Biography
Mary CONNOR, daughter of Peter CONNOR (1860- ) and Mary KEEGAN (1860- ), was born on May 15th 1884 in SWORDS, Dublin, IRELAND. Mary is listed in the 1901 census living in Swords, Co. Dublin with her parents and siblings.
She married John SMITH on September 19, 1909 in SWORDS. John SMITH, son of Edward SMITH (1850- ) and Fanny NAYLOR (1855- ), was born in 1880 in WALSALL, West Midlands, UK. He was a Soldier. He died on March 10, 1915 in GIVENCHY, FRANCE. He was decorated for bravery.
John and Mary CONNOR had the following children:
Mary Margaret SMITH (1910-1958). Mary was born on August 28, 1910 in LICHFIELD, Staffordshire, UK. She married Horace SHAW in 1935 in BIRMINGHAM, Warwickshire, UK.. She died in 1958 in BIRMINGHAM.
Ada SMITH (1912- ). Ada was born on April 24, 1912 in LICHFIELD. She married John W HARRIS in 1935 in BIRMINGHAM.
Fanny SMITH (1914-1993). Fanny was born on February 19, 1914 in LICHFIELD. She married Charles Benjamin VENES on November 7, 1935 in Register office, BATTERSEA, London, UK.. She died on September 9, 1993 in Mavesyn Ridware, LICHFIELD, Staffordshire, UK..
Walter SMITH (1916-1918). Walter was born on November 20, 1916 in LICHFIELD. He died on August 23, 1918 in LICHFIELD.
Mary remarried to William Arthur WILSON on March 22, 1922 in Register office, LICHFIELD, Staffordshire, UK.. William Arthur WILSON was born in 1882 in WHITTINGTON, Staffordshire, UK. He and Mary CONNOR had the following children:
Mary Alice WILSON (1922-2000). Mary was born in 1922 in LICHFIELD. She married Frank Louis ESSEX on October 2, 1939 in ATHERSTONE, Warwickshire, UK.. She died on July 28, 2000 in TAMWORTH, Staffordshire, UK..
Eleanor WILSON (1925- ). Eleanor was born on November 11, 1925 in ATHERSTONE. She married Roland BENNET in 1946 in HINCKLEY, Leicestershire, UK.
Mary Connor died in 1949
CREDIT: John Wilcox, Great grandson of Mary Connor & John Smith.