Ziller Jacklin (née Ziller Allen 1858-1949)
This information has taken me quite some time to document and publish but at the time it came as quite a surprise:
Through the "Suggest a change" form at Family History Journal I received the following email:
Proposed Change: Ziller ALLEN (I22)
Tree: Jacklin / Ashforth
Link: Ziller ALLEN
Description: Zillah was mother of Georgina 06/03/1879-1965 father not registered. Georgina(eanor) married Charles Henry Ward 1896 Aston parish church Sheffield. Zillah is my G.G.Grandmother.
Basically this email informed me that my grandfather Wilfred Jacklin 1896-1967 had a step sister by the name of Georgina (Georgiana). I immediately phoned my aunt, the daughter of Wilfred Jacklin 1896-1967 and Ivy JACKLIN (née Ivy DIXON) 1901-1983 and asked if she was aware of this step sister; no she wasn't.
So this opened up a whole new avenue to explore.
I replied to BW and he provided me with a synopsis of Georgiana's family history:
Georgiana known to the family as Georgina married Charles Henry Ward at Aston Parish Church¹ and had 8 children. The eldest daughter had 5 children including the mother of BW.I sent for Georgiana's birth certificate because Fanny Allen² would have been in her 50s when she was born. I have enclosed copies of birth and marriage
certificates. The name on the marriage certificate is Eanor which is a mystery to the family.
¹ Aston Parish Church is the Church of All Saints, Aston-cum-Aughton, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
² Fanny ALLEN (née Fanny LITTLEWOOD) 1832-1915, the mother of Ziller (Zillah, Zellaby) ALLEN 1858-1949
In the census record shown below, Georgina, or Georgiana ALLEN 1879-1965 is shown to be 2 years old and a grandaughter of John ALLEN 1831-Deceased, though at this time Ziller ALLEN 1858-1949 is living and working at East Drayton, Nottinghamshire, in the the household of George SMITHSON 1830-Deceased.
FHJ Ref: 008
Census: England and Wales Census 1881
Place: Little Gringley, Retford, Nottinghamshire
Household: John Allen
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME(S) | REL | STATUS | SEX | AGE | OCCUPATION | WHERE BORN | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | John | Head | Married | Male | 50 | Agricultural Labourer | Little Gringley, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | |
| Allen | Fanny | Wife | Married | Female | 49 | East Retford, Nottinghamshire | ||
| Allen | Elizabeth | Daur | U | Female | 20 | General Servant Domestic | Little Gringley, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | |
| Allen | David | Son | U | Male | 14 | Agricultural Labourer | Little Gringley, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | |
| Allen | John | Son | U | Male | 12 | Scholar | Little Gringley, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | |
| Allen | Sally | Daur | U | Female | 10 | Scholar | Little Gringley, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | |
| Allen | Tom | Son | U | Male | 7 | Scholar | Little Gringley, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | |
| Allen | Harriet | Daur | U | Female | 4 | Little Gringley, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | ||
| Allen | Jane | G Daur | U | Female | 5 | Workhouse, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire | ||
| Allen | Georgiana | G Daur | U | Female | 2 | Workhouse, Clarborough, Nottinghamshire |
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In the census record shown below Ziller ALLEN 1858-1949 is living in the household of George SMITHSON 1830-Deceased. I must admit, it had never crossed my mind to link Georgiana to Ziller ALLEN 1858-1949 as a daughter.
FHJ Ref: 002
Census: England and Wales Census 1881
Place: 4 North Street, East Drayton, Nottingham, England
Household: George Smithson
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME(S) | REL | STATUS | SEX | AGE | OCCUPATION | WHERE BORN | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithson | George | Head | M | Male | 51 | Agricultural Labourer | Headon, Nottinghamshire | |
| Smithson | Jane | Wife | M | Female | 28 | Retford, Nottinghamshire | ||
| Allen | John H | Step Son | Male | 9 | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey | ||
| Allen | Jane | Step Daughter | Female | 7 | Scholar | Retford, Nottinghamshire | ||
| Smithson | Elizabeth | Daughter | Female | 2 | East Drayton, Nottinghamshire | |||
| Allen | Zillah | Sister In Law | U | Female | 22 | Dom Serv Unemployed (Farm) | Little Gringley, Nottinghamshire |
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Of course this still leaves me with the mystery of Elizabeth ALLEN, as shown by the census record below, living in the household of Daniel JACKLIN 1862-1953 and Ziller JACKLIN (née Ziller ALLEN) 1858-1949. To view an earlier article regarding Elizabeth ALLEN please click here.
FHJ Ref: 007
Census: England and Wales Census 1891
Place: Bradley Yard, Aston With Aughton, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Household: Daniel Jacklin
| SURNAME | FIRST NAME(S) | REL | STATUS | SEX | AGE | OCCUPATION | WHERE BORN | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacklin | Dan | Head | Married | M | 28 | Coal Miner | Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, | |
| Jacklin | Ziller | Wife | Married | F | 32 | Gringley, Lincolnshire | ||
| Allen | Elizabeth | Niece | S | F | 9 | Gringley, Lincolnshire | ||
| Note: Gringley, Lincolnshire ought to be Little Gringley, Nottinghamshire | ||||||||
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