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Iris Margaret May Allen, 1903

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Apr 2022 09:12

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1921 census as a domestic servant

name(s) Iris Margaret
Institution description St Mary's Home, House For Penitents, Wantage
Last name Allen
Parish Wantage
Sex Female
Registration district Wantage
Birth year 1902
Registration district number 118
Census date 19 June 1921
Sub-district Wantage
Age in years 19
Sub-district number 1
Age in months 1
Enumeration district number 15
Age as transcribed 19 y 1 m
County Berkshire
Relationship to head Inmate
Country England
Marital status Single
Borough, urban or rural district Wantage UD
Birth place Hampshire, England
Parliamentary borough or division Berkshire PC, Abingdon Div.
Birth county Hampshire
Archive The National Archives
Birth country England
Archive series RG 15
Transcribed birth place Brackley , NortHampshire >>>>>>>>
Piece number 05923
Nationality English
Page 11
Occupation Laundry & Domestic Service
Schedule type code III
Occupation code 900
Schedule type Institution, multiple page, 70+ entries
Occupation code with suffix 900/7
District reference RD 118 RS 1 ED 14, 15
Employer code 760
Other household member's first name(s) -
Place of work At Institution
Other household member's last name -
Language used to complete form English
Record set 1921 Census Of England & Wales
Person making return Louisa Frances Erskine Sister Superior
Category Census, land & surveys
House name St Marys Home
Subcategory Census
Street House For Penitents
Collections from Great Britain, England
Address St Marys Home House For Penitents

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Apr 2022 21:09

No, I've tried that already. No sign of her.
Thanks for the suggestion, though.

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 18 Apr 2022 19:48

If she was a nurse you may find her on the nurses register - try ancestry.

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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Apr 2022 18:01

I wonder if someone can help me find out what happened to Iris after 1931, please?

PLEASE NOTE: I know all about her parents and siblings, so please don't waste your time on them.
It's only Iris I need to know about.

This is all I can find:

ALLEN, IRIS MARGARET MAY mmn BUTLER
GRO Reference: 1903 J Quarter in BRACKLEY Volume 03B Page 7


Iris Margaret May Allen
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Iris Margaret May Allen
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 5 Jul 1903
Baptism Place: Brackley, Northampton, England
Father: Walter Allen
Mother: Kate
FHL Film Number: 6126776
Reference ID: yr 1884-1915 p 140



Iris Margaret May Allen
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Iris Margaret May Allen
Age in 1911: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Brackley, Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Hethe, Hardwick, Tusmore and Cottisford
Country: England
Street Address: Tusmore Bicester Oxon
Registration District Number: 154
Sub-registration District: Bicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 8177
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter Allen 34
Kate Allen 32
Iris Margaret May Allen 7
Edith Mabel Allen 6
Vera Kate Allen 4
Reginald Walter Allen 2
Edith Butler 25 - cousin

(There are other siblings born after 1911).

Her parents and four of her siblings are in Stratton Audley in 1921, but she's not with them.
There's an Iris Margaret Allen 1902 in Wantage, Berks, in 1921 - but born in Hampshire, unless that 's a mistranscription.

In 1929, 1930 and 1931 she's living in some sort of women's hostel or similar , in Reading (Possibly nurses' home, as the old Battle Hospital was at 344 Oxford Road - or maybe live-in accommodation for other hospital staff):

Iris Margaret May Allen
in the Berkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1965
Name: Iris Margaret May Allen
Residence Date: 1931
Street Address: 344 Oxford Road
Residence Place: Berkshire, England
Parliamentary Division: Reading Borough

After 1931 she seems to disappear. At least, she doesn't show up with both her middle names or initials, which would help. There are lots of Iris M or Iris Margaret Allens.

I may have to buy her birth cert, for her exact DOB.

An Iris M Allen married in Reading in 1946, but her middle name was Maud.

Iris Margaret May is on two public trees on Ancestry. One has nothing for her after 1911. The other wrongly claims her death is that of an Iris Jessie May Allen in 1918.