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ID:100 Mary Ann Benbow (Allen) 1854-
Gaz's 2nd Great Grandmother

Birth   

10th February 1854 

Dudley, Staffordshire

Death



Dudley, Staffordshire

Mother   

Mary Ann Holmes (b.1823) /ID:324

Father   

William Benbow (b.1812) /ID:102

 

Siblings 

Joseph Benbow (b.1842) /ID:98

 

William Benbow (b.1847) /ID:103

 

Margaret Benbow (b.1848) /ID:99

 

Sarah Benbow (b.1850) /ID:101

 

Mary Ann Benbow (b.1854) /ID:100

               

John Benbow (b.1860) /ID:97



Charles Benbow (b.1862)/ID:95

 

Betsy Benbow (b.1865)/ID:96

 

Thomas Benbow (b.1866)/ID:921

 

Jane Benbow (b.1872)/ID:924

 

Spouse  

Charles Henry Allen (b.1852) /ID:9 

Children 

Charles Allen (b.1873) /ID:5

 

Edward A Allen (b.1875) /ID:14

 

William Allen (b.1877) /ID:39

 

James Allen (b.1880) /ID:20

 

Mark Henry Allen (b.1882) /ID:29

 

John Allen (b.1888) /ID:24

 

 

 

 

1854

10th or 18th Feb 1854 - Birth of Mary Ann Benbow who was christened at St Thomas's Church, Dudley on 26 March 1854 

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1861

1861 census for 'Wellington Road, Dudley'

Name                    

Relationship   

Status    

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County                 

Occupation                 

William Benbow

Head               

Married 

48        

1813     

Male       

Dudley, Worcs             

 

Margaret Benbow

Daughter

 

11

1850

Female

Dudley, Worcs             

 

Sarah Benbow

Daughter

 

8

1853

Female

Dudley, Worcs             

 

Mary Benbow

Daughter

 

6

1855

Female

Dudley, Worcs             

 

John Benbow

Son

 

1

1860

Male

Dudley, Worcs             

 

Jane Benbow

Boarder

 

23

1838

Female

Dudley, Worcs             

Housekeeper

Fanny Dark

Boarder

 

18

1843

Female

Dudley, Worcs             

 

 

 

 

1873

11th April 1873 - Birth of son, Charles Allen in Dudley, who was christened at St Thomas in Dudley on 1st May 1873.

 

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1874

11th May 1874 - Marriage of Charles Allen and Mary Ann Benbow at St Thomas in Dudley, Worcestershire.

 

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Above: St Thomas's Parish Church , Dudley.

 

 

1875

17th June 1875 - Birth of Edward Allen.

Edward Allen was born at 25 Dock Lane, Dudley.
He was the second son of Charles Henry and Mary Ann Allen nee Benbow

 

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1877

2 October 1877 -  Birth of William

William Allen was born  in  Dudley.
He was the third son of Charles Henry and Mary Ann Allen nee Benbow.

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1880

2nd Dec 1880 - Birth of James Allen

James Allen was born Dudley.
He was the fourth son of Charles Henry and Mary Ann Allen nee Benbow. He was christenened at St. Thomas' in Dudley on 29th December 1880.

 

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Around 1880, there is a newspaper clipping about the brothers and sisters appearing at Dudley Police Court after a fight broke out between the brothers.

 

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Transcript: DUDLEY POLICE COURT – Monday 
Before J Stokes (Mayor), W. William and C.Cochrane, Regrs 
  
A DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR – Charles Allen, Vauxhall Street, was charged with assaulting Sarah Benbow (his sister in law), on the 2nd inst. 
-Complainant stated that the defendant struck her because she endeavoured to prevent him and his brother (William), from fighting. The defendants wife also struck her (Mary Ann, her sister). The defendant admitted the offence, but urged inextenuation that the complainant struck him in the first instance. The row began in Darbys public house in Dock Lane, where he and his brother had been drinking ‘quart to quart’ and at last when it came to his brothers turn to pay he refused, which led to words between them. – In reply to Mr Barradale the defendant stated that he had spent 2s 6d for ale, and when the row began the landlord turned him and his brother out of the house. – Margaret Rutter, sister to the complainant said her sister struck the defendant in the first instance, and that was before they were turned out of the public house. She did not see what took place in the street, nor did she know how her sister came by the black eye. By the Mayor:- She saw her sister lying upon her back in a fit in the street. Did not see anyone strike her. The mayor said it was very disgraceful on her part to come and give such evidence against her sister. Witness: I came here to speak the truth. The mayor said although the defendant would go and spend such a lot of money on beer he did not suppose he had five shillings worth of furniture in his house. In his opinion the defendant was a disgrace to his country. He dared say the defendants house was more like a pig stye than anything else, and the landlord who would permit men to spend so much in his house was worse than the defendant. He was sorry he had not the power to put an end to such conduct. As the defendant had so much money to spend on beer he would endeavour to see how much he had to get him out of that difficulty. He would fine him 10s. and costs, in default 14 days imprisonment. The defendant : ‘Thankyou Sir, not a copper will I pay, Sir’. – In reply to a question from the mayor the complainant said she lived with the defendants brother at 28 Vauxhall Street. The Mayor: ‘I will go and call round there’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1881

3 April 1881 - The 1881 census for '28, Vauxhall Street, Dudley'

Name                 

Relationship   

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County                 

Occupation                 

Charles Allen     

Head               

29       

1852     

Male       

Kidderminster, Worcs

Bricklayers Labourer

Mary Allen

Wife

28

1853

Female

Dudley, Worcs

 

Charles Allen

Son

9

1872

Male

Dudley, Worcs

Scholar

Edward Allen

Son

6

1875

Male

Dudley, Worcs

Scholar

William Allen

Son

3

1878

Male

Dudley, Worcs

 

James Allen

Son

4 mths

1880

Male

Dudley, Worcs

 

 

 

 

1884 

Apr-Jun 1884 - Birth of Mark Henry

Birth registration of Mark Henry Allen in Dudley, Staffs
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1888

1888 - Birth of son John Thomas

 

 

 

1891

5th April 1891 - 1891 Census for 'Lawley Street, Dudley'

Name                 

Relationship   

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation

Charles Allen     

Head               

41       

1850      

Male      

Worcester, Worcs

Bricklayers Labourer

Mary A Allen

Wife

39

1852

Female

Dudley, Worcs

 

Edward A Allen

Son

16

1875

Male

Dudley, Worcs

Coal Miner

William Allen

Son

14

1877

Male

Dudley, Worcs

Iron Moulder

James Allen

Son

10

1881

Male

Dudley, Worcs

 

Mark Allen

Son

8

1883

Male

Dudley, Worcs

 

John Allen

Son

4

1887

Male

Dudley, Worcs

 

 

 

1901

31st March 1901 - 1891 Census for '47, Flood Street, Dudley'

Name                 

Relationship   

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County            

Occupation                                  

Charles H Allen 

Head               

54       

1847      

Male      

Stourport, Worcs    

Bricklayers Labourer

Mary Ann Allen

Wife

55

1846

Female

Dudley, Worcs

Pedlar /Hawker (own business)

Mark H Allen

Son

19

1882

Male

Dudley, Worcs

Bricklayers Labourer

John T Allen

Son

14

1887

Male

Dudley, Worcs

Brass Dresser