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Personal Details of Martha Allen

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Buried:	29/08/1898

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Burial Register

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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	"In Loving Memory of / IHS / Martha, / wife of Alfred Allen, / born July 29th 1839 , / died Aug 25th. 1989. / ""Say not good night, - but in some brighter clime, / bid me good morning.""/ Also of / Alfred Allen, / died April 19th. 1929, / aged 86 years.// On footstone: M.A./ 1898 /A.A ./1929//"

Name on Memorial	Martha ALLEN
Date of death	25/08/1898
Age	59
Gender	Female

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Limestone
Condition of memorial	Headstone with lettering. Footstone immediately next to the headstone is not from this grave, but probably from the grave to the NW. Some letters missing. Footstone partly buried.
Pattison Location Code	30A
Others named on memorial
Alfred ALLEN

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Martha Allen
Date of burial	29/08/1898
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Family Grave Reserved Ground
By whom buried	Reverend G Bolderston
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 102
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Martha Allen
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

deaths - Martha Allen

Source:	nwn
Article date:	01/09/1898
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 1^st September 1898 ALLEN – Aug. 25, at West-street, Newbury, Martha wife of Alfred Allen.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

The articles below contain information about Martha Allen.

Martha Allen 1839-1898

Martha Allen

1839-1898

Martha, her parents, siblings and early life:

Martha was born on the 29^th July 1839, in Inkpen, Berkshire. She was baptised on the 15^th September 1839 in Inkpen, the daughter of George and Sarah Hopkins (nee Jackson) who were married on the 22^nd October 1836, in Inkpen.

Martha’s father George, was born c1803 in Inkpen.

Her mother Sarah was baptised on the 22^nd October 1809, in Ham, Wiltshire, the daughter of Jemima Jackson.

George and Sarah also had the following children baptised in Inkpen:
Agnes, 3^rd September 1837

Mark, 9^th January 1842

Thomas, 26^th May 1844

George, 7^th June 1846

Harriet, 1^st December 1848

Sarah, 28^th December 1851

In 1841 George (35), a Farmer, Sarah (30), Agnes (3) and Martha (1), were recorded living at Little Field, Inkpen.

The 1851 census records George (48), a Maltster’s Labourer, Sarah (41), Agnes (13), Martha (11), Mark ((), Thomas (7), George (5) and Harriet (2), living in Upper Green, Inkpen.

In 1861 Martha (21) was working as a General Servant, for a Retired Solicitor, William Hall (60) in the High Street, Hungerford, Berkshire. (ancestry have mistakenly recoded her surname as Stephens)

Martha in later life:

Martha married in 1866.

Marriage details:

Place: Ham, Wiltshire

Date: 1^st January 1866

Groom: Alfred Allen, full age, bachelor, occupation, Glazier, abode, Newbury

Bride: Martha Hopkins, full age, spinster, abode, Ham

Fathers: William Allen, deceased and George Hopkins, a Maltster

Witnesses: George Hopkins and Agnes Hopkins

(Alfred was born c1842 in Newbury, Berkshire, the son of William and Sarah Allen (nee Jordan) who were married on the 23^rd October 1820, at St Mary, Speen, Berkshire).

Alfred and Martha had the following children:

Alfred Hopkins, 1866

Agnes Sarah, 1868 (died aged 9, on the 14^th July 1877, buried in the NRC on the 15^th July)

Elizabeth Gertrude, 1870

Emily Jordan, 1872

Charles Jackson, c1875

Edwin Hopkins, 1878

William Hopkins, 1881

The 1871 census records Alfred (29), a Painter, employing 1 man and 1 boy, living in West Street, Newbury, with Martha (30), Alfred H (4), Agnes S (3) and Elizabeth G (11 months).

The 1881 census records Alfred (39) as a Master Plumber, employing 2 men and 1 boy. He was still living in West Street, with Martha (41) and their children, Alfred (14), Elizabeth (10), Emily (8), Charles (6) and Edwin (2).

In 1891 Alfred (48), a Decorator, Martha (51), Elizabeth (20), Emily (18), both Dressmakers, Charles (16), a Decorator’s Apprentice, Edwin (14) and William (9) were again recorded living in West Street.

Martha died aged 59, on the 25^th August 1898. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 29^th August

Alfred after Martha’s death:

Alfred remarried in 1900, his 2^nd wife Charlotte Street

(Charlotte was baptised on the 13^th September 1833, in Newtown, Hampshire, the daughter of William (a Publican) and Sarah Street)

In 1901 Alfred (58), a Plumber and Decorator and Charlotte (67), were recorded living in Chesterfield Road, Newbury.

The 1911 census records Alfred (68) as a Plumber and Decorator, living with Charlotte (77) and a servant, at “Springdale” Chesterfield Road, Newbury.

The 1921 census records Alfred (78) and Charlotte (87) living at 12 Chesterfield Road, Newbury. Alfred was recorded as a self-employed Decorator, at 1, West Street, Newbury.

Charlotte died aged 89 in 1923, in Newbury.

Alfred died aged 86 on the 19^th April 1929. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 22^nd April, with Martha.

Mrs P Page 35 Code 30A

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