Mary Ellens grandson John Bentley Wood was born to daughter Doroty and James Wood.
Photo courtesy Stan Howarth
Mary Ellen in garden with grandson John Bentley Wood, born 1924
Photo courtesy Stan Howarth
Mary Ellen and John Bentley Wood in the back yard
1932
Great grandmother Mary Ellen Henderson died in 1932 in Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire age 74 and was buried in Farnworth St. Luke’s churchyard. The grave is in plot nr 16.00279 but no gravestone can be seen.I was probably flat on the ground and now overgrown.
Photo courtesy Stan Howarth
Mary Ellen about 1930
BURY
16 Ramsbottom Lane, Ramsbotten, Bury
1909-12
Photo Ramsbottom Heritage Society
Ramsbottom Market Square 1910
This is where Mary Ellen and family lived when they first moved back to Lancashire. Ramsbottom was primarily a cotton-spinning town. Mary Ellen's daughters Dorothy and Louisa were both employed as cotton spinners.
The family later moved to the larger mill town of Chadderton, Oldham.
Stan Howarth, grandson of Mary Ellen, recalls:
"Grandma Henderson's house was 85, Wellington Street, Chadderton. The address where I was born was I think number 87, Wellington Street. I think the family moved next door because it was slightly bigger in some way.
We lived with Grandma Henderson until she died and we eventually moved to the chip shop in Glodwick because my Dad had been out of work for 3 years I think when the mill closed down. Mum's sisters lent my Dad the money to rent the Chippy in Glodwick and so they came with us to Formby in June 1936."
