Kate Carney

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name = Kate Carney


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birth_name = Catherine M. (Carney?)
birth_date = 1869
birth_place = Southwark, London
death_date = 1950 aged 80
death_place = Wandsworth, London
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resting_place = Putney Vale Cemetery (Plot D5 no 47)
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occupation = Singer, music hall artist, theatre operator
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spouse = George Barclay (b. 1868)
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children = George (b.1887)
Richard (b.1889)
William (b.1891)
Harry (b.1893)
Kate (b.1899)
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relatives = Gladys Mavius


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Kate Carney (1869 – 1950) was an English singer and comedian who played the music halls in London.

Catherine M. -Kate- (Carney?) was born in Southwark, London in 1869 [No GRO birth entry under the surname Carney] 1901 census: RG13/475 f.162 p.28 - 221 Brixton Hill, Streatham - Kate Barclay, born Southwark, London] . She first appeared as Kate Carney at the Albert Music Hall in Canning Town, singing Irish songs. She was, however, more famous for her Cockney songs, and became known as the "Coster Comedienne". She appeared in the Royal Variety Performance in 1935, and, following the death of her husband, became the lessee of the Grand Theatre, Clapham Junction [ [http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Clapham.htm Theatres and Halls in Clapham Junction and Battersea ] ] in her own right. Carney continued to perform until just before she died in 1950 [GRO Register of Deaths: MAR 1950 5d 759 WANDSWORTH - Catherine M. Barclay, aged 80] , at the age of 80.

She married George Barclay (b.1868 Lambeth), a commission agent, in the late 1880s, and had at least 5 children all born in Newington, including:
* George (b.1887)
* Richard (b.1889)
* William (b.1891)
* Harry (b.1893)
* Kate (b.1899)

She is buried with her husband and a son, in Putney Vale Cemetery (Plot D5 no 47) [ [http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Burials.htm Music Hall and Variety Artistes Burial Places ] ] . She was also the mother-in-law of the Canadian dancer, Gladys Mavius.

ongs

*"Are We to Part Like This, Bill"
*"Three Pots a Shilling"
*"Sarah"
*"A Donkey Cart Built for Two"
*"Here's To An English Tar"
*"Mother, I Love You"
*"Stand Up For The Rose"
*"There's A Nice Little Home A-Waiting"

References

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last = Gammond
first = Peter
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title = Oxford Companion to Popular Music
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isbn = 0193113236
* cite book
last = Barker
first = Anthony
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title = Music Hall magazine, issue MH44
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* cite book
last = Kilgarriff
first = Michael
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title = Grace, Beauty & Banjos
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date = 1999
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External links

* [http://www.gabrielleray.150m.com/ArchivePressText2003/20031018.html Review] of Kate Carney at Hammersmith Varieties Theatre, March, 1897 - The Era, London, Saturday, 6 March 1897, p.18c/d at Gabrielle Ray's website
* [http://freespace.virgin.net/m.killy/sing-c.htm Sing Us One Of The Old Songs webpage] - A Guide to Popular Song 1860-1920 by Michael Kilgarriff

Persondata
NAME = Carney, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Barclay, Catherine M.
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Music hall entertainer, singer, theatre operator
DATE OF BIRTH = 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH = Southwark, London
DATE OF DEATH = 1950
PLACE OF DEATH = Wandsworth, London