Mary Jane Allen (1873 - 1964)

Born 30 Apr 1873 in Cloonclare, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Herbert William Allen — married 3 Aug 1905 in Parish Church, Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England.

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1964 at age 91 in Hastings, Sussex, England

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Biography

For most of her life she was known as Minnie. She was the fourth of the seven children of Robert John ALLEN and Isabella FRAZER. The two elder sons, David and John, were both given ‘Frazer’ as their second given name. After a time they both took the surname of FRAZER ALLEN to which they later added a hyphen.

Mary-Jane added ‘Frazer’ as an additional given name at the time of her marriage to Herbert William ALLEN. The marriage was conducted by her eldest brother David at his parish in Lincolnshire.[2]

During the 1911 England Census she was visiting her brother David at his Rectory at Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, with her two year old son Richard.[3]

Throughout her life she celebrated her birthday on 1 May rather than her actual birthday of 30 April. (We believe that this was due to having been crowned as May Queen when she was at school.)

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Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Michael Fraser-Allen.

1. Certified Copy of her Birth Certificate

2. Certified Copy of her Marriage Certificate

3. 1911 England Census

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

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