Mary Elizabeth “Molly” RankinAge: 78 years1876–1954
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Rankin
- Surname
- Rankin
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Nickname
- Molly
- Married name
- Worsley
Birth | 1876 47 38 |
Census | April 3, 1881 (Age 5 years) |
Census | Servant Confectionary 1891 (Age 15 years) |
Death of a father | William Rankin 1892 (Age 16 years) Age: 65 |
Death of a half-sister | Barbara Cross June 1893 (Age 17 years) |
Marriage | Edward Worsley — View this family September 9, 1895 (Age 19 years) Source: PRO Publication: Public Record Office Citation details: Sept Quarter 1895 8b 777 W derby Text: Witnesses: James Jones and Annie Carmichael |
Birth of a daughter #1 | Mabel Elizabeth Worsley 1896 (Age 20 years) Source: PRO Publication: Public Record Office Citation details: Sep Qtr 1896, 8b 179/Dec qtr? Toxteth Park Note: There are two records of a mary Elizabeth Worsley born in Toxteth Park, one in the September qarter, and a second in the December Quarter.? |
Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Barbara “Barbara” Worsley March 2, 1898 (Age 22 years) Source: B.Cert Citation details: Register 396/372 iwormb189801.jpg Note: Note: Also ID card issued 26/5/43
PRO Toxteth Park, 8b 145 Jun qtr 1898 |
Birth of a son #3 | Edward Worsley January 21, 1901 (Age 25 years) |
Census | March 31, 1901 (Age 25 years) |
Birth of a son #4 | John Stanley Worsley September 3, 1903 (Age 27 years) Source: Contemporary Data |
Death of a son | Edward Worsley February 13, 1904 (Age 28 years) Source: D.Cert Citation details: 1904 mar Toxteth Park 8b/159 Text: Thirteenth February 1904, Edward Worsley, male, 3 Years, Son of Edward Worsley a General Laborer, Capillary Bronchitis Cardiac failure certified by G.R.Mill, informat: M.E.Worsley, mother, present at death 10 Longville Street Toxteth Park,registered Fifteenth February 1904 |
Birth of a daughter #5 | Eliza “Cissie” Worsley August 17, 1908 (Age 32 years) |
Birth of a son #6 | William Worsley August 13, 1912 (Age 36 years) Source: Contemporary Data |
Census | yes |
Christening of a son | William Worsley September 11, 1912 (Age 36 years) |
Death of a mother | Betsy Stanley 1915 (Age 39 years) Note: Deaths Dec 1915 Rankin Betsy 76 W. Derby 8b 394 |
Birth of a son #7 | Robert “Bob” Worsley October 21, 1916 (Age 40 years) Source: B.Cert iworr191601.jpg Note: |
Christening of a son | Robert “Bob” Worsley November 5, 1916 (Age 40 years) |
Birth of a daughter #8 | Margaret Worsley February 4, 1919 (Age 43 years) Source: Verbal, MC Publication: Interview with Mavis Carter (Worsley) Note: Registered in book 58 page number 409 |
Christening of a daughter | Margaret Worsley February 23, 1919 (Age 43 years) |
Marriage of a child | Tom Scotson — Mabel Elizabeth Worsley — View this family 1926 (Age 50 years) |
Death of a husband | Edward Worsley 1926 (Age 50 years) Cause: Silicosis |
Burial of a husband | Edward Worsley February 24, 1926 (Age 50 years) |
Death | September 1954 (Age 78 years) Cause of death: Dropsy |
Burial | September 11, 1954 (Age 78 years) |
Address |
Family with parents |
father |
William Rankin Birth: March 16, 1828 34 — Lancs Liverpool Death: 1892 |
mother |
Betsy Stanley Birth: November 23, 1837 26 26 — Lancs West Derby, Knotty Ash Death: 1915 |
Marriage: April 26, 1875 — Lancs Liverpool |
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20 months herself |
Birth: 1876 47 38 — Lancs Liverpool Death: September 1954 — Lancs Liverpool |
Father’s family with Mary Ann Merricks |
father |
William Rankin Birth: March 16, 1828 34 — Lancs Liverpool Death: 1892 |
step-mother |
Mary Ann Merricks Birth: 1835 20 — Gloucesteshire Bristol |
Marriage: September 7, 1851 — St Nicholas Church, Liverpool |
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4 months half-sister |
Sarah A Rankin Birth: 1851 22 16 — Liverpool, Lancs |
6 years half-brother |
Bruce Rankin Birth: 1856 27 21 — Liverpool, Lancs |
4 years half-brother |
William Rankin Birth: 1859 30 24 — Liverpool, Lancs |
3 years half-sister |
Jean Rankin Birth: 1861 32 26 — Liverpool, Lancs |
Mother’s family with William Cross |
step-father |
William Cross Birth: 1837 20 19 — Liverpool, Lancs Death: 1875 |
mother |
Betsy Stanley Birth: November 23, 1837 26 26 — Lancs West Derby, Knotty Ash Death: 1915 |
Marriage: June 8, 1856 — Lancs Liverpool |
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3 years half-brother |
James Cross Birth: 1858 21 20 — Lancs Liverpool |
7 years half-sister |
Barbara Cross Birth: 1864 27 26 — Lancs Liverpool Death: June 1893 — Lancs Liverpool Toxteth Park |
3 years half-brother |
William Cross Birth: 1866 29 28 — Lancs Liverpool |
6 years half-brother |
Henry Cross Birth: 1871 34 33 — Lancs Liverpool |
Family with Edward Worsley |
husband |
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herself |
Birth: 1876 47 38 — Lancs Liverpool Death: September 1954 — Lancs Liverpool |
Marriage: September 9, 1895 — Lancs Walton on the Hill St Marys Kirkdale |
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16 months daughter |
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2 years daughter |
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3 years son |
Edward Worsley Birth: January 21, 1901 29 25 — Lancs Liverpool Death: February 13, 1904 |
3 years son |
Birth: September 3, 1903 31 27 — Lancs Liverpool Death: February 28, 1974 — Lancs Liverpool |
5 years daughter |
Eliza “Cissie” Worsley Birth: August 17, 1908 36 32 — Lancs Liverpool Death: November 10, 1996 — Edingburgh, Scotland |
4 years son |
Birth: August 13, 1912 40 36 — Lancs Liverpool Death: March 16, 1986 — Somserset Bristol Pill Ham Green Hospital |
4 years son |
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2 years daughter |
Birth: February 4, 1919 47 43 — Lancs LiverpoolWest Derby (Eastern) Death: August 4, 1996 — Lancs Liverpool |
Census | Census 1891 (5th April) 24 Exeter St. Toxteth Park Liverpool Lancs |
Marriage | PRO Publication: Public Record Office Citation details: Sept Quarter 1895 8b 777 W derby Text: Witnesses: James Jones and Annie Carmichael |
Census | Census 1911 (3rd April) 46 GRAMPIAN ROAD FAIRFIELD LIVERPOOL |
Media object | Edward, Molly, Cissy |
Media object | Molly, Billie, Edward, Cissy |
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Note | Had thirteen children (5 mis-carriages)
She maintained that we can all wear the Hunting Stuart tartan.
Church of the Good Shepherd Sunday School 1938, Infants Mrs Worsley sup, teacher E Powell
Letter of thanks from The Liverpool Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary, Myrtle Street, Matron's Office, for gifts from the Sunday School children, and to her for making the arrangements. October 9th , 1939 (see scrapbook)
In 1888 (aged 12) she recieved a prize and reference letter from the school. see scrapbook
Molly was a deeply religious woman who celebrated Sundays in a strict manner. Mavis recalls that when she visited on these days (every Sunday morning for many years), the radio was prohibited and games forbidden. She was a Sunday school teacher, and there exists the register folder for one of the classes that she took at the Church of the Good Shepherd. In the early days, she was involved with the Salvation Army, where she taught on Sundays. At the close of her life, she mellowed, and Jean Mac's recollection gained from several lengthy summer visits is that the Sunday taboos had wained. The black note book (see Edward, her husband) containing lists of contributions for their services shows that she and Edward were regular and generous contributers as well as their children from time to time.
She must have been an exceptional pupil, as there is a strong letter of praise from her school teacher. There is also a small book that had been presented to her with a dedication in the front fly leaf.
I vividly recall meeting her for the first time (David, William's son). Very young, we walked up to the front door, with mum on the left and dad on the right holding my hands; I knew we were going to meet my grandmother. Dad knocked on the door and it was opened by a small tight woman - both her dress and hair were tight and severe. She looked intently at dad and said "Hello William, and this must be Margaret", turning to my mum. I knew something was up, because I had never heard anyone call dad "William" nor mum "Margaret", and they were both standing to attention and had closed up with me just behind their legs. Then she inclined her head and looked me in the face and almost barked "And whats that?" My parents parted, mumbled something, and I was pushed forward by a hand in my back. She leant forward - and smacked round the face! "Remember what I've told you William, when you see a boy - hit him! If he has done nothing wrong then he is thinking of doing something wrong". Then, with a kindly look on her face, she welcomed me into her house - but by that time I was scowling - and the movie in my head ends.
There is some doubt about her religious affiliation. It seems that she was first an Anglican, then became a Salvationist, and then returned to being an Anglican again after the death of her husband.
She had a ceremony Churching of Women after the birth of her children, which implies that she was an Anglican. |
Note | As the fathers of both Edward and Molly were regulars at St Peters, it seems likely that this is where the two met.
The story goes that Mollie's parents (one or the other or both) did not agree with her match with
Edward. They kept the marriage secret until he had found a home for them to move to. Mollie's mother followed home and cursed them, kneeling outside on the step.
Mollie was around 19 at the time, and if indeed her mother was so against the match, then Mollie must have had permission from her father - else the wedding could not have taken place.
Yet, the census of 1901 gives them living together, with Mollie's mother as the head of the family. So, whatever the earlier argument, circumstances had changed.
We guess that after Edward's return to work, the family may have moved out again, perhaps to Clyde Road. Later, the older woman may have joined them close to her death. Mollie was very sad that she was unable to cope with the last days of her mother's illness, and the mother died in a workhouse.
JM
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