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I am looking a possible family, surname of Allen who's grandparents were, Mabel and Albert Allen of Wellingborough in Northants.  The closest death in this family I have is of Albert Geofrey Allen who died 7 Oct 1995 who was their son;  I am interested because Mabel is the possible daughter of my great grandfather Alfred Wood who eventually married Mabels mother Emma in 1930;  Alfred was my grandfathers dad who left the family home as his wife, my great grandmother had moved another man into their home while he was away.  Alfred moved to live in Wellingborough and there met Emma who it seems were a couple in 1911 census as i have them, together at Cromwell Place number 25;  I beleive tow of the children in this household were his, mabel who married George V Allen and a son Albert Frederick Robinson b in 1998;  alfred and mable could not marry until my great grandmother passed which was in 1930; Any help appreciated;  I have tried national archives in hope of finding some info on Emma and Alfreds grandson Albert Geofrey Allen son of Mabel to no avail.

Eise

I thought I would add this occupation to this page, just in case anyone is interested.  My great aunt Jane was a Wardrobe Seller, such as she is described in the elctoral role of Rushen Northants.  She sold second hand clothes aqnd travelled many miles to top up her wardrobe with the highest quality garments.  Some of the clothes she started with came from their family theatre, dress costumes and the like.  My aunt Jessie who is still with us tells me that there were silks and satins and many fine garments included from their old theatre costumes, some in part which she still has to this day.  The theatre was around from abt 1879-1892. 

eise

Interested in this topic as my husbands German great grandfather Joseph Richard Smith was interned during both WW's. I now have proof he was at Lofthouse park Wakefield from Jun/Jul 1914 and since then have recieved info that the prisoners mainly looked after them selves while there. My contact from Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Library told me that by May 1915 there were 1322 people held there.  By 8-10 Oct 1918 all prisoners were transferred to Knockaloe Isle of Mann;  WE have proven that our Joseph was released from Frith Hill Surrey in Sept 1919;
We are trying to discover when or if he did go to the Isle of Mann and this latest info seems to say that he did but only for about 12 months;  Is there anyone who can give me anything else that may help.

One problem is that we also know he had another name he went by, All official docs show the name as Joseph but from 1907 approx -Jun 1914 He was using another name which could have been his true German name of Richard William Zeitz; Spelt in this manner on document we have read;

Eise

Hi,
I am not sure who to address this to as it is quite obscure;
My husbands great grandfather was brought to England or ran away to england, no dates;  To date we have found two names for him.
The first which is the name he mostly went by was Joseph Richard Smith;  He married under this name(we have cert copy) he also died under this name(we hold cert copy) he was interned during both wars. ( we have proven some dates and places for both wars with certs and help from Geneva red cross the CICR)  WE have his internee number and a copy of his tribunal card where he only served abt 18 months in WW2;
Now we have hit a stumbling block.  During all this research we found his German surname of Zeitz and when some of the children we knew had been born didnt show we searched under this surname for the hell of it.  And gusess what.  3 children were acually registered under this surname.  WE bought copy cert and lo and behold there he is with another name Richard William Zeitz;  His wife is the same but with Zeitz instead of Smith and all the adresses match from 1911 census and family docs and information. It is the same person. 
wE know from CICR he was born in Berlin;  We beleive Richard William zeitz was his full German name, is there any way you can help me find out more...

Eileen  on her knees;