Mary Elizabeth Allen

1877-1929

Mary Elizabeth, her parents, siblings and early life:

Mary Elizabeth was born in 1877 in Emberton, Buckinghamshire. She was baptised on the 8^th July 1877 in Emberton, Buckingham, the daughter of James and Susanna Palmer Andrews (nee Rogers) who were married in 1867, in Buckinghamshire.

Her father James Andrew was born 1843 in Clifton Reynes, Buckinghamshire. He was baptised in 1843 in Clifton Reynes, the son of Henry and Ann Andrews (nee Timpson) who were married in 1840 (marriage registered in Newport Pagnell, surname recorded as Andrew)

Her mother Susanna Palmer was baptised on the 5^th April 1846, in Sherington, Buckinghamshire, the daughter of Isaac and Ann Rogers (nee Palmer) who were married on the 22^nd April 1844, in Sherington.

James and Susanna also had the following children:

Harry James, 1870 (died aged 13 in 1884)

Walter, 1872

Joseph George, 1874

William Collins, 1875

Sarah Annie, c1879

Nellie, 1880

Francis, c1882

Edith Susannah, c1885

Fanny, 1888

In 1881 James (38), a Foreman/General Labourer, Susanna (35), a Lace Maker, Harry (10), Walter (8), Joseph G. (7), William (5), Mary E. (3), Sarah A. (2) and Nellie (8 months) (mistakenly recorded as Willie on ancestry), were living at Emberson Lodge, Emberton, Buckinghamshire.

The 1891 census records Mary (14) working as a Servant, in Southlands Grove, Bromley, Kent for a Reginald Woodham (36) a Clerk in Holy Orders and his family.

Mary Elizabeth in later life:

Mary married in 1900

Marriage details:
Place: St Stephen, Kensington, London

Date: 30^th July 1900

Groom: Charles Jackson Allen, aged 48, bachelor, occupation, Decorator, abode, 2 Victoria Terrace, Newbury

Bride: Mary Elizabeth Andrews, aged 37, spinster, abode, 31 Queen’s Gate

Fathers: Alfred Allen, a Decorator and James Andrews, a Farm Bailiff

Witnesses: Edwin Hopkins Allen and Sarah Annie Andrews

(Charles Jackson Allen was born on the 7^th January 1875, in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Alfred and Martha Allen (nee Hopkins) who were married on the 1^st January 1866 in Ham, Wiltshire)

The 1901 census records Charles (26) as a House Decorator living at 1 West Street, Newbury, with Mary (23).

Charles and Mary had the following two children:

Margaret Mary, 1902

Edwin Andrew, 1915

The 1911 census records Charles (36) as a House Painter, living at 1 West Street, Newbury, with Mary (33), Margaret (8) and two boarders.

In 1921 Charles (46), a House Decorator, Mary (44), Margaret (18), a Postmaster Telegraphist, Edwin (5) and a boarder, were recorded living at The Willows, Craven Road, Newbury.

The family were living at 41 Bartholomew Street, Newbury by 1929.

Mary Elizabeth died aged 52, on the 3^rd November 1929. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8^th November.

Charles continued to live at 41 Bartholomew Street until 1938.

The 1939 Register records Charles as a House Decorator, living at 60 Craven Road, Newbury.

Charles died aged 92 on the 24^th May 1967, at Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton, Hampshire. His body was brought to Newbury and he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 31^st May, with Mary Elizabeth.

Probate: ALLEN Mary Elizabeth of 41 Bartholomew-street Newbury Berkshire (wife of Charles Jackson Allen) died 3^rd November 1929 Probate Oxford to the said Charles Jackson Allen decorator Effects: £328 8s 6d

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