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George Allington (1831 - 1912)

George Allington
Born in Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Rugby Borough, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 13 Sep 1853 in Stretton On Dunsmore, Warwick, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 81 in Rangiora, Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Biography

George was born in 1831. He was the son of John and Mary Allington.

He lived with his parents and siblings in Stretton On Dunsmoor, Warwickshire, England.

George married Hannah Robbins (daughter of Francis Robbins) on 13 September 1853 at Stretton On Dunsmore, Warwick, England.[1]

UK Census Date 1871: Living with his wife and five children in Stretton-On-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England. Aged 39.

Occupation: Agricultural Labourer

On the 25 September 1874 George and Hannah (who were both recorded as aged 43), along with some of their children, boarded the ship Crusader in Plymouth and emigrated to New Zealand. They arrived into Lyttelton, Canterbury on 31 December 1874, after a very eventful journey in which the ship nearly sank.[2]


POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 12944, 31 DECEMBER 1912, PAGE 5 OBITUARY. Mr George Allington, of Rangiora, who died at the Christchurch Hospital, at the advanced age of 83 years, was a Warwickshire man, and 40 years ago gained celebrity as a colleague of Joseph Arch in advocating the cause of the agricultural laborers in their efforts to better their condition in respect, to wages and hours of labor. Like his leader, Joseph Arch, he was of humble parentage, but possessed of considerable mental power, and a spirit of independence.

He objected to the social homage expected by those called his betters. Like his leader also, he was a Methodist local, preacher, having the gift of fluent and forceful speech. This gift was turned to good account in spreading the propaganda upon which they had entered with a zeal that made for success.

In 1872 they had the satisfaction of forming the National Agricultural Laborers' Union, of which Joseph Arch was elected president. The agitation resulted in agricultural laborers obtaining a rise in their wages, but this had the unforeseen effect of destroying the union, the laborers deeming their object gained, and ceasing to take interest in it.

In 1875 Mr Allington, dissatisfied with the conditions prevailing in rural England, decided to take his family to New Zealand, and they were amongst a large company of passengers landed from the ship Crusader on December 16 of that year. Mr Allington had resided in North Canterbury ever since.


His wife passed away in 1903.

He passed away in 1912.

Burial

Rangiora (East Belt) Cemetery, Rangiora, Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand[3]

Sources

  1. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVXJ-H76 : 10 February 2018), George Allington and Hannah Robins, 13 Sep 1853; citing Stretton On Dunsmore,Warwick,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,551.
  2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/Crusader74.htm
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170942589/george-allington

Census Records

  • "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBY-STC : 13 December 2017), George Allington in household of John Allington, Stretton On Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census,"
  • "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGZ5-488 : 24 October 2017), George Allington in household of John Allington, Stretton On Dunsmoor, Warwickshire, England; citing Stretton On Dunsmoor, Warwickshire, England, p. 28, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,
  • "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7G3-KT8 : 10 December 2017), George Allington, Stretton On Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"




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