Mary Ann was the daughter of Martin and Catherine (Dolan) Kelly. She married Frederick Meincke in San Francisco ca 1877. They had several children together.
The couple ran boardinghouses and saloons in San Francisco mostly in the Mission Road area. One of those businesses was called the Five Mile House which they took over around 1889-1900.
I think Mary must have been an exceptional woman for her time. Instead of her brothers, she was the one in charge of handling the affairs of her father’s estate and her uncle, Patrick Dolan. Patrick’s estate was contested and lead to a lengthy legal battle between West Coast and East Coast cousins. It makes me think that she might have had some business sense, otherwise, why not give the sons these duties?
Mary lived a long life. She survived her husband’s death in 1901. She survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. I notice in records that many of her children remained single and lived with her until her death. The family bonds must have been very tight.
She died in 1935 at the age of 75.
Name: Mary Ann KELLY
Sex: Female
Father: Martin J. KELLY-8410 (1825-1899)
Mother: Catharine DOLAN-8411 (1830-1899)
Individual Facts
Birth 17 Dec 1859 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Residence 1868 (about age 9) 111 Jessie; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Alt. Name 1870 (about age 11) Mary KELLY
Residence 1870 (about age 11) San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Occupation bet 1880 and 1900 (between about age 21 and about 41) Owner Five Mile House; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Residence 1880 (about age 21) 26th Street; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Property Sep 1893 (about age 33) W corner of Telegraph Road and Tingley Street; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Residence 1900 (about age 41) 274 Mission Road; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Residence bet 1900 and 1902 (between about age 41 and about 43) 4298 Mission Road; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Residence 1900 (about age 41) 4298 Mission; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Property Nov 1900 (about age 40) Land transfer from Frederick (husband) to Mary W line of Mission and Tingley; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Residence bet 1907 and 1922 (between about age 48 and about 63) 19 Cotter; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Alt. Name 1910 (about age 51) Mary A. MEINCKE
Alt. Name 1922 (about age 63) Mary A. MEINCKE
Residence bet 1927 and 1930 (between about age 68 and about 71) 31 Cotter; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Death 12 Feb 1935 (age 75) San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Burial 15 Feb 1935 (age 75) Holy Cross (Colma) Catholic Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo Co., CA
Residence 1935 (about age 76) 22 Cotter; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA
Alt. Name Mary A. Menicke
Cause of Death Diabetes; Myorcarditis
Marriages/Children
1. Frederick MEINCKE-8486 (1848-1900)
Marriage abt 1877 (about age 18)
Children Frederick Joseph “Jr.” MEINCKE-8492 (1878-1961)
Katherine “Katie” A. MEINCKE-8505 (1879-1911)
Gertrude E. MEINCKE-8499 (1881-1966)
Winifred Henrietta “Hattie W.” MEINCKE-8504 (1886-1959)
Albert P. MEINCKE-8500 (1887-1972)
Mary Eva MEINCKE-8503 (1889-1972)
Ralph M. MEINCKE-8502 (1891-1963)
Charles M. MEINCKE-8501 (1892-1968)
Frances Grace MEINCKE-8506 (1894-1984)
