Catherine Jenkin (Allen) Curnow (1874)

Born 23 Apr 1874 in Davidstow, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Curnow — married 1898 in Cornwall, England

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Biography

Catherine was born April 23, 1874 at Hallsworthy in the parish of Davidstow, Cornwall.^[1]. She was baptised June 16, 1874 in Davidstow.^[2] She is the daughter of Samuel Allen and Sarah Jenkin.

Her mother died in August 1878 and the following year her father Samuel went to Fannin county, Texas to stay with his brother William Nethaway Allen.

As a result of this, in the 1881 Census, her brothers John and Henry and younger sister Marley are with their paternal grandparents John and Elizabeth Allen in Laneast Cornwall. Philippa Hobbs age 30 is in the household working, possibly as a governess.^[3]

At the same time. Catherine is with her maternal grandparents Henry and Catherine Jenkin in Tregeare Village in the parish of Egloskerry.^[4]

She married John Curnow in 1898 in Falmouth Registration District, Cornwall.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XC1-RWR) Catherine Jenkin Allen, 1874; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," citing Birth Registration, Camelford, Cornwall, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JS9W-J8L), Sarah Geake Allen in entry for Catherine Jenkin Allen, ); citing p 86, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,596,471.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27H-DXMD), household of John Allen, Laneast, Cornwall, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," citing p. 6, Piece/Folio 2274/55, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,191.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27H-DN3Q), Catherine J Allen in household of Henry Jenkin, Egloskerry, Cornwall, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," citing p. 5, Piece/Folio 2275/42, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,191.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2699-GND), Katherine Jenkin Allen, 1898; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," citing 1898, quarter 2, vol. 5C, p. 259, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.