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ID:100	Mary Ann Benbow (Allen) 1854-
Relationship:	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
Half Siblings	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 (1852-1932)/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

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.

1874

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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