Hi, the 1841 census shows the family in Denver , William is 50 , Phoebe also 50 , and with them they have Thomas,21, Phoebe, 20, and Mary , 18. Also in the 1841 John Allen is living in Denver on Common Road, he is 25, farmer, and with him are Sarah, 25, Sarah, 6, Sophia, 4 , Phoebe , 3 and John , 1. And in the 1851 they have a further child Elizabeth aged 9. In the 1851 census William and Phoebe are still living in Denver , he is 68, farmer of 4 acres, b Mattishall, Norfolk, she is 68, b Essex, E ? uth ? and with them they have Elizabeth Allen , granddaughter aged 10 born Cambridge . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Diggins" <digginswj@aol.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 9:30 AM Subject: [NFK] : William Allen and Phoebe Firman > > Hi Listers, > > I am still chasing information on my Allen family brick wall, and would > like to find out more information about the children of William Allen and > Phoebe Firman who married in 1809 at Ryston cum Roxham Norfolk. I have > found that they had a son named John born 1811, who went to Australia in > 1854, but would like to know whether they had any other children. The > Archdeacon's transcripts only go to 1812, and I think I need access to > later records. > > Their son John was baptised in the Denver Parish Church, which was > Phoebe's Parish prior to her marriage. > > I also note that an 1845 directory on Roxham indicates that there was a > moat there which had adjoined a "Walpole House", referred to as a mansion. > Does anyone know any history of the people who owned and resided in this > property? > > Kind regards, Warren Diggins, Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >