Agnes Pratt (Butcher) Allen (1879 - 1943)

Born 9 May 1879 in Baston, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Lindley Allen — married 8 Aug 1901 in Leicester, Leicester, England

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1943 at age 64 in Woodstock. Oxford, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Birth

Agnes Butcher was born on the 9th of May 1879 in Baston, Lincoln, England. ^[1] Her mother was Mary Ann (Butcher) Tilford (abt.1859-1945). ^[2]Father is unknown, but her middle name "Pratt" may hold a clue to her paternal roots. Agnes's maternal grandmother, Mary Butcher, raised her.^[3]

Marriage

Agnes married Walter Lindley Allen (1877-1980) on August 8th, 1901 in Leicester, Leicestershire England. Walter married Agnes Butcher by "banns". The marriage is registered on Aug. 08, 1901 in St. Peter's Church (Church of England) in Leicester England. Leicester is about one hundred miles north of London and a few miles west of Peterborough. Walter's occupation was a "platelayer". His age was given as 23 and was listed as a bachelor. Agnes Butcher was a spinster. Walter's father was William Allen and Agnes Butcher's father is shown as James William Tilford (probably her step father). Witnesses were James William Tilford and Hannah Maude Allen (probably Walter's sister) ^[4]

Children

Agnes had one daughter, Mary Ann (Butcher) Pitt (1897-1987), in 1897, 4 years before she married Walter. DNA evidence points to Walter or someone else in the Alllen family as the father of Mary. Agnes and Walter had six more children, 4 girls and 2 boys.

1. Edith
2. Maude
3. Mable
4. Phyllis
5. Frank
6. Walter Russell Allen (1915-2012)

Emigration

After their marriage and the birth of two daughters they moved in 1907 from England to Toronto Ontario Canada . Walter worked for The Grand Trunk Railroad as a baggage handler. They moved to BeachvilleOntario about 1915 and Walter worked in a quarry until he enlisted in the army. He served from about 1916 to 1919. Agnes apparently headed the household in Beachville until Walter's discharge and they settled in Woodstock.

Death

Agnes passed away on the 8th of September 1943 in Woodstock, Ontario. ^[5] She is buried in Woodstock Anglican Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Agnes Pratt Butcher Registration Year: 1879 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Bourne Parishes for this Registration District: Bourne Inferred County: Lincolnshire Volume: 7a Page: 369 Source Information: FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original Data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
2. ↑ Name: Agnes Pratt Butcher. Gender: Female Baptism/Christening Date: 1879 Baptism/Christening Place: BASTON, LINCOLN, ENGLAND Mother's Name: Mary Butcher Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02691-5 System Origin: England-VR Source Film Number: 1542188 Reference Number: - 2:2VZ8KH0 Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N139-V95 Original Record in the Baston Parish Records gives the Baptism date 29 June 1879. Under Profession states "single Woman" Name Agnes Pratt Butcher all clearly written.
3. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3Y6-SN5 Name: Agnes Butcher Age: 1 Gender: Female Birth Year: 1880 Birthplace: Baston, Lincolnshire, England Relationship to Head of Household: Grand Daughter Marital Condition: Single Address: High Street Census Place: Baston, Lincolnshire, England Record Type: Household Family History Library Film: 1341763 The National Archives Reference: RG11 Piece/Folio: 3199 / 95 Page Number: 1 Collection: England and Wales Census, 1881
4. ↑ England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 Name: Walter Lindley Allen Registration Year: 1901 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Leicester Inferred County: Leicestershire Volume: 7a Page: 528 Agnes Butcher Walter Lindley Allen Source Information: FreeBMD. England and Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original Data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
5. ↑ Name: Agnes Allen [Agnes Tilford] Gender: Female Age: 64 Birth Date: 12 May 1879 Birth Place: England Death Date: 8 Sep 1943 Death Place: Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Father: William Tilford Mother: Mary Tilford Spouse: Walter Allen Certificate Number: 029795 Source Citation Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: Registrations of Deaths, 1943; Reference Number: RG 80-08-0-2258 Source Information Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

• 1881 England census
• 1901 England census
• 1911 Canada census
• 1921 Canada census