Person:Albert Allen (20)

Albert Sydney Allen was born on 13th May 1885 at Plymouth in Devon, son of Mary Ann Allen, formerly Harry, and her husband John Burridge Allen, a naval pensioner. Albert was baptised the following month, when the family's address was given as 3 Claremont Place, which was also his maternal grandmother's home. His grandmother died in 1894.

The 1891 census finds Albert living with his parents and siblings at 15 Wake Street in Devonport.

In 1895, when Albert was ten years old, his mother died. Later that year his father married again, with an Annie Maria George becoming his stepmother. In 1898 Albert's father died too, leaving him being brought up by his stepmother. The 1901 census finds them living at 15 Chapel Street in Plymouth. By this time Albert was working as a carpet layer. Ten years later Albert was living in Devonport and described as a house furnisher in the drapery business.

It has yet to be established if Albert married or had children. He appears to have died in Plymouth in 1961, aged 75.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Albert Sydney ALLEN, June Quarter 1885, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 5b, page 287

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Christ Church. (Plymouth: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of CHRIST CHURCH, PLYMOUTH in the County of DEVON, in the year 1885
   No. 2,860
   When Born: May 13th 1885
   When Baptized: June 25th 1885
   Child's Christian Name: Albert Sidney
   Parents' Names - Christian: John Burridge & Mary Ann
   Parents' Names - Surname: Allen
   Abode: 3 Claremont Place
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Pensioner R.N.
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: F.W. Gand

3. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1744; Folio 141; Page 45, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 15 Wake Street, Devonport, Stoke Damerel, Devon
   2 rooms occupied
   J.B. Allen, head, married, male, 48 [1842/3], Seaman, employed, b. Plymouth, Devon
   M.A. Allen, wife, married, female, 38 [1852/3], b. Portsmouth, Hampshire
   A.M. Allen, daughter, female, 12 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Plymouth, Devon
   A.S. Allen, son, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Plymouth, Devon
   G.B. Allen, son, male, 4 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Plymouth, Devon
   W.H. Allen, son, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Devonport, Devon
   W.M. Allen, daughter, female, 1 [1889/90], b. Devonport, Devon

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 2092; Folio 119; Page 10, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 15 Chapel Street, Plymouth, Devon
   3 rooms occupied
   Annie Allen, head, widow, female, 48 [1852/3], Charwoman, worker, b. Stonehouse, Devon
   William B. George, son, single, male, 20 [1880/1], Driver for China dealer, worker, b. Stonehouse, Devon
   Albert S. Allen, son, single, male, 16 [1884/5], Carpet layer, worker, b. Plymouth, Devon

5. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 13046; Schedule 38, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 9 Stuart Terrace, Devonport
   6 rooms occupied
   Thomas William Bennett, head, male, 74 [1836/7], widower, married 30 years, 1 child died, Retired Ropemaker, b. Stoke, Devonport, Devon
   Nellie Bennett, daughter in law, female, 33 [1877/8], widow, childless, House Keeper, b. Dublin, Scotland [sic]
   John Ritchie Macdougall, boarder, male, 37 [1873/4], single, Shipwright - Government, worker, b. Scotland
   Albert Sydney Allen, boarder, male, 27 [1883/4], single, House Furnisher - Draper, worker, b. Devonport, Devon
   William Henry Allen, boarder, male, 24 [1886/7], single, Driver - Earthenware merchants, worker, b. Devonport, Devon
   John George Polloxfen Bray, boarder, male, 24 [1886/7], Shipwright - Government, worker, b. Devonport, Devon

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Albert S. ALLEN, March Quarter 1961, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 7a, page 763, aged 75 [1885/6]