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ID: 252 (Rose) Elizabeth Jane Gatward 1881-1938 aka Rose Allen 
Gaz’s Great Grandmother

Birth   

19 June 1881

Therfield, Hertfordshire

Death

December 1938 ?

Royston, Hertfordshire?

Mother   

Julia Ann Hagger (b.1851)/ID:290

Father   

Thomas Gatward (b.1848) /ID:255

 

Siblings 

Thomas Charles Hagger (b.1871) /ID:305

 

Frederick Gatward (b.1877) /ID:242

 

Emily Gatward (b.1879) /ID:240

 

Winifred Gatward (b.1884) /ID:263

 

Henry George Gatward (b.1886) /ID:245

 

Walter Reginald Gatward (b.1889) /ID:259

 

Charlie Gatward (b.1892) /ID:237

Spouse  

Mark Henry Allen (b.1884) /ID:29

 

Children 

Mark Henry Allen (b.1905)/ID:30

 

Thomas Charles Allen (b.1905)/ID:37

 

Henry George Allen (b.1905)/ID:19

 

Ernest Thomas Allen (b.1908-1976) /ID:17

 

Sidney Allen (b.1911) /ID:35

 

Elizabeth Mary Eliza Amelia Allen (b.1914) /ID:16

 

Charlie Allen (b.1918)/ID:12

 

 

 

1881

19 June 1881 – Birth of Elizabeth Jane Gatward,

 

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7th August 1881- Baptism of Elizabeth Gatward in Therfield, Hertfordshire

 

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1891 - 1891 Census for 'Boatmans Cottages, Therfield' 

Name                       

Relationship   

Condition  

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County                     

Occupation                 

Thomas Gatward    

Head               

Married     

43      

1848       

Male      

Therfield                            

Agr. Labourer           

Julia Ann Gatward

Wife

Married

40

1851

Female

Therfield

 

Emily Gatward

Daughter

 

11

1880

Female

Therfield

 

Elizabeth Gatward

Daughter

 

9

1882

Female

Therfield

 

Winfred Gatward

Daughter

 

6

1885

Female

Therfield

 

Henry G Gatward

Son

 

5

1886

Male

Therfield

 

Walter R Gatward

Son

 

2

1889

Male

Therfield

 

 



1901
1901 Census for ’58, Queens Road, St Marylebone, London, Middlesex’ 

Name                       

Relationship   

Condition  

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County                     

Occupation                 

Arthur D McCormick    

Head               

Widower

40

1861

Male      

Ireland

Artist Painter

Helen G McCormick

Daughter

Female

5

1896

Female

Marylebone, Middlesex

 

Nellie E Kempstenlasker

Servant

Single

35

1866

Female

Colchester, Essex

Governess

Elizabeth J Gatwick

Servant

Single

19

1882

Female

Therfield, Herts

Gen Dom Servant

 

 

 

 

1904

1904 – Marriage of ‘Rose’ Elizabeth Jane Gatward and Mark Henry Allen at Hampstead, London. Witnesses at the wedding were Hubert Viner Lack & Florence Margaret Lund

 

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1905

4th - 6th January 1905 - Birth and death of twin sons

On 4th January 1905 Rose gave birth to twin boys Mark Henry and Thomas Charles in Hertfordshire but unfortunately two days later on 6th January both little boys passed away.

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1905

22nd December 1905 - Son Henry George is born

On 22nd December their son Henry George was born in Woolwich, Kent.  

7th January 1906 - Son Henry George is baptised at St Thomas in Woolwich

The baptism record shows Mark and Rose living at 57, Kidd Street, Woolwich which was very close to the Royal Horse Artillery Barracks where we know Mark served in the Army.

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1908

Oct-Dec 1908 - Son Ernest Thomas is born

In October 1908 their son Ernest Thomas was born in Farnham, Aldershot.

 

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1909

1909-1910 - Death of son Henry George

Rose & Mark's son Henry George sadly passed away in Jan-Mar 1909 age 3 . We do not know the cause of death at this time. The first record states his name as George Henry but is situated in his place of birth... the second is in Yorkshire where Rose & Mark were living by 1911.

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1911

2 April 1911 - 1911 Census for '14, Lorraine Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire'

Name                                   

Relationship   

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation                                  

Mark Henry Allen

Head               

29        

1882      

Male      

Dudley, Worcester

Soldier "Anvil Maker"                 

Rose Elizabeth Jane Allen

Wife

29

1882

Female

Fairfield, Cambs

Soldiers Wife

Ernest Thomas Allen

Son

2

1909

Male

Aldershot

 

The 1911 census confirms that the couple had 3 sons who were deceased and 1 child that was living.

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Later in 1911, Rose, now 30, had another son, Sidney but we are struggling to find his birth details. 

 

1912 – Death of Emily, Rose’s sister.

 

1914
Aug 3rd, 1914 – Birth of daughter Elizabeth Mary Eliza Amelia Allen born in Dudley, Staffordshire. (The following day WW1 was officially declared which must have been a worrying time as Mark Henry was still a serving soldier in the army)

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In October 1914, Rose's mother passed away at Dane End in Therfield.

 

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1916- 19 April 1916 she lost her brother Walter Reginald (pictured above ) in Ypres, Belgium during WW1.

 

1917 - 9th August 1917 she lost another brother , Charlie, in Ypres, Belgium.

 

1917 - October that year a third brother , Henry George was killed in Isreal.

We are not sure where Mark Henry was fighting as we cannot find his records but we know that Roses son Charlie was born in Dudley in 1918.

Information from this time onwards is a little sketchy but we know the three younger children spent some time in a Barnados Childrens home in Birmingham. We are not sure yet why the children were there or where Rose and Mark were during that time.

 

 

1921

April 1921 - 1921 Census for ‘Buckland, Buntingford, Hertfordshire’

Name                                   

Relationship   

Marriage/Orphaned

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation                                  

Elizabeth Allen

Head

Married-Parted

40

1881

Female

Therfield, Herts

Housekeeper , Templeton Farmer, Buckland

Charlie Allen

Son

Both alive

3yr 5m

1918

Male

Birmingham, Staffs

 



1938
1938 – Death of Elizabeth Jane Allen at Royston, Hertfordshire.

 

 

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