n3ttl3 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2018 10:53
Hi Kate
If we have the same Mahon's -
thanks to David C Mahon for the following information.
Simon Mahon (son of Thomas Mahon and Alice Kinsella) was born 29 October 1886 in Bootle Lancashire, England./Lancashire, England, and died 12 May 1961 in Bootle, Lancashire,England..He married Margaret Rice on 5 July 1906 in St. Winefred's R.C. Church Bootle Merseyside., daughter of Peter Rice and Mary Jane Boyle.
Includes NotesNotes for Simon Mahon:
Started work aged 12 as a boiler-scaler down Bootle Docks,later ran away to sea. Presented to HRH The Prince of Wales on 5 July 1921.Conferred with the Papal Honour "Crux Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice " by the Archbishop of Liverpool (Dr. Richard Downey) at Bootle Town Hall 24 June 1948.
An excerpt from the Bootle times dated Friday 12th May 1961 reads:-
BOOTLE LOSES A GREAT WORKER BY THE DEATH OF ALDERMAN SIMON MAHON
Leader and Longest serving member of Bootle Council:
Former Mayor of the town.
After a lifetime of good work for the people of Bootle, the Socialist leader of the Council, Alderman Simon Mahon, O.B.E., J.P., died in Walton Hospital on Friday evening after a long illness. The news was quickly flashed round the borough and flags on schools and at the Town Hall were lowered to half mast.
Resident of 20 Oxford Road Bootle, Alderman Mahon was a member of Bootle Council for 41 years, the longest serving member at the present time. Tributes to him were paid before a meeting of the Selection Committee at which all members of the Council were present last night.
Alderman Mahon was a firm Believer in the socialist movement right from the days of his youth and he first entered Bootle Council in 1918 as a representative for Knowsley's ward where he served until 1928, when he became the borough's first Alderman.
He was elected Mayor of Bootle in 1949-1950 and was the first Roman Catholic to hold that position in 16 years. Many older residents of the town will remember his year of office as being the one when the children had their first camping holiday, yet it was Alderman Mahon who organized Bootle's first summer camp for poor children.
Education went to his heart
During his years on the council he has served on many committees including the watch committee the parliamentary Committee and the Education Committee. The latter was very dear to his heart and he was proud of the number of schools erected after the war.
In 1945 he was elected a Justice of the Peace and in the 1950 birthday honours list he was awarded the O.B.E., In 1948 he was awarded the papal Honour of the Croce pro Ecclesia et Pontificate, for his services to the Catholicism.
Alderman Mahon has been a trade unionist nearly all his working life and was an active member of the Transport and General Workers Union of which he had been secretary. He was a Past chairman of the Bootle Trades and Labour Council and a member of the executive.
In the 1955 General Election he unsuccessfully contended the Exchange division of Liverpool for Labour.
Alderman Mahon leaves a widow, four son's two daughters and seventeen grandchildren. One son Eric was killed in the war. One son Simon is Member of Parliament for Bootle and a member of Bootle Council. Another Peter, is an Alderman and chairman of the Bootle Council Finance Committee, a third, Joseph, is a former member of the Council, and forth, Leo is employed at the Town Hall. One daughter Miss Francis Mahon is a schoolteacher, and the other Mrs, Noreen Mc Monighan, lives in Ireland.
Bootle Conservatives were holding a meeting at St John's Hallon Friday evening when they were informed of Alderman Mahon's death and they stood for a moments silence.
Court Tribute.
Before the commencement of Monday's sitting of the Magistrates Court, tributes were paid to Alderman Mahon.
" He has done great work for the people of Bootle and we shall miss him." Said Mr, Chris Williams " Alderman Simon Mahon was a member of this branch for 20 years I have known him for about 17 years and have always held him in the greatest esteem.
Mr F Helm Clerk to the Justices said that he had always found Alderman Mahon to have an alert mind and was ready to help all. We have always tried to be a good friend.
Superintendent M Jenkins ( Deputy Chief Constable ) said Alderman Mahon had been a man of great stature, showing much sympathy to the Borough Police Force expressed his condolences to the Alderman's family and concluded by saying "we shall all miss this wonderful man."
More About Simon Mahon:
1: 8 June 1950, Awarded The O.B.E. .
2: 3 March 1925, appointed A Justice Of The Peace..
3: 24 June 1948, Awarded The Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (Papal Medal).
4: 1928, Elected Alderman-County Borough of Bootle.
5: 1936, Labour Parliamentary candidate-Lpool Exchange.
6: Bet. 1929 - 1930, Mayor of Bootle.
Burial: Bootle Cemetary.
Elected 1: Bet. 1918 - 1928, Councillor Knowsley ward.
Elected 2: Bet. 1949 - 1950, Lord Mayor of Bootle.
After all that, hope it's the same ones!! they are related to My Carey's through the Kinsella's, Alice was sister to my G-G-Aunt Ellen Kinsella.
All the best
Annette
