John Mullaney and Ann Duff(e)y

Here is a copy of the newspaper report of John Mullaney’s death on Sunday, 8 March 1891.
It appeared in the Wolverhampton paper - Express and Star - on Monday 9 March 1891, the day of the Coroner’s Inquest.

'A MAN DROWNED IN WOLVERHAMPTON'

‘John Mullaney (59), of 52, Commercial-road, Wolverhampton, left his home about nine o'clock on Saturday night, saying he was going to the Bridge Inn, Bilston-road. He was, it is stated, under the influence of drink at the time, and as he did not return home inquiries were made respecting him. On Sunday morning Police constable Harvey received information that a man's hat and vest had been found on the canal side, near the Bilston-road bridge. He dragged the water, and found the body of Mullaney in about six feet of water. He got it out, and had it removed to the mortuary.'

Here is a copy of the marriage certificate of John Mullaney and Ann Duff(e)y. They were married at the church of Saints Philip and James in Edgeley, Stockport on 21 October, 1852. Their address at the time was Heaton Lane, Heaton Norris. John’s father is given as John Mullaney (deceased), a labourer; Ann’s father is given as Thomas Duffey, also a labourer.