Lucy Sykes

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Some more deaths-


RICKARD Esther
Father Allen David ( ?)
Mother  Lucy  SYKES
Death Place  DEAN
Year  1924
Reg Number 5167

BENCE Elizabeth
Father Allen Daniel
Mother  Lucy  SYKES
Death Place BALLAN
Age  80
Year 1950
Reg   22249

LODGE Alice
Father Allen Daniel
Mother Lucy  SYKES
Death Place  B MARSH
Age 80
Year  1943
Reg   15041


Sue

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Lucy died on 18th September 1876 at Lexton, Victoria

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The researcher has sighted a death cert to know the date and place of death.
Information from the death index

Death
ALLEN Lucy
Father George SYKES  Mother not recorded
1876   Born North[ampton]  38 years  Reg#9404

http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=24
ALLEN Daniel  24 years arrived Nov 1859 HERALD OF THE MORNING Book 13 Page 382
ALLEN Lucy  20 years   
ALLEN Janet  0 years

Another resource details that Daniel was born Northampton, labourer, could read and write and religion was Church of England.  The Disposal List -  By Whom Engaged states Own account. Address  Burnt Bank and dated 29 Nov 1859.

I think it should be Burnt Bank Creek between Avoca and Lexton.  This is one of the very references to this name as a place in Victoria. 

Cando


Victorian Government Gazette - 1860  Estimates of Expenditure

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Birth of Janet in England

Births Dec1/4 1858   
 
ALLEN, Janet        
3b/173
Thrapston

Sue

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Daniel may have remarried after the death of his wife Lucy.
Not certain



ALLEN William Daniel  (Birth Place NORTHAMPTONSHIRE)
BEECH Ellen
Year 1878
Reg   3219

He died at Ballan, Victoria

Death notice Daniel ALLEN
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/90572621

There was an inquest and this item gives details
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/90572612

He left a will which is apparently digitised, but, annoyingly, it cannot be viewed because it seems to have been incorrectly filed, so the folder which should be his, contains the will of another man!
http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=54

Sue

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This extract refers to Burn Bank (Lexton).

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~adhs/Article.html
In some early reports the diggings were identified as the "Clare Castle diggings", after a hotel of that name run by a George Cartwright which was located on the main road between Avoca and Burn Bank (Lexton), eleven miles to the south. Burn Bank was one of the earliest provisioning centres to be established in the district. It was suggested that the owner of the "Clare Castle" had backed the prospectors. This was quite likely - gold attracted miners who had a mighty thirst after a hard day's digging and a large gold mining population was good for business. The "Clare Castle" hotel at this time was an unpretentious structure of about 24 feet by 10 feet, with slab walls 6 feet in height, and a canvas roof

Burn Bank was renamed Lexton in 1854.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexton,_Victoria

ALLEN Daniel  46 years
Hospital record  8 Jul 1872
Entry 25/06/1872
Place Lexton
Born Northampton
Status  Married  Occupation Labourer
Religion Church of England
Amherst Hospital admissions & discharges November 1868 to 1889.
Comment - [W] Lucy SYKES

ALLEN Daniel
Hospital record  10 Feb 1882
Entry 12 Jan 1882
Place Talbot
Born England  49 years
Status Married
Occupation Miner  Religion Church of Engalnd
Father John ALLEN  Mother Sarah JOSY
Amherst Hospital admissions & discharges November 1868 to 1889.

ALLEN Jennette  16 years  Born Northampton
Hospital record 2 Mar 1875
Entry 19 Feb 1875
Place Lexton
Status Single  Occupation Domestic
Religion Church of England
Father Daniel  Mother Lucy SIKES
Amherst Hospital admissions & discharges November 1868 to 1889.


According to the death index with Daniel was 50 years of age.  Parents Unknown. 1885  Reg#94

ALLEN Daniel
Death 11 Jan 1885
Ballan cemetery
Ballan cemetery headstones 1850-1980, register 1872-1982. Page#1

Inquest Index
ALLEN Daniel
50 years At Ballan  1885  Ref#43
Cause Pneumonia

Photo of headstone available on request from Carole.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Ballan.htm

There is a digitised probate file at the Public Records of Victoria.
http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=54
Can be slow to download the pdf files at times and very slow today.  Leave you to download the file if you want it.

Cando
 

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There is a digitised probate file at the Public Records of Victoria.
http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=54
Can be slow to download the pdf files at times and very slow today.  Leave you to download the file if you want it.

Cando

 

See reply #12
Faulty filing of will!

Sue

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Marriage with a little more info...
ALLEN Daniel  Born Northampton
BEECH Ellen  Born Clare - this is probably Co Clare, Ireland
1878  Reg#3219

A Samuel BEECH married an Ellen LEE in 1864.  They had a number of children in the Ballarat area.  Samuel died in 1877, born England, Parents unknown Reg#3942.
Could be his wife who married Daniel ALLEN in 1878.

Cando

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I do not know why the first forename  William   is given (William Daniel ALLEN) on the index of the marriage to Ellen BEECH.

It does not appear anywhere else in his life events.

A mistake of some kind perhaps

Sue
 

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Wow! Many thanks to all who have helped. Really appreciated! Certainly given me a lot to work on! Cheers, Andrew