Person:Beatrice Allen (4)

Beatrice Ellen Janet Allen was born on 22nd April 1883 in the Paddington area of London, daughter of a former nurse named Sarah Jane Allen, formerly Lewis, and a horse dealer named Peter Allen. Beatrice was the third of the couple's four children, all of whom were baptised in 1886 at St Barnabas church in Marylebone. At this time the family was living at 27 Redland Mews.

The 1891 census finds young Beatrice not at home with her parents and siblings, but visiting her aunt (her mother's sister) thirty miles north of London at Luton in Bedfordshire. The 1901 census finds Beatrice living with her parents and siblings in London. By this time she was working as a domestic servant.

Beatrice was married on 26th January 1902 to a canal labourer named John Benjamin Holding. They married at St Mary's Church in Paddington. Shortly after their marriage they moved to 84 Hall Place in Paddington, living there until about 1911, when they moved to 54 Devonshire Street in Marylebone, appearing there in the 1911 census. They reported that they had had five children but only three were still living. The 1912 electoral register records John as living at both 84 Hall Place and 54 Devonshire Street.

After the Great War, the family settled at 99 Princess Street in the Lisson Grove area of Marylebone.

Beatrice died in 1926, aged 43. John survived her by just three years, dying in 1929, aged 52.

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

   b. Beatrice Ellen J. ALLEN, June Quarter 1883, Kensington Registration District, Volume 1a, page 36

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Marylebone, Middlesex, England. Parish Registers of St Barnabas.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of [Marylebone St Barnabas] in the County of [Middlesex] in the year One thousand eight hundred and [eighty six]
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   98	1886 February 7 (Born April 22 1883)	Beatrice Ellen Jeanette	Peter & Sarah	Allen	27 Redland Mews	Dealer	J. Alfred Nash

   Although Beatrice's second middle name is here given as 'Jeanette', when she married she signed it 'Janet', hence that is the spelling she chose to use herself. Baptised same day as siblings Peter, Alice and Thomas.

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 1272; Folio 115; Page 18, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 75 Hitchin Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
   Henry Saunders, head, married, male, 39 [1851/2], Straw Hat Blocker, employed, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Annie Saunders, wife, married, female, 34 [1856/7], b. Little Brickol [sic], Buckinghamshire
   Beatrice Allen, visitor, single, female, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. London

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 1; Folio 114; Page 2, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Adpar Mews, Paddington, London
   Three rooms occupied
   Peter Allen, head, married, male, 52 [1848/9], Groom stableman, b. Edgware, Middlesex
   Sarah Allen, wife, married, female, 50 [1850/1], b. Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Alice Allen, daughter, single, female, 18 [1882/3], Servant domestic, b. Paddington, London
   Beatrice Allen, daughter, single, female, 17 [1883/4], Servant domestic, b. Paddington, London
   Thomas Allen, son, single, male, 16 [1884/5], Shop boy, b. Marylebone, London

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 567; Schedule 193, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 54 Devonshire Street, Lisson Grove, London NW
   2 rooms occupied
   John Holding, head, male, 32 [1878/9], married 9 years, 5 children born, 3 children still living, Water side Labourer - Canal, worker, b. West Drayton, London
   Beatrice Holding, wife, female, 27 [1883/4], married, b. Paddington, London
   William Holding, son, male, 5 [1905/6], b. Paddington, London
   John Holding, son, male, 3 [1907/8], b. Paddington, London
   Beatrice Holding, daughter, female, 1 [1909/10], b. Paddington, London

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

   d. Beatrice E.J. HOLDING, December Quarter 1926, Marylebone Registration District, Volume 1a, page 668, aged 43 [1882/3]