan Road, Sheffield 10, South Yorkshire, England. [7]
Occupation:
- 5 APR 1891. Grocer Shop Assistant. 244 Fitzwilliam Street, Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England. [17]
- BET 1918 AND 1925. Supporting Family. [18]
Residence
- BET 1911 AND 1920. Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. [15] [19]
- BET 1920 AND 1950. 58 Mount St, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. [20]
- 1950 15 Oaks Fold Road, Sheffield 5, South Yorkshire, England. Moved to be closer to daughter Enid. [21] [22]
- BET 1950 AND 1966. 9 Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield 5, South Yorkshire, England. [23]
Narrative Mary Elizabeth POOLE was the daughter of Charles Richard POOLE (then a labourer) and Ellen Poole nee MARGERRISON. She was born on 5 December 1884 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield. Mary was baptised on 5 January 1885 at the primitive Methodist Chapel in John Street. Evidently she was named after her father’s older sister.
At the age of 16 she was an assistant in the family Grocery and Baking business in Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield.
She married Albert WILSON on 2 March 1910 in Sheffield. The marriage was witnessed by her mother Ellen. It was a Registry Office wedding probably because Mary was already pregnant with Olga Ellen who was born on the 20th April 1910 in Cheshire (no doubt to hide the fact of Mary’s advanced pregnancy at the time of the marriage).
It was a happy marriage, with many tokens of affection being exchanged in letters and cards referring to Albert as ‘the love of my life’. Their second daughter Enid was born in August 1912. They lived at 58 Mount St, Sheffield and had a servant.
Albert was conscripted in 1916 but was killed on the Somme in September 1917. This must have been a hard blow for Mary who had to support 2 children on a War Widows’ Pension. The family survived owing to Mary’s initiative.
Between 1920 and 1950 she lived in Duncan Road, Sheffield. Enid and her husband were given a council house in 1950 and Mary and her daughter Olga moved briefly to Oaks Fold Road and then to Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield.
She was bed ridden in the last 5 years of her life and died of Gangrene of her leg on 16 June 1966. She was cremated and her remains scattered in Burngreave Cemetery.
Sources
- ↑ Source: Volume: 9C; Page: 593; Record set: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008; Subcategory: Marriages & divorces; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom; REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/M/1910/1/AZ/000344/155
- ↑ Source: Volume: 9C; Page: 593; Record set: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008; Subcategory: Marriages & divorces; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom; REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/M/1910/1/AZ/000247/242
- ↑ Source: Archive reference: RG12; Piece number: 3802; Folio: 97; Page: 5; HouseHoldID: 5543400; Record set: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1891/0026264936
- ↑ Source: Archive reference: RG14; Piece number: 27815; HouseHoldID: 278150425; Record set: 1911 Census for England & Wales; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/27815/0425/2 REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1911/RG14/27815/0425/2
- ↑ Source: Volume: 9C; Page: 373; Line Number: 330; Record set: England & Wales Births 1837-2006; Subcategory: Civil Births; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom, England; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD/B/1885/1/AZ/000466/330
- ↑ Source: Pool , Mary Elizabeth Q4 1884 ECCLESALL BIERLOW Volume 9C Page 373 in the possession of John Richard Womack
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Source: Line number: 15; Schedule: 120; Schedule Sub Number: 2; TNA reference: RG101/3581H/010/15; Piece number: 3581H; Item number: 10; HouseHoldID: 4811002; Record set: 1939 Register; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom, England; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA/R39/3581/3581H/010/14
- ↑ Source: Mary Elizabeth Poole Copy from Primitive Methodist Record book, John Street, Sheffield 5, 9 Jan 1885 in the possession of John Richard Womack
- ↑ Source: Volume: 9C; Page: 593; Record set: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008; Subcategory: Marriages & divorces; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD/M/1910/1/AZ/000344/155 REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/M/1910/1/AZ/000344/155
- ↑ Source: Marriage of Albert Wilson to Mary Elizabeth Poole ref XG 571596 2 Mar 1910 purchased from the GRO by John Richard Womack
- ↑ Source: Volume: 2D; Page: 202; Record set: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007; Subcategory: Deaths & burials; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=BMD/D/1966/2/AZ/001050/029 REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/D/1966/2/AZ/001050/029
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Source: Mary Elizabeth Wilson Death Certificate ref IE 299818 Entry 163 in the possession of John Richard Womack
- ↑ Source: Archive reference: RG12; Piece number: 3802; Folio: 97; Page: 5; HouseHoldID: 5543400; Record set: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1891/0026264936 REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1891/0026264934&source=GBC/1891/0026264936
- ↑ Source: Archive reference: RG13; Piece number: 4348; Folio: 92; Page: 4; HouseHoldID: 5865936; Record set: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1901/0027764323 REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1901/0027764319&source=GBC/1901/0027764323
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Source: Archive reference: RG14; Piece number: 27815; HouseHoldID: 278150425; Record set: 1911 Census for England & Wales; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1911/RG14/27815/0425/2 REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1911/RG14/27815/0425/1&source=GBC/1911/RG14/27815/0425/2
- ↑ Source: Archive series: RG 15; Entry no: 1; Archive: The National Archives; Schedule number: 101; HouseHoldID: 2296500204; Record set: 1921 Census Of England & Wales; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom, England; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1921%2FRG15%2F22965%2F0203%2F01
- ↑ Source: Archive reference: RG13; Piece number: 4348; Folio: 92; Page: 4; HouseHoldID: 5865936; Record set: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census; Subcategory: Census; Category: Census, Land & Substitutes; Collections from: United Kingdom; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1891/0026264936 REF http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC/1901/0027764323
- ↑ Source: Memories of Mary Elizabeth Poole by her daughter Enid Womack
- ↑ Source: In Memory of Private Wilson Source: [S70] Commonwealth War Graves Commission Where Within Source: In Memory of Private Wilson Data Text From Source: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=gbm%2fcwgc%2frollofhonour%2f001044021
- ↑ Source: Womack GG 050326 KKya 120:3 in the possession of John Richard Womack
- ↑ Source: John Womack 1947 recollections
- ↑ Source: Womack MKRY 476 Issued 15 Dec 1949 in the possession of John Richard Womack
- ↑ Source: Entry 163
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After the death of her husband Albert she earned money by various means: Taking in Washing Sub-letting their rooms to lodgers Sewing Cleaning Giving piano lessons Fortune telling! Pawning her possessions (later retrieved). Mary finally retired when her children were both working. She entertained Olga and Enid by playing the piano, telling stories and jokes which Enid says made them helpless with laughter. There were jig-saw puzzle races. They stayed in bed on Sunday morning to save having breakfast, and got up to a Sunday Lunch of bread and jam. Mary had physical problems arising from massive ulceration of her legs. Enid believes that this started because her mother would sit close to a coal fire for long periods. She would not have treatment, fearing that she would lose the leg. She also had a fear of hospitals.