Look up Marriages - William Allen - Completed

[Cornishtin]

I am researching my 3 x great Grandfather William Allen born abt 1799 at Clarborough, East retford, Notts.

In the 1851 census he was living at Moorgate, Clarborough with his then wife Catherine born abt 1814 at Clarborough and children:-

Mary born abt 1844 at Clarborough,
Ann born abt 1845 at Clarborough and
Fanny born abt 1849 at Clarborough.

In the 1841 census it looks like he may have been married to an Ann born abt 1801 Notts living at Moorgate.

I suspect the the children Mary and Ann may have been born to Ann and Fanny to Catherine but I have been unable to find any marriage information to help with these suspicions.

Freebmd does give the deaths of two Ann Allen's at East Retford - one in 1843 and one in 1847.

I believe that Catherine's maiden name was Scoggin or Scoggins or variations of.

I would welcome any info on the marriages of William Allen

Regards

CT

[Alexander.]

Clarborough marriage
15 Jan 1844 - William ALLEN & Catherine DEVONPORT

So it looks like all three children were Catherine's.

Alexander

PS. You say you thought Catherine's name was Scoggin - where did that come from?

[Cornishtin]

Hi

thanks

Re Scoggins - it looks to me like Catharine Scoggins married a James Davenport in 1840, then possibly re-married William Allen in 1844. She again re-married again after Williams death.

Thankyou for the look up

[Alexander.]

That certainly looks plausible. There is a postem on FreeBMD on Catherine's first marriage which says:
"Parish - North Wingfield, Derbyshire : 11 May 1840: James Davenport, age, bachelor, labourer of Tupton to Catherine Scoggins, age, spinister, of Tupton. Grooms father - Thomas Davenport, farmer. Brides father-John Scoggins, weaver"

There is this baptism in Clarborough:
12 Nov 1815 - Catherine Schogen, dau of John & Elizth.

Checking the marriage register (or certificate) for Catherine's marriage to William Allen would confirm her father's name.

The only marriage I can find in the Retford area for William and Ann is this one:
Hayton St Peter marriage
25 Nov 1817 - William ALLIN & Ann FOX

They appear to have had a daughter who died in infancy:
Clarborough - Aug 1818 - Mary Allen dau of Willm. & Ann (buried 29 Aug 1818)

Alexander

[Cornishtin]

Thanks again.

My Catharine's father was John Scoggins born  abt 1789 at Headon-cum-Repson.

He was a Cotton Weaver living at Moorgate in the 1841 and 1851 census. His wife was an Elizabeth ?? born c1873 at Bawtry, Yorkshire and was a widow in the 1861 census

With the info you kindly supplied it more or less confirms Catharine's first marriage to Davenport ( who is not related to me) then later re-marrying William

Looks William marrying an Ann may be a red herring - perhaps the 1841 census relates to a sister. Will now explore that avenue.

Many thanks again for the help