Hi Liz Perhaps Leslie is Edith's? May Lydia - How do you know she is Mary's child could she not be from another family or is she visiting one of her mothers siblings? Tony - Original Message ----- From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:26 PM Subject: [B&D] Confusion with my ALLEN family >I was checking the 1911 census for some of my ALLEN family and find one of > them somewhat confusing. > > Walter ALLEN was born in Bristol in 1864. He married Mary WALTERS 1892 in > Bath. So far, all is well. > > I have the 1900 census where they are living at 26 Denmark Place, Twerton, > Bath with children: > Edith M ALLEN 3Q 1893 Twerton, Bath > Ethel M ALLEN 2Q 1895 Twerton, Bath > Walter Alfred ALLEN Dec 1900 Twerton, Bath > > By the 1911 census Mary says she is a widow (we've heard that one before!) > Edith ALLEN - still at home > Ethel is missing - she could be away working but I can't find her. > Neither > can I find her death unless she is the 14 year old in Tiverton but I feel > not. > Walter Alfred ALLEN now referred to as Alfred. > Gwendoline Mary ALLEN 2Q 19 Twerton, Bath (She died 3Q 1947) > May Lydia B. ALLEN 2Q 1907 Bath - she's actually visiting her uncle and > aunt > Leslie ALLEN c.1908/9 Bath but could it be Leslie John born Bristol? > > Now for the problems...Leslie would have to be born bet 1Q 1908 - 2Q > 1909 - > there doesn't appear to be one born Bath unless she had already moved as > she > was in Horfield, Bristol in 1911. > I can't find the death of husband Walter unless he's the Walter who died > 2Q > 1906 age 44...but, he should be younger than that! If that's him then > Leslie is not his child. > Not only is that a problem but she then declares she's only had 5 children > whereas she's had 6 children! > > Yes, I know I can send for the certificates but these are my 1st cousins > 2x > removed so outside my desire to buy certificates. > > Any thoughts? > > Liz > www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery > OPC for Street, Somerset > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Tony She says Leslie is her son. If Edith was his mother she would have only been about 14 when Leslie was born. In those days I feel a 14 year old girl would have been extremely immature to be having an affair with someone, they were still playing with dolls! Mary filled in the form and declared that Leslie was her child. As for May Lydia - her birth is there and she is visiting an uncle and aunt. She was born in Bath like the other children in this family. I was told she was a member of Walter and Mary by other members of the family. I see your point though. I also know that the person who gave me the information had another error!! Yet another reason for checking the research of other people!! If only these people had been born after 1911:-) Another of the aunts was called Lydia - her husband died in 1907 but they lived in London. Did she return to the West Country? I can't find her at the moment - of course by 1911 she could well have married again. Oh, don't they give us stress!! Thanks for giving me more food for thought. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Harrison" <a.harrison@tesco.net> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Confusion with my ALLEN family > Hi Liz > Perhaps Leslie is Edith's? May Lydia - How do you know she is Mary's child > could she not be from another family or is she visiting one of her mothers > siblings? > Tony > > - Original Message ----- > From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> > To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 1:26 PM > Subject: [B&D] Confusion with my ALLEN family > > >>I was checking the 1911 census for some of my ALLEN family and find one of >> them somewhat confusing. >> >> Walter ALLEN was born in Bristol in 1864. He married Mary WALTERS 1892 >> in >> Bath. So far, all is well. >> >> I have the 1900 census where they are living at 26 Denmark Place, >> Twerton, >> Bath with children: >> Edith M ALLEN 3Q 1893 Twerton, Bath >> Ethel M ALLEN 2Q 1895 Twerton, Bath >> Walter Alfred ALLEN Dec 1900 Twerton, Bath >> >> By the 1911 census Mary says she is a widow (we've heard that one >> before!) >> Edith ALLEN - still at home >> Ethel is missing - she could be away working but I can't find her. >> Neither >> can I find her death unless she is the 14 year old in Tiverton but I feel >> not. >> Walter Alfred ALLEN now referred to as Alfred. >> Gwendoline Mary ALLEN 2Q 19 Twerton, Bath (She died 3Q 1947) >> May Lydia B. ALLEN 2Q 1907 Bath - she's actually visiting her uncle and >> aunt >> Leslie ALLEN c.1908/9 Bath but could it be Leslie John born Bristol? >> >> Now for the problems...Leslie would have to be born bet 1Q 1908 - 2Q >> 1909 - >> there doesn't appear to be one born Bath unless she had already moved as >> she >> was in Horfield, Bristol in 1911. >> I can't find the death of husband Walter unless he's the Walter who died >> 2Q >> 1906 age 44...but, he should be younger than that! If that's him then >> Leslie is not his child. >> Not only is that a problem but she then declares she's only had 5 >> children >> whereas she's had 6 children! >> >> Yes, I know I can send for the certificates but these are my 1st cousins >> 2x >> removed so outside my desire to buy certificates. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Liz >> www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery >> OPC for Street, Somerset >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >