Saturday, January 9, 2021

Amelia Ellen Allen (Alled)

 Amelia Ellen Allen (Alled) has been a bit of a challenge to research.

Amelia married Charles Altoft in 1906 in Ontario.  Her name is listed as Amelia ALLED, and her parents are listed as William ALLED and Ellen MOLE.  There are other "D" and "N" letters throughout the page in the same handwriting, and it is clearly ALLED not ALLEN.  She is listed as 20 years old, born in England, and a spinster.

She is listed as Ellen Amelia ALLAN  in the birth record for her daughter Lottie in Ontario in 1907

She is listed as Ellen Amelia with no maiden name in the birth record of her daughter Ellen Beatrice Altoft in Ontario in 1913.

She is listed as Amelia Ellen ALLEN in the delayed birth record for her daughter Mary Ellen.  This record was created in 1963.

As her daughter Evelyn was born in Ontario in 1916, her birth record is not yet publicly available (1913 is the last birth record year available for Ontario as of Jan 2021)

She is listed as Ellen Amelia ALLEN in the marriage record of her daughter Mary in 1928 in Ontario.

She is listed as Amelia ALLEN in the marriage record of her daughter Charlotte in 1929 in Ontario.

She is listed as Ellen ALLEN in the marriage record of her daughter Evelyn in 1934 in Ontario.

In the 1911 Canadian Census she is listed as Amelia Altoft and born in England in Oct 1886

In the 1921 Canadian Census she is listed as Helen Altoft, age 37, born in England, both parents born in England, and lists her immigration year as 1901.

In her death record, the informant for which was her daughter Mrs. Bretherton, it lists her parents as Robert ALLEN and Ellen WOODS. It lists her birthdate as 25 Oct 1885.


In 1885 in Gravesend, Kent, there is a marriage between an Ellen MOLE and a Robert ALLEN.

There is an Ellen Amelia Allen baptized 16 Mar 1887, parents Robert and Ellen Allen, in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England

There is a Rosina Elizabeth Allen baptized 5 Sep 1888, parents Robert and Ellen Allen, in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England.

There is a Thomas William Allen, baptized 8 Dec 1892, parents Robert and Ellen Allen, in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England.

There is a Robert James Allen, baptized 23 Aug 1894, parents Robert and Ellen Allen, in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England.

In the 1891 England Census there is a family in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England as follows:

Robert Allen, 27, cement labourer, born "Kent, Gilham"

Ellen Allen, 26, born "do"

Ellen Allen, 4, born Essex, Grays

Rose Allen, 2, born "do" (Essex, Grays)

Florence, 6 mths, born "do" (Essex, Grays)

In the 1901 England census there is a family in Grays Thurrock, Essex as follows:

Grimwood, William, 28, dock labourer, born Burnham, Essex

Grimwood, Ellen, 35, born Rochester, Kent

Allen, Flossie, 10, born Grays, Essex

Allen, William, 8, born Grays, Essex

Allen, James, 7, born Grays, Essex.

Elsewhere in Dr. Bernardo's home there is listed a 15 year old Amelia Ellen ALLEN, born in Grays, Essex

2 entries below is a 14 year old Rose Elizabeth ALLEN, but she is listed as born in Gravesend, Kent.

Amelia Allen is listed as a Barnardo's home child who arrived in Canada in 1901.

In the 1911 Census of England there is the following family living at 8 Maidstone Place, Grays, Essex:

William J Grimwade, 37, married 14 years

Ellen Grimwade, 42, married 14 years, children born alive in present marriage:6, still living 3, died 3

James ALLEN, 17, stepson, single, farm labourer, born Grays, Essex

Gladys Grimwade, 9, born Grays, Essex

Ellen Grimwade, 4, born Grays, Essex

In 1897 in Orsett, Essex there was a marriage between Ellen ALLEN and William James Grimwade.

It is my belief that Robert ALLEN died shortly prior to this marriage. In 1911 Ellen was listed as having 6 children in the present marriage, with 3 still living, and I only know of 2. If she was counting both marriages (which was not the correct way of answering) then I would have 7 children, one more than the 6 listed.

There is a military pension record for James Allen.  He enlisted in 1913. He is listed as #10079.  He had a mother, Mrs. Ellen Grimwade, at 8 Maidstone, and a brother William at same.

In 1909 there is a marriage of Florence ALLEN to Alfred SMITH



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