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Facts and Events
Winifred May Allen was born in 1890 at Devonport in Devon, daughter of Mary Ann Allen, formerly Harry, and her husband John Burridge Allen, a seaman. She appears in the 1891 census living with her parents and siblings at 15 Wake Street in Devonport, where the family of seven was living in two rooms.
In 1895, when Winifred May was five years old, her mother died. Her father remarried later that year, but in 1898 he died too, leaving Winifred May an orphan at the age of eight.
The 1901 census finds Winifred May living at the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum in Devonport, listed as May, suggesting she was known by her middle name.
She has yet to be traced after 1901. One possibility is that she was the Winifred M. Allen who died in 1968 in Plymouth, but this has yet to be confirmed.
References
- ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. Winifred May ALLEN, March Quarter 1890, Stoke Damerel Registration District, Volume 5b, page 341
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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 2112; Folio 98; Page 5, 31 Mar 1901.
Address: Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Stoke Terrace, Devonport
[many scholars, including:]
May Allen, scholar, female, 10 [1890/1], b. Plymouth, Devon
Although the name here is given as May Allen rather than Winifred May Allen or Winifred Allen, there is no May Allen listed in the birth indexes for Devon around 1890, plus we know Winifred was an orphan after 1898, so conclude that this is her but she was known by her middle name.
- Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Winifred M. ALLEN, September Quarter 1968, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 7a, page 702, aged 68
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