Personal Details of Eliza Allen
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| Buried: | 04/06/1857 |
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| Name at death | Eliza Allen |
| Date of burial | 04/06/1857 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Unconsecrated Ground - Common Interment |
| By whom buried | Rev'd. Edwin Thorley |
| Account Entry | Book 1 - Page 34 |
Accounts Entry for Eliza Allen
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Eliza Allen
Biographical Information
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Eliza Allen 1853-1857
Eliza Allen
1853-1857
Eliza, her parents and siblings:
Eliza was born in Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of George and Sarah Allen (nee Goodchild) who were married in 1848 (marriage registered in Wantage)
Her father George was a Millwright. He was baptised on the 16th July 1826, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the son of William (a Millwright) and Sarah Allen (nee Jordan) who were married on the 23rd October 1820, at St Mary, Speen, Berkshire.
Her mother Sarah was born c1818 in Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, the daughter Richard and Sophia Goodchild (nee Wernham/Warnham) who were married in 1811 in Hampstead Norreys.
George and Sarah also had the following two children born in Newbury:
Esther Sophia, born 1851 (died aged 17 in 1868, buried in the NRC on the 7th September)
William Goodchild, born 1854
The 1851 census records George (24), Sarah (33), Esther (1 month), Sarah’s widowed mother Sophia Goodchild (60) and Sarah’s sister Elizabeth Goodchild (20), living in Prospect Place, Newbury.
Eliza died aged 4 in 1857. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4th June.
Eliza’s family after her death:
The 1861 census records George (34) as a Journeyman Millwright, living at 6 Maderia Place, Newbury, Sarah (43) and their children Esther (10) and William (6).
The 1871 census records George (44), Sarah (52), William (16) a Tinman and a niece, Laura Tucker (4), living at 6 Maderia Place, Newbury
George died aged 50, at home (Maderia Place) on the 17th August 1876. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21st August.
In 1881 Sarah (65) was working as a Domestic Servant, she was living in Carnarvon Terrace, Newbury, with a widow, Ann Horsman (68).
Sarah died aged 66 in 1884, she was buried on the 18th March, at St Mary the Virgin, Shaw cum Donnington.
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