Eliza Allen

c1788-1857

Eliza was baptised on the 28^th September 1788, in Farnborough, Berkshire, the daughter of William and Hannah Taylor.

William and Hannah also had the following children baptised in Farnborough:

 Charles, 18^th March 1787

Stephen, 16^th March 1791

Mary, 14^th July 1793

Sarah, 15^th November 1795

William, 25^th February 1798

John, 31^st October 1802

George, 12^th October 1806

Eliza married in 1809

Marriage details:

Place: St Nicolas Church, Newbury

Date: 14^th August 1809

Groom: Thomas Allen, bachelor of this parish

Bride: Eliza Taylor, spinster of this parish

Witnesses: John Wright and Andrew Grove Atlee

(According to the 1851 census, Thomas was born c1789, in Marsh Benham, Berkshire).

Thomas and Eliza had the following children baptised at St Nicolas Church, Newbury:

Sophia, born 31^st January, baptised 11^th February 1810

Charles, born 6^th April, baptised 3^rd May 1812

Sarah, baptised 20^th November 1814

Mary, baptised 12^th January 1817

George, 22^nd April 1821 (died aged 3, in 1824, buried 22^nd May at St Nicolas, Newbury)

William, baptised 12^th October 1823

Edward, baptised 27^th November 1825 (died aged 6 months, buried 13^th June 1826, at St Nicolas, Newbury)

George, baptised 3^rd June 1827

In 1815 Thomas (26), Eliza (25) and their children, Sophia (5), John (3),*** Sarah, an infant and a Sarah Taylor (19), (Eliza’s sister) were living in Elkin’s Yard, on the west side of Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

***(No baptism found for John and no death found for Charles, baptised in 1812 so possibly John and Charles were the same person)

The 1841 census records Thomas (50) as a Baker, living in Northbrook Street, Newbury, with Eliza (50) a Washerwoman and their sons, William (15) a Painter’s Apprentice and George (14), a Labourer.

The 1851 census records Thomas (62) as an Almshouse Labourer, living in Northcroft Lane, Newbury with Eliza (62), their daughter Mary (32) and their grandson, Henry Allen (7). (Surname recorded as Allin on ancestry)

Eliza died aged 68 in 1857. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 30^th January.

Thomas died the following year (age at death recorded as 72). He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21^st July 1858.

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