Person:Ellen Allen (18)

Ellen Beatrice Allen was born on 14th October 1882 at Plymouth in Devon, daughter of Mary Ann Allen, formerly Harry, and her husband John Burridge Allen, a naval pensioner. She was baptised two months later. Sadly she died when she was only seven years old in 1890.

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

   b. Ellen Beatrice ALLEN, December Quarter 1882, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 5b, page 256

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of St Peter's Church, Plymouth. (Plymouth: Plymouth & West Devon Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the PARISH OF SAINT PETER, PLYMOUTH in the County of Devon, in the year 1882
   When Born: Oct 14 1882
   When Baptized: Dec 14 1882
   Child's Christian Name: Ellen Beatrice
   Parents' Names - Christian: John Burridge & Mary Ann
   Parents' Names - Surname: Allen
   Abode: 11 John Street
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Pensioner R.N.
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: W. Southern

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

   d. Beatrice ALLEN, March Quarter 1890, Stoke Damerel Registration District, Volume 5b, page 293, aged 7 [1882/3]

   This death has been linked to the Ellen Beatrice born in 1882 on the basis that Ellen Beatrice does not appear in the 1891 census with the family, nor does she appear to be anywhere else in the 1891 census, suggesting she had died. This death is the right age and in the right place for where the family was living around this time. Some of Ellen Beatrice's siblings appear to have been known by their middle names (notably Winifred May), making it quite likely that Ellen Beatrice was known as Beatrice.