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Samuel Allen b c1850, father of Harry Allen b 1879

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Ethel

Ethel Report 6 Aug 2008 18:39

Hi Dave. Further to the above info.
Samuel appears on 1891 and 1901 as a boarder. age 34 an d 44. Bricklayer.

He either was not living with his family or was working away, yet he lived in 1891 in 5 Chandley St. Cheadle..
With a copy of the marriage certificate that you have details of above it will givwe their ages,. their Father's names and occupations, and witnesses who may be siblings. Ethel.

JenW

JenW Report 6 Aug 2008 18:18

margarets birth

Births Jun 1856 (98%)
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Cobden Margaret Islington 1b 249


1861 England Census
about Margaret Cobden
Name: Margaret Cobden
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Where born: Islington, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View Image

Registration district: Islington
Sub registration district: Islington East
ED, institution, or vessel: 50
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 161
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Cobden 3
Charles Cobden 1
Elizabeth Cobden 37
Elizabeth Cobden 12
Ellen Cobden 7
Henry Cobden 8
John Cobden 34
John Cobden 10
Margaret Cobden 4


1871 England Census
about Margaret Cobden
Name: Margaret Cobden
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Where born: Holloway, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Hornsey
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary Hornsey
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image
Registration district: Edmonton
Sub registration district: Hornsey
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 7
Household Members: Name Age
Caroline M Bound 13
John Bound 35
Alfred Cobden 13
Alice Cobden 5
Ann Cobden 9
Charles Cobden 11
Elizabeth Cobden 47
Ellen Cobden 17
George Cobden 3
Harry Cobden 18
James Cobden 7
John Cobden 46
John Cobden 20
Margaret Cobden 15


(big family!)


and one of these is the elizabeth that john married

Marriages Sep 1847 (>99%)
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BONNER Elizabeth Edmonton 3 107
Cobden John Edmonton 3 107
Haines Elizabeth Edmonton 3 107

JenW

JenW Report 6 Aug 2008 18:14

and id put money on this being the marriage

Marriages Dec 1874 (>99%)
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ALLEN Samuel Edmonton 3a 249
Cobden Margaret Edmonton 3a 249

JenW

JenW Report 6 Aug 2008 18:12

here he is with samuel

1881 England Census
about Harry Allen
Name: Harry Allen
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Grandson
Father's Name: Samuel
Mother's Name: Margret
Gender: Male
Where born: Cheadle, Cheshire, England

Civil Parish: Cheadle
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Street address: Lime Grove
Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Stockport
Sub registration district: Cheadle
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Allen 4
Harry Allen 2
Margret Allen 24
Margret Allen
Mary Allen 59
Samuel Allen 24
Mary E. Kinnerley 15
John Lawton 9


Dave

Dave Report 6 Aug 2008 16:04

Hello, I am researching my Great-Great-Grandfather, Samuel Allen. I found his name out from records at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) which records the death/disappearance of his son, my Great-Grandfather, Harry Allen. Harry was declared one of the missing on 1st July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme WW1. Harry Allen (b c1979) and his family lived in South Grove, St Ann's Road, Tottenham, London, UK at the time of his (Harry's) death. Harry had 10 children, amongst whom was my Grandmother Lillian (b 1904), who later married George Henry Neate.

With further research I located a Harry Allen in the 1891 census in Tottenham, London, when he was 12. I almost certain this is the same Harry Allen due the precise age and vicinity of the address to the address where Harry's family lived at the time of his death. However, the cencus does not show a father (presumably Samuel) at the address. It only lists a Widow Margaret Allen. Harry appears to have been born in Cheadle, and Margaret was born in Holloway near to Tottenham.

I estimate the year of birth of Samuel Allen to be c1850. Can any one help?