Mary Ellen Barks

[Margaret in Burton]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as

Mary Ellen Barks aka Polly

Date and place of birth

14 February 1897 in Balderton, Nottinghamshire

Names of parents

George Barks and Jane Hallam

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces

4 July 1925 at The United Methodist Church, Victoria Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire to Sydney Leonard Yates

Occupation(s) - if any

Domestic Servant and Brewery Worker before marriage and Sunday School Teacher

Military service - if any

None

Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.

1897 - 1903 Balderton,Nottinghamshire
1903 - 1925 various addresses in Burton on Trent (Princess Street, Victoria Road and Waterloo Street)
1925 - 1936 111 and 108 Byrkley Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
1936 - 1980 19 Postern Road, Tatenhill, Staffordshire

Date, place and cause of death


13 February 1980 at 19 Postern Road, Tatenhill, Staffordshire - cause - Post Infarctive Ischaemic Heart Disease, Coronary Occlusion and Artherosclerosis

Date and place of burial / cremation.

21 February 1980 at St Michael and All Angels, Tatenhill, Staffordshire

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

None

Memorial inscription - if any

Yes - need to check what it says

She was engaged before she met my grandfather. The pendant around her neck in this photo is of her fiance, Harry Bonnett. Apparently she ended the engagement because he embarrassed her in the market by making comments about the stalls selling ladies underwear. LOL (according to my uncle)