Frances Duff Allan (1858-1932), known as Fanny, was born in Everton, Liverpool on the 7th August 1858
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and christened on the 17th October 1858 at St Peter's church in Liverpool. She was the daughter of William Allan, who was a mariner at that time, and Jessie Halket.
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The family were living in Kirkdale, Liverpool in 1861 with her maternal grandfather & aunt and it is unclear if the William Allan shown lodging there is her father or a coincidentally similarly named person as both he and her mother are listed as widowed and certainly her mother shortly thereafter settled with another man and starts another family by him.
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In 1871 she is with her mother, now named Macdonald, & stepsiblings in Brisbane Street, Kirkdale. Her stepfather is absent and described as a ship steward so likely away working.
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In the 1881 census I strongly suspect that she is the same Fanny Allen who was employed as a waitress, living in Golden Court in the Bull Ring, Birmingham.
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Certainly Fanny was living at the Bull Ring, Birmingham on 13th November 1881 when she married Alfred Hands at St Philip's church in Birmingham.
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Children of Alfred Allen Hands & Fanny Allan:-
Amy Frances (1882-1882) Arthur Alfred (1884) [8] Clara Annie (1886) [9] Fanny (1888) Albert Allen (1894) [10] Walter (1897) William John Eli (1901)
Their first daughter, Amy, died in infancy and when their second child, Arthur, was born in 1884, they were living in Balsall Heath, Birmingham
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They moved back to Liverpool by the time their next child is born in 1886 and initially live on Lambert Street,
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moving via Fitzroy Street, West Derby in 1888, to Tudor Street, West Derby in 1891
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where they stay for over a decade adding another son, Albert, in 1894
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Her husband died in late 1901 and 2 years later she remarried to Ernest Griffiths in Liverpool
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and in 1911 they are living on Wellington Road, Toxteth Park with 2 of her sons.
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She did not appear to have any children with Ernest. He died in 1928 and Fanny died in December 1932 at Poplar Grove, Toxteth Park.
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She was buried in Allerton Cemetery in south Liverpool on the 30th December 1932.
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Sources
↑Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 7 April 2022)
Allan, Frances Duff (Mother's maiden name: Halket). GRO Reference: 1858 Jul-Aug-Sep in West Derby & Toxteth Park Volume 08B Page 318.
↑Baptism:
"Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919"
Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, England; Liverpool Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 283 PET/2/46 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2196 #2421600 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances Duff Allan baptism on 17 Oct 1858 (born 7 Aug 1858), child of William & Jessie, in Liverpool, St Peter, Lancashire, England.
↑1861 Census:
"1861 England Census"
Class: RG 9; Piece: 2720; Folio: 88; Page: 36; GSU roll: 543018 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8767 #23193650 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances Allan (2) grandchild in household of Janet Harkness (63) in West Derby registration district. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
↑1871 Census:
"1871 England Census"
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 3826; Folio: 136; Page: 47; GSU roll: 841917 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7619 #3042461 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances Allam (12) stepdaughter (step daughter) in household of George Davis (55) in West Derby registration district. Born in Scotland.
↑1881 Census:
"1881 England Census"
Class: RG11; Piece: 2986; Folio: 81; Page: 8; GSU roll: 1341714 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7572 #22364643 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Fanny Allen (20) boarder, Waitress, in household of Mary A. Heron (28) at No 6 Golden CT Bull Ring in Birmingham registration district. Born in Scotland.
↑GRO Marriage Registration:
"England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915" Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8913 #426423 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Fanny Allan marriage Oct-Nov-Dec 1881 in Birmingham volume 6d page 243.
↑Marriage to Alfred Hands:
"Birmingham, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937"
Reference Number: DRO 25; Archive Roll: 625 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 4994 #52893337 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Fanny Allan (22) marriage to Alfred Hands on 13 Nov 1881 in Birmingham, St Philip, Warwickshire, England.
↑ 8.08.1Child Baptism:
"Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919"
Library of Birmingham; Birmingham, England; Birmingham Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DRO 93/2; Archive Roll: Reel 10 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 4981 #301827032 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Fanny Hands' child Arthur Alfred Hands baptism on 2 Oct 1884 in Bordesley, St Alban, Warwickshire, England.
↑ 9.09.1Child Baptism:
"Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919"
Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, England; Liverpool Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 283 MAG/2/2 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2196 #302527706 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Fanny Hands' child Clara Annie Hands baptism on 26 Aug 1886 in Liverpool, St Mary Magdalene, Lancashire, England.
↑ 10.010.1Child Baptism:
"Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919"
Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, England; Liverpool Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 283 PET/2/93 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2196 #302746309 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Fanny Hands' child Albert Allan Hands baptism on 17 Sep 1894 in Liverpool, St Peter, Lancashire, England.
↑1891 Census:
"1891 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 2992; Folio: 58; Page: 31; GSU roll: 6098102 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 6598 #25814065 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances Hands (32), wife, in household of Alfred Hands (35) in West Derby registration district. Born in Liverpool.
↑1901 Census:
"1901 England Census"
Class: RG13; Piece: 3487; Folio: 109; Page: 26 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7814 #20907073 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Fanny Hands (39), wife, in household of Alfred A Hands (43) in West Derby registration district. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
↑Marriage Registration:
"England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915" Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8913 #12451206 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances Hands marriage Oct-Nov-Dec 1903 in Liverpool volume 8b page 287.
↑1911 Census:
"1911 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2352 #6235365 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances Griffiths (50), wife, Joiner, in household of Ernest E Griffiths (52) at 164 Wellington Rd Dingle Lpool. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
↑Death Registration:
"England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007"
General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 8b; Page: 199 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7579 #29645308 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances D Griffiths death Oct-Nov-Dec 1932 in Liverpool (age 74) volume 8b page 199.
↑Burial:
"England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016"
Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, Merseyside, England; Liverpool Cemetery Registers; Reference: 352 Cem 5/1/5 Ancestry uk Record 9041 #3445614 (accessed 7 April 2022)
Frances Duff Griffiths burial (died in 1932 at age 74) on 30 Dec 1932 in Merseyside, England.
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