Personal Details of Mark Jenkins Allen
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| Buried: | 16/03/1922 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Mark Jenkins Allen | ||||||
| Age at Death | 50 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 16 March 1922 | ||||||
| Abode |
3 Fair View, Wash Hill
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | T. Gerard Tylee | ||||||
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Burial Register entry for Mark Jenkins Allen
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Burial Register Entry for Mark Jenkins Allen
Memorial Details
| South facing kerbstone: In Loving Memory Of Mark J. Allen who died March 11th. 1922 aged 50. East facing kerbstone: Peace Perfect Peace. | |
| Name on Memorial | Mark J. ALLEN |
| Date of death | 11/03/1922 |
| Age | 50 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | 4 kerbstones |
| Construction Material | Limestone |
| Condition of memorial | Fair condition. Engraved text some erosion. Heavy vegetation. Lichen. |
| Pattison Location Code | LS (D) 13 |
Newspaper Cuttings
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Deaths - Mark Allen
| Source: | nwn |
| Article date: | 16/03/1922 |
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| Transciption: | Newbury Weekly News Dated 16th March 1922 ALLEN – March, 11th, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, the result of an accident, Mark, the beloved husband of Isabella Allen, of Wash Common, Newbury, and eldest son of the late Mark Allen of Newtown. |
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FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOODLEY MAN FALLS FROM SCAFFOLDING
| Source: | Reading Observer |
| Article date: | 17/03/1922 |
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| Transciption: | Reading Observer Dated Friday 17th March 1922 FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOODLEY MAN FALLS FROM SCAFFOLDING A verdict of “accidental death” was returned by the Coroner (Mr. J. J. Martin) at an inquest on Monday on Mark Jenkins Allen, a Newbury carpenter, who fell from some scaffolding at Woodhay – The atier died at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Mr. A. Marshall, solicitor of Newbury, appeared on behalf of the deceased’s family, while Mr. H. Medway, of Messrs. Brain and Brain, represented the employers, Messrs. Bance of Ball Hill and the Insurance Company. Mrs. Allen, of 3 Fairview, Wash Hill, Newbury, widow of deceased, said: “Her husband enjoyed good health and on Monday morning in last week he left home to go to work. She knew nothing about the accident, but later saw him in the Newbury District Hospital, where he said he could not remember anything about it except that he had stumbled.” Dr. Manley, jouse surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital said Allen was admitted from the Newbury District Hospital on March 8th, and he was conscious and paralysed in the lower extremities. On March 10th deceased was operated upon in order to remove fragments of bone pressing on his spinal cord, but he died the following morning. The cause of death was shock, following the fractured dislocation of the spine.
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED Walter Gale, of Woolton Hill, Newbury, said: that about 1.15pm on the day of the accident he was driving towards a new house erected at Woolton Hill when he saw Allen, whom he knew, walking along the scaffolding planks, and suddenly he disappeared, all he saw were his legs in the air. Witness went to the scene and saw other men raising Allen up and the latter said: “What’s up? What’s up? Have I fell?” Cyril Bance, of Ball Hill, Newbury, a carpenter, in the employ of Messrs. Bance, said: he was working with deceased – Allen being on the scaffold planks and witness on the roof. He saw Allen walking along the scaffold and as he turned the corner he appeared to fall over the hip and roll right off the planking to the ground – a depth of 18 feet. He added that Allen was a careful workman and, as far as he knew, was sober. In answer to Mr. Marshall, witness said that the planking was perfectly sound – four 9 inch planks, being used.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH Mr. Bance, sen. said deceased was one of the best workmen and had been employed by his firm for a number of years – twenty years or more. Although Allen was 50 years of age, he was sure-footed and was like a cat on a roof. Witness extended his sincere sympathy with the bereaved family and relatives. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, there being no evidence to show how he fell. He also expressed his sympathy with the family. |
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Biographical Information
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Mark Jenkins Allen 1871-1922
Mark Jenkins Allen
1871-1922
Mark, his parents, siblings and early life:
Mark was born in Weston, Berkshire. He was baptised in 1871 in Greenham, Berkshire, the son of Mark and Jemima Allen (nee Dance) who were married in 1870 (marriage registered in Newbury)
His mother Jemima Sophia was born in 1850, in Marlborough Wiltshire. She was baptised on the 5th May 1850, at Market Lavington, Primitive Methodist Station, the daughter of William and Hannah Dance (nee Newton) who were married in 1844. (Marriage registered in Newbury). Jemima died aged 93, in 1943 (death registered in Wokingham)
His father Mark was born c1849 in Greenham, Berkshire, the son of Mark (a Farmer) and Caroline Allen (nee Jenkins) who were married on the 1st February 1845, in Thatcham, Berkshire. Mark died aged 49, in 1897 (death registered in Fareham, Hampshire).
Jemima and Mark also had the following two children:
Caroline Hannah Louisa Annie, born c1875, in Thatcham
William Frederick Stephen Tomlin, born 1881, in Newtown, Hampshire.
In 1871 Mark (2 months) was recorded living at Weston Mill, Welford, Berkshire, with his mother Jemima (21), his great grandmother Hannah Newton (77), his grandparents, William Dance (49) a Miller, Hannah Dance (49), his uncles, Alfred Dance (19), John Dance (16), Wellington Dance (15), Frederic Dance (14) Albert Dance (11) and his aunt, Fanny Dance (8). His father Mark (22), a Wheelwright, was recorded boarding in Sonning, Berkshire, with a widow, Harriet Chandler (62).
In 1881 Mark (31), a Carpenter, Jemima (31), Mark (10), Caroline (6) and William (1 month), were recorded living in Newtown Common, Nr. Newbury, Berkshire.
The 1891 census records Mark (41) a Carpenter, Jemima (41) and their children, Mark (20), a Carpenter, Caroline (16), a Domestic Servant and William (10), living at Sheepwash, Kingsclere, Hampshire.
Mark in later life:
Mark married in 1894
Marriage details:
Place: Burghclere, Hampshire
Date: 26th March 1894
Groom: Mark Jenkins Allen, aged 23, bachelor, occupation, Carpenter, abode, Burghclere Common
Bride: Hannah Isabella Smith, aged 22, spinster, abode, Newbury
Fathers: Mark Allen, a Carpenter and John Smith, a Cowman
Witnesses: George Allen and C. H. L. A. Allen
(Hannah Isabella (aka Isabella) was born on the 15th December 1870, in Newbury Berkshire, the daughter of John and Mary Ann Smith (nee Chamberlain) who were married in 1868 (marriage registered in Wantage)
Mark and Hannah Isabella had the following children:
Mark William John, c1895
Kathleen Isabella Maud, 1900
A stillborn child in 1903 (buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15th April)
Vera Irene Louisa, 1915
The 1901 census records Mark (30) as a Carpenter, living in The Wash, Park Lane, Newbury, with Isabella (29) (Hannah Isabella), William (6) (Mark William John) and Maud (7 months) (Kathleen Isabella Maud)
In 1911 Mark (40) a House Carpenter, Isabella (39), William (16), an Under Gardener, and Maude (10), were recorded living at Park Lane Cottage, Andover Road, Newbury.
The 1921 census records Mark (50), a Carpenter, Isabella (49), Vera (6) and their granddaughter Grace Allen (1), living at 3 Fairview, off Andover Road, Newbury.
Mark died aged 50 on the 11th March 1922, in Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading. His body was brought to Newbury and he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16th March.
Hannah was recorded in the 1939 Register living at 3 Fair View. She continued to live there until her death in 1963.
Probate: ALLEN Mark of 3 Fair View Wash-hill Newbury Berkshire carpenter died 11th March 1922 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading Administration Oxford 12th April to Hannah Isabella Allen widow. Effects: £134 9s 7d
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