In 1891 John and Ellen Sullivan lived with their family at number 78 Ethel Street. They may have moved here in 1885.
Their two youngest daughters Emily and Annie were born in Cardiff. The family, like many others had emigrated from Ireland .They had briefly tried America before returning to Ireland. Their first child Mary Ellen Sullivan was born in America. Agnes and James were born in Riverston, Cork.
John Sullivan worked as a boiler maker.
By 1901 the family had moved to number 66 Ethel Street.
Their eldest daughter Mary Ellen Sullivan had married. She lived with her new husband James Flynn at number 82 Ethel Street.
James Flynn had previously lived with his widowed mother Catherine Flynn and brother Edward Flynn at number 76 Ethel Street.
Catherine Flynn's daughter Hannah had already left home. She lived with her husband Timothy Crimmins and 2 children Hannah and Mary Crimmins at number 74 Ethel Street.
Unfortunately in 1900 Timothy Crimmins was knocked over and killed by his runaway cart of Swedes. Hannah subsequently moved back to live with her mother at number 76 Ethel street.
When Timothy and Hannah's daughter Mary Crimmins grew up she too married locally, to John Welsh. He had lived with his parents at number 39 Ethel Street. John was killed in the first world war. His tribute read:
In memory of Sargeant John Welsh,5th Field Coy,Royal Engineers,who died on Thursday 24th October 1918,age 28yrs. Son of Edward and Catherine Welsh 39 Ethel St,Canton,Cardiff. Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extention,Rouen,France.
Mary Crimmins married again but tragically also died young and her widow William Horne married his sister Hannah Crimmins.
Catherines Flynn’s 4th child Catherine (b 1876) also settled in Ethel Street married . She married John O’neil and lived with their children Bridget and Kate at 90 Ethel Street
By 1911 Catherine Flynn and her daughter Hannah(widow of Timothy) and 2 children had moved back to number 74 Ethel Street. Hannah worked as green grocer and some say that she ran the greengrocery from her front room. Living with them was Agnes Sullivan She was a servant and the daughter of the Sullivan’s who in 1891 were living at number 78 and number 66 in 1901
Catherine’s son James Flynn now moved into number 76. He lived there with his wife Mary Ellen Sullivan, their children and mother in law Ellen Sullivan and sister in law Annie Sullivan (from 78 and 66 Ethel St)
The Sullivan’s had obviously hit hard times as Ellen’s husband John was (not living with the family possibly in hospital or dead))
At the same time their son James Sullivan. married Sarah Mcleod. In December 1905 their daughter Margaret was born.
The Mcleod family lived at number 54 Ethel street .The family consisted of Margaret Mcleod nee Hanrahan from Liverpool (her parents were Irish) and her children Sarah, Samuel, Harry, Richard and Charles. Their father Charles was not listed as living with the family.Rumour has it that he went to the USA/Canada.
At the time of the marriage and subsequent birth the family moved to number 32 Ethel Street. The Mcleod’s remained in this house well into the at least the 1950’s. Charlie Mcleod (son)returned to live there .
In 1911 Sarah Sullivan nee Mcleod and her young daughter Margaret were living with her mother at number 32 Ethel Street. James was not living with the family. He may have already left for America. On her 18th birthday Margaret received a postcard from her father from Buffalo.
Margaret Sullivan
By 1911 the Mcleod family had grown at number 32 lived William 9, George 2 ,James 7, Mary 20 and Richard,15.
Samuel Mcleod had moved to Canada. In 1912 he married Elsie Ellen Drake.
The Drake family had also lived in Ethel Street at number 47 (1901 census). The whole Drake family moved
to Ontario Canada in August 1906.
2nd from left Edward and Elizabeth Drake, Elsie and Olive.
Richard Mcleod who at the age of 15 was working as a general labourer met Ada Elizabeth Thomas from number 95 Ethel Street. They married in 1919 and lived in 101 Ethel Street.
Ada’s family had lived at 95 Ethel Street from at least 1896 as Ada was born there and her mother Alice lived here until her death at 81 in 1949.
Finally there are the Walshes, great friends and possibly relatives of the Mcleods I think Margaret's cousins. A family from Liverpool Thomas and Elizabeth Walsh lived with their children Delia, Thomas, Mary and John at number 34 Ethel St. They moved to 16 Ethel Street in 1911.In 1937 two Walshes are living in Ethel Street: Andy at 86 and Thomas at 88
You will notice that most of this takes place on the even side of Ethel Street
Only 3 entries number 47 95 and 101 from the odd side...
