Hi everyone
I'm a newbie on here and new to the forum lark too. Hope you are all well!
I am researching my maternal grandmother's Allen family who lived and worked around the jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, then later in Aston. Here's a quick direct lineage to let you know who I'm researching:
James Allen c 1794 m. Mary Ann (Evans - I think!). He was a gilt toy maker.
John James Allen 1833-1901 m. Lucy Jane Page 1833-1882. He was a silversmith.
George Charles Allen 1856-c1921 m. Mary Ann Thistlewood 1860-?. He was a jeweller.
George Thomas Allen 1881- 1931 m. Mary Ann Hathaway 1879- 1926. He worked in a coach works as a wood carver.
Florence Beatrice Allen 1908- 1965 born in Aston. She's my great grandmother. They moved to Plymouth in about 1913. My grandmother was born there in 1932, and moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne when her father left the Navy.
I have consulted the Census collections 1841-1911, and have several BMD records too. I am hoping that someone else is researching this line, in particular the exact identity of James and Mary at the top of my tree. My gran will be 80 this year and I am hoping to tweak my research for her.
In addition, I am researching the maternal line - through all the mothers and it's a bloomin' task and a half!
TTFN!
I'm a newbie on here and new to the forum lark too. Hope you are all well!
I am researching my maternal grandmother's Allen family who lived and worked around the jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, then later in Aston. Here's a quick direct lineage to let you know who I'm researching:
James Allen c 1794 m. Mary Ann (Evans - I think!). He was a gilt toy maker.
John James Allen 1833-1901 m. Lucy Jane Page 1833-1882. He was a silversmith.
George Charles Allen 1856-c1921 m. Mary Ann Thistlewood 1860-?. He was a jeweller.
George Thomas Allen 1881- 1931 m. Mary Ann Hathaway 1879- 1926. He worked in a coach works as a wood carver.
Florence Beatrice Allen 1908- 1965 born in Aston. She's my great grandmother. They moved to Plymouth in about 1913. My grandmother was born there in 1932, and moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne when her father left the Navy.
I have consulted the Census collections 1841-1911, and have several BMD records too. I am hoping that someone else is researching this line, in particular the exact identity of James and Mary at the top of my tree. My gran will be 80 this year and I am hoping to tweak my research for her.
In addition, I am researching the maternal line - through all the mothers and it's a bloomin' task and a half!
TTFN!
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