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ID:20

James Allen 1880-1963

 

 

Relationship:

Gaz's 2nd Great Uncle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth:

2nd December 1880 Dudley, Worcestershire

 

 

Death:

March 1963 Cannock, Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother:

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

 

 

Father:

Charles Henry Allen (b.1852) /ID:9 

 

 

Siblings:

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spouse:

Eliza Jackson (b.1879)/ID:338

 

 

Children:

Mary Ann Allen (b.1900)/ID:32

 

 

 

John Thomas Allen (b.1904)/ID:26

 

 

 

Elizabeth Allen (b.1906)/ID:15

 

 

 

Jane Allen (b.1909)/ID:22

 

 

 

James Henry Allen (b.1910)/ID:21

 

 

 

Evelyn B Allen (b.1913)/ID:18

 

 

 

Charles Henry Allen (b.1915)/ID:10

 

 

 

William Edward Allen (b.1919)/ID:41

 

 

 

Eliza A Allen (b.1921)/ID:1742

 

 

 

Lucy A Allen (b.1923)/ID:1743

 

 

 

+ 2 unknown who died before 1911

 

 

 

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 christened at St. Thomas' in Dudley on 29th December 1880.

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

1891

5th April 1891 - 1891 Census for 'Yawley 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

 

 

 

 

1900

 

10th September 1900 - Marriage of James Allen & Eliza Jackson

James married Eliza Jackson from Dudley in their hometown. 

 

 

1900

December 1900 - Birth of Mary Ann Allen in Dudley

Daughter, Mary Ann was born late Nov to Early December in Dudley and was christened on 5th December 1900.

 

 

 

 

1901

31st March 1901 - 1901 Census for '3, Dunn Street, Dudley'

 

Name          

Relationship   

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County     

Occupation         

James Allen    

Head         

21    

1880    

Male     

Dudley         

Bricklayers Labourer 

Eliza Allen

Wife

21

1880

Female

Dudley

 

Mary A Allen

Daughter

4mths

1900

Female

Dudley

 

 

 

1904

27th Feb 1904 - Birth of son, John Thomas in Dudley

 

 

 

1906

6 May 1906- Birth of daughter, Elizabeth Allen in Dudley

 

 

 

1909

Early 1909 - Birth of daughter, Jane Allen in Dudley

 

 

 

1909-1910

The family move to Hednesford , Staffordshire.

 

1910

27 Jul 1910 - Birth of son James Henry in Cannock

 

 

 

1911

2 April 1911 - 1911 Census for '17 Bradford St, Hightown, Hednesford'

 

Name               

Relationship   

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County       

Occupation         

James Allen          

Head         

31     

1880    

Male     

Dudley, Worcs     

Miner - Hewers Loader

Eliza Allen

Wife

31

1880

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Mary Ann Allen

Daughter

11

1900

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

John Thomas Allen

Son

7

1904

Male     

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Lizzie Allen

Daughter

5

1906

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

Jane Allen

Daughter

2

1909

Female

Dudley, Worcs     

 

James Allen

Son

8mths

1910

Male     

Hednesford, Staffs

 

We know from the 1911 census that there were two more children who had died before 1911.

 

 

 

1913

20th Sept 1913 - Birth of daughter, Evelyn B in Hednesford.

 

 

 

1915

29th July 1915 - Birth of son Charles Henry in Hednesford.

 

 

 

1919

29th Oct 1919 - Birth of son William Edward in Hednesford.

 

 

 

1921

25 Jan 1921 - Birth of daughter Eliza A Allen in Cannock.

 

 

 

1923

1923 - Birth of daughter Lucy A Allen in Cannock.

 

 

 

1939

2 April 1939 - 1939 Registry for '46 John Street, Wimblebury'

 

Name              

Gender  

DOB        

Status   

Occupation         

James Allen          

Male    

02/12/1880  

Married 

Miner - Retired

Eliza Allen

Female

20/10/1879

Married

UDD

Elizabeth Allen

Female

06/05/1906

Single

Tiler Maker- Bricky

James H Allen

Male

27/07/1910

Single

Roof Tile Maker

Charles H Allen

Male

29/07/1915

Single

Roof Tile Maker

William E Allen

Male

29/10/1919

Single

Roof Tile Maker

Eliza Allen

Female

25/01/1921

Single

Machinist- Nut & Bolt

Closed Record -(Lucy?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1963

James died in 1963 in Cannock, Staffordshire. His death was registered in Cannock between Jan - Mar.