Attwell/Allen family

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Good Morning everyone,
I don't know if you will be able to help me with this or not, as there's not a lot to go on, but.....there were two sisters, Dorothy Attwell and May Attwell, Dorothy got pregnant,  and decided to hand her child over to May, who said she would bring her up as her own,( this would be around 1937/38).
May's husband would have been Harry Allen, who I believe she married in Shifnal, Shropshire in 1920.
I know the two families were very close, there were a few Attwell/Allen marraiges, from what I've been told.
I suppose it would be interesting to find anything from the time, but maybe Dorothy and Mays parents would be a start.
Thanks all, in advance

[Milliepede]

When were they born?  You can look up their births on Free BMD index and apply for a copy of one or both certificates to obtain the parents details.

Using the same website you can search for May’s marriage.

[cath151]

Hi
Using 1921 census and Freebmd I think parents were probably George Attwell and Louie Allen married 1919 Wellington Salop.
If you look for an Atwell birth with mmn Attwell in th 1930's in Shropshire there is a likely candidate for the child.
She is most likely redacted in 1939 with parents May and Harry.
Interested to see if others agree.

Cathy

[bully]

Hi,
I think Dorothy who had the baby girl, may have been Dorothy K Attwell, born Shifnal, 1920 ( probably reg there).
I think she may have married Gwilyn W Capps in Salford,  Sept 1954, as I was told she moved to Manchester.
I have come across the Louie Allen /George  Attwell marraige.

[bully]

Good afternoon all,
I'm looking into this family for an old friend of mine......not that I'm young, and we've progressed back to 1872, and a chap called  James  Henry Allen, who appears to have two addresses......born Redhill, Shifnal Shropshire,  and snedshill, priorslee, Shropshire.
Would someone be able to check the 1881 , and the 1891 census for us please.
He would be 9 in 1881, and 19 in the 1891.
I believe his wife to have been Susan, also born 1872, could have been sheds hill too.
Many thanks to you all

[CaroleW]

You can search all censuses for free here

https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/list?cqs=england+census

[softly softly]

I believe your John Henry Allen was baptised 5th April 1871--the same day he gives as his dob in 1939 war register. He was base born, his mother Emily/Emiley, her abode "Lodge Wood".

Baptism image available on FindMyPast

Emily appears with her parents on 1871 census (2nd April 1871) and john recorded as infant 1 day old.

Emily was born c1847 Lilleshall, Shropshire, her parents James Henry & Mary Allen

Emily's father James Henry Allen was buried 7th October 1894 aged 71, his abode Lodge Wood, this is the same year your James married Susan Williams.

SS

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1881 census, --Snedshill, Shifnal, Shropshire, England

Emily has married

Marriages Jun 1872   
Allen    Emily                Wellington Sh.    6a   1451    
Martin    Benjamin        Wellington Sh    6a   1451

Benjamin Martin Head Married 33 Coal miner b Wellington, Shropshire
Emily Martin Wife Married 34 - b Lilleshall, Shropshire
John Henry   Martin Son 10 Scholar b Lilleshall, Shropshire
Ann   Martin Daughter 8 Scholar b Shifnal, Shropshire
William Martin Son 6 Scholar b Shifnal, Shropshire

1891-Old Yard, Snedshill, Kemberton, Shifnal, Shropshire

John Henry recorded as Harry

Benjamin Martin Head Married 42 Coal miner b Wellington, Shropshire
Emily Martin Wife 43 - b Lilleshall, Shropshire
Harry Martin Son 20 Furnace labourer b Lilleshall, Shropshire
Annie Martin Daughter 18 Servant waitress b Lilleshall, Shropshire
William Martin Son 16 Brickyard worker b Shifnal, Shropshire
Alice Mary Martin Daughter    9 Scholar b Shifnal, Shropshire
E George Martin   Son 7 Scholar b Shifnal, Shropshire

SS