Hello all
Trying to find out more about my great-grandfather's brother and sisters.
According to the family bible, John Allen and Jane (née Davis), from Colwall, Herefordshire, had several children; there is some confusion as to names and dates, which sometimes don't fully coincide with the census entries. I hope someone can help me to find out which is the right piece of information.
As I don't live in the UK I can't check the facts personally.
Thanks very much for your help:
Annie Marie ALLEN, b. April 27th 1868 Colwall; she apparently died young.
Ada Mary ALLEN, b. August 23rd 1869 Colwall
Ellen Jane ALLEN, b. December 6th 1870 Colwall
Rose Fanny ALLEN, b. September 27th 1872 Hockley (Warwickshire); why she was born there I have no idea...
William John ALLEN, b.August 8th 1876 Colwall (my great-grandfather).
Maria Annie ALLEN, b. August 8th 1876 (above's twin), she died in March 1877.
Thomas ALLEN, b.September 23rd 1878.
Eva Ann ALLEN, b. December 1879 (this I'm not sure about as I don't think I got this from the family bible, so worth checking).
The 1881 census however says that John and Jane (name wrongly assumed to be June) are living with five children:
Ada ALLEN Daur 11 Colwall, Hereford, England Scholar
Ellin J. ALLEN Daur 10 Colwall, Hereford, England Scholar
Rose F. ALLEN Daur 8 Aston, Warwick, England Scholar
William J. ALLEN Son 4 Colwall, Hereford, England Scholar
Tom ALLEN Son 3 Colwall, Hereford, England Scholar
So it would imply that Ada was born roughly in 1870, Ellin/Ellen in 1871, Rose in 1873, William in 1877 and Tom in 1878, which more or less coincides with what the Bible says.
However, I can only find the death entry for the twin Maria Annie (as Annie Maria) in MAR 1877 aged 0 years, but no trace of Eva or the elder sister. Perhpas I'm wrong in assuming the eldest daughter died, and she was living elsewhere in 1881... Anyway, it's a bit confusing but if there's any way of checking the 1871 census and the 1891 census, or any other source to find out what happened to these children, I'd be very grateful.
And no birth entry of Ellen Jane in 1870, only Eva Ann