Mary This article from the Weekly Mail of 26 September 1903 (p.5) might also be relevant to your family (sorry this is all a bit grim!): SICK AND TIRED OF LIFE. CARDIFF WOMAN'S SUICIDE BY DROWNING. Mr. E. B. Reece held on inquest at the Town- hall on Tuesday night on the body of Julia Hooley (34), who had been missed since Satur- day, and whose body was on Monday last recovered from the West Bute Dock. Mrs. Coombes, deceased's sister, said deceased was the wife of Thomas Hooley, a dock labourer, who had left her and the chil- dren. She had had eight children, of whom three were living. Deceased had sometimes stayed with witness, while the children were at Ely Schools. She had 5s. parish relief, which was given to her in food. Saturday week was the last time she stayed with wit- ness. Since then she had been in the Salva- tion Army home. The last work she did was on Saturday at the Dolphin Hotel. She had latterly been low spirited and strange in her manner, having been knocked about by her husband "in his time," and having suffered through lack of food and fretting and grieving about her children. A girl named! Norah Dwyer, of 33, North William-street, stated that on Saturday night, at nine o'clock, she was in Herbert-street, and saw a woman jump into the water, but she could not say that it was deceased.-Dr. J. J. Buist, police surgeon, said he was satisfied that drowning was the cause of death.-With Norah Dwyer was another little girl named Catherine Mead, who was not present at the coroner's inquiry, but was brought to the court upon the coroner's instructions. This witness swore that she saw deceased take off her hat and shawl. She then remarked that she was sick and tired of life, and jumped over the bridge into the feeder, and witness heard the splash in the water.-The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst tempo- rarily insane." On 18/08/2013, at 10:51 AM, "Mary Mizzi" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > Looking for my Aunty, Ellen PHILLIPS nee HOOLEY. > b. 1889 Cardiff Wales. > Parents. Thomas HOOLEY and Julia Ann MAHONEY > Cardiff Wales. > > Her mother Julia Ann died in 1903 but not sure where Ellen lived > after that date. Also cannot find her in the 1911 census for > Glamorgan. > I was told she married Michael in 1909 but cannot find that marriage > either. > > Trying to find if she had any children. Her name is shown as N, > Phillips (Nell or Nelly) as the > informant on the death certificate when her father Thomas died in 1921 > in Roath Wales. > > Her mother had many miscarriages and Ellen was the eldest daughter and > living siblings were > Thomas Patrick HOOLEY, b.1894 Cardiff Wales > Timothy HOOLEY b. 1899 Cardiff Wales. Would love to know more about > him also. > > I have read that the children had been in school/care in ELY when she > died in 1903. Can someone tell me what that place was please, as they > were with Julia and Thomas in 1901 Census for Cardiff. > Would dearly love to find any records of my only Aunt and Uncle > Timothy and any cousins and their decendants. > > Hope someone can help. > > My kindest regards, > > Mary in Sunny North Queensland where our spring has really sprung > and the weather is beautiful. > > > -- > > To send to the list send to [email protected] > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > This site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message