The entries for people & families with the surname Allen are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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In 1930, he went to London with Mrs Phyllis Crummy of Ovenden.
The couple had checked in as Mr and Mrs Allenby.
On 2nd September 1930, a maid found the body of Mrs Crummy in
a gas-filled room in an hotel in Cartwright Gardens, London.
Allen was found unconscious in the same room lying with a gas
pipe between their heads.
A suicide pact was suspected.
Allen was charged at Clerkenwell Police Court, London, with
the murder of Mrs Crummy and with attempted suicide
Allen said that when he wanted to return to Yorkshire, Mrs
Crummy took some morphia which she was carrying.
Allen was charged with murder but was acquitted at the Old
Bailey.
He was sent to prison for twelve months for attempted suicide
He married Sarah [1812-1893].
The couple were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
He was an electric-car driver [1901].
He married Fanny [1873-19??] from Redditch.
They lived at Pye Nest Lodge, Halifax [1901]
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at Holywell Hall, Holywell Green [1907].
He was buried at Holywell Green Congregational Church
He was a stone quarryman [1911].
On 8th October 1904, he married Elizabeth Hannah Wilkinson [1882-1960] at St Martin's Church, Brighouse.
Children:
The family lived at 16 Hedge Top Lane, Northowram [1911].
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 8th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [14th September 1916].
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [6A & 6B],
and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Northowram
Son of Henry Robinson Allen.
He established Allen & Son.
In 1917, he married Winifred A. Storey in Halifax.
Children:
The family lived at
He died at 1, Brackenrigg, Bowness on Windermere [12th December 1960].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £24,026 9/2d.
Probate was granted to
Hazel Mary Marsh,
Dennis William Waite (chartered accountant),
and
Frederick Nunns Dickie (solicitor)
He was
Minister at Bethel United Methodist Church, Ovenden [1906-7] /
United Methodist Minister [a boarder in Limehouse, London 1911] /
a Minister of Religion [1939].
In [Q3] 1913, he married Mary Hannah in Halifax.
They lived at The Elms, Connah's Quay, Flintshire [1939].
During World War I,
he was in the Royal Army Chaplain's Department.
He spent two years in France where he won the French Legion of
Honour for services rendered [November 1915].
In 1917, Captain the Reverend H. D. Allen, sailed for Egypt to
be a Chaplain there.
He survived the War.
He died at St Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight [15th February 1959] (aged 77).
Probate records show that he left effects valued at £7,393.
Probate was granted to his widow Mary Hannah
She married Henry Clifford Smith.
She died of lung cancer
He was a flag facer [1861].
On 15th July 1861, he married Ellen Harrison [1842-1917] in
Halifax.
Children:
The children were born in Lightcliffe and baptised at St Matthew's
Church, Lightcliffe.
The family lived at
He married Hannah [1801-1873].
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
He married Sarah Ann [1826-1894].
Children:
Sarah Ann died 7th July 1894 (aged 68).
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He died 25th November 1917 (aged 33).
He was buried at Hermies Hill British Cemetery, France.
He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial
He lived at Lee House, Shibden [1960s]
Baptised at St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe [10th February 1828]
In 1801, she married (1) John Fletcher from Oldham at
Prestwich.
After John's death, she married (2) Rawdon Briggs
Son of Henry Victor Allen.
He grew up at Woodcote, Southowram and Glenwood, Southowram
before the family moved to The Elms, Illingworth.
He went to Giggleswick School, Settle.
He worked for a time at his father's brick works, Allen & Son.
He joined the RAF in October 1941.
After flight training in the USA, he became a bomb aimer on Lancaster
bombers.
He flew in 30 operations over German and France during the height of
the 1000 bombers raids of 1943.
All 7 crew members were awarded the DFC/DFM after shooting down a
German FW-190 night fighter.
In 1945, he was with the Number 12 Squadron of the RAF at Wickenby.
In 19??, he was flying in a 4-engined Lancaster bomber which startled
the neighbourhood by making several low-level passes over the 18th
fairway at Ogden Golf Club and his old home in Illingworth.
He survived the War.
He emigrated to the USA in 1947.
He married Mary Francis Miffy.
Children:
For 30 years, he worked as a computer programmer for the Chevron
Geosciences.
He retired and went to live in Nacogdoches, Texas, where he died
He married Unknown.
Children:
The family lived at Cross Lee House, Todmorden [1938]
He died suddenly on 1st May 1875
He died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [20th September 1894] (aged 39).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[D 235 C]
In 1835, Sarah married Henry Hirst.
It possible that Henry was the father of Thomas William
He was
a cork cutter of Southowram [1858] /
a cork cutter [1861, 1881, 1891] /
a cork works manager [1895].
In 1858, he married (1) Mary Ann Jenkinson [1830-1877] at Halifax Parish Church.
Children:
Mary Ann died in Halifax [Q2 1877] (aged 47).
In [Q4] 1877, he married (2) Louisa Haigh in Halifax.
The children all appear with the middle name Hirst [from 1901
onwards]
Children:
The children were born in Halifax.
The family lived at
Living with them [in 1861] was boarder Eliza Jenkinson [b
1842] (worsted weaver).
Thomas William died in Halifax [1895] (aged 60).
He was buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery
[C 10 C].
During World War I,
sons Fred & Thomas William both served
with the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Thomas William died in the conflict
He was
a member of the King Cross Conservative Club /
a painter & paperer [1901] /
a house painter [1911] /
employed by Mr Radcliffe of Cedar Street, Halifax.
During World War I,
he served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in a failed attack on Schwaben Redoubt [3rd September 1916]
He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [6A & 6B],
and on the Memorial at Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance.
His brother Fred also enlisted, and
served as a Private
with the 2nd/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Born in Todmorden.
During World War I,
he enlisted in Todmorden, and
served as a Private
with the 1st/4th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He was killed in action [16th April 1918].
He was buried at Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans-Cappel, France [I D 3].
He is remembered in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance,
and on the Memorial at Oddfellows' Hall, Todmorden
He was a coachman / groom [1901].
On 22nd August 1876, he married Harriet Esther Newell
[1856-1907] at Christ Church, Todmorden
Children:
The family lived at 5 Martin Street, Todmorden [1901].
The couple were buried at Christ Church, Todmorden:
Harriet Esther [30th April 1907];
William [6th April 1910]
Elizabeth Hannah was born in Cleckheaton
Mary Hannah was born in Ovenden, the daughter of Frank Hartley
Ellen was born in Halifax
Mary Ann, of Southowram, was the daughter of Joseph
Jenkinson, coal miner
Louisa appears as Louisa Haigh on the marriage record,
as Louisa Allen [1891 census] and as Louisa Hirst
Allen [1901 census].
Harriet Esther was born in Todmorden
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