MOM HENNESSY'S RESTAURANT FRONT STREET & SAVANNAH

ETHEL W HENNESSY

AKA MOM HENNESSY

HENNESSY'S RESTARUNT OF LEWES

Ethel W. Christian (Zukowsky), the W may be for Walker, born 1 April 1893, in

Pennsylvania. She was baptized same year in Methodist church Philadelphia as Ethel Christian. Her father listed as Harry Christian, born 1876, mother may have been Margret. When she was three

years old she had a half brother Clayton Christian born, 1897. In 1900 at age 7 she lived in Phila

and listed as granddaughter. Wednesday 6 August 1913, age 20 , she and Melvin C. Hennessy ,

(1893-1979) were married in Wilmington. They had three children of record, Ethel M., born 1915,

Melvin C., Jr., aka Bud, born 21 February 1917, who died 1984 in Lewes, Ruth Nevlin born

14 January 1922, at Port Penn, Delaware, when Ethel was 29 years old. At age 37, 1930, residence was New Castle, Delaware. Husband, Melvin, listed as conductor on railroad.

Now, to confuse everything, ancestry family tree, has Mom Hennessy listed as Ether W, maybe for Walker, Zukowsky, 1893 to 1950, father Harry Christian, married to Melvin C Hennessy, C for Clayton, three children, Ether, Melvin C, Jr., and Ruth. Ethel died 23 April 1950 Lewes and is buried at Bethel Cemetery.

Husband, Melvin Clayton Hennessy, Sr., was born 7 January 1893 in Pennsylvania, his father J. John Hennessy , 1869-1949, and mother Cora May VanSiclen , 1874 - 1960 .

More confusion, we come back to Zukowsky, Big six as we knew him..

He was born Leo Francis Zukowsky, 9 July 1897, died October 1974m, buried at Bethel. I was a pallbearer for him

as were six other Milton VFW member, because Melson could not find any friends who would take

time to carry him to the grave yard. Marriage certificates tell us Leo was married in Wilmingon, 1935 to a Helen Scott of Wilmington, and in 1947 married to Ethel Hennessy. I cannot figure the name

Zukowsky connection.

Then there is 'Bud' Melvin Clayton Hennsssy, Jr., born 1917. I knew bud well in the late 1930's

and early 1940's as he worked for my father who had farms near Love Creek, a cannery in Ellendale and the Warren cannery in Lewes, he will his one short leg, drove a truck, which I at age 8,9 or 10

rode with him near every mile he drove. Bud was married to Lillian Dodd, daughter of the local Midway blacksmith, John P and Arvesta M Dodd of Midway, . I think they had a son, by name of Melvin III. They divorced when he had the restaurant at route 1 and 24. and at age 35 married 18 year old Shirley Downes.