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Mary Alice Cross

Mary was born in September 1905 in Birkenhead.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 6 in 1911
  
  Births Sep 1905 (>99%)
  Cross Mary Alice Birkenhead 8a 506

Mary's father was John Francis Cross and her mother was Lillian Eddowes. Her maternal grandparents were William Eddowes and Elizabeth Shortreid. She had four brothers named John, Charles, William and James. She was the third oldest of the five children. She had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Francis, Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary. She died at the age of 54 in 1959 in Canada.²

Death Notes
- Died in Ottawa (married)

General Notes
- After her mother died, John, Mary, Willian and James were sent to St. Vincent's, a Poor Law School in Fulwood, Preston. Mary was then sent to Canada as "British Home Child" through the Catholic Emigrating Association.
  
  Mary stayed in Canada, where she worked as a domestic for a farmer North of Ottawa. She eventually married a man from Ottawa and died there in 1959.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Francis Cross
  - b.01 Oct 1880 in Liverpool d.1943 in Birkenhead
  
  Mary Alice Cross
  - b.Sep 1905 in Birkenhead d.1959 in Canada
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
  
  Elizabeth Jones
  - b.~ 1770
  
  William Eddowes
  - b.Apr 1843 in Wrexham d.26 May 1884 in Birkenhead
  
  John Whitfield
  - b.1769 in Is-y-Coed d.28 Nov 1852 in Wrexham
  
  Mary Whitfield
  - b.20 Aug 1804 in Gresford d.Oct 1868 in Birkenhead
  
  Randle Tomlinson ^*
  - b.1733 in Bangor-Is-coed (on-Dee) d.May 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Mary Tomlinson
  - b.09 Mar 1761 in Holt d.Jul 1842 in Gresford
  
  Anne Tinsley
  - b.1732 in Wrexham d.> 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Lillian Eddowes
  - b.Mar 1882 in Birkenhead d.17 Nov 1910 in Birkenhead
  
  Elizabeth Shortreid
  - b.1845 in Birkenhead d.02 Sep 1911 in Birkenhead
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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² Ancestry Family Trees