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Robert Allmand - Mayor of Wrexham

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patchem

patchem Report 27 Jan 2011 19:01

Sorry, how did William Bennion fit in?
Births Jun 1849
BENNION William Fawcett Nantwich 19 210
BENNION William Fawcett Nantwich 19 21_
Births Sep 1849
BENNION William Nantwich 19 152

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 27 Jan 2011 19:04

where was william born?

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 27 Jan 2011 19:23

if he died 1829 then these are not him either. they may be wheelwright and puplicann but they certainly do not fit.

you say you have got to him through william bennion but you have not given us any details. to work with. you may have the information but we do not.

1841 census transcription details for: Halghton Lane Mill Stone, Hanmer, Halghton
ALLMAN, Robert M 50 1791 Occ:Wheelwright and Publican
ALLMAN, Mary F 45 1796
ALLMAN, Thomas M 10 1831 Flintshire
ALLMAN, Mary F 9 1832 Flintshire

1851 for the man who married Mary Roberts
Name: Robert Almand
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1809
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann Almand
Gender: Male
Where born: Clutton, Cheshire, England
Robert Almand 42 *************Occ: Wheelwright
Mary Ann Almand 54
Thomas Almand 21
Mary Almand 19

Flick

Flick Report 27 Jan 2011 22:32

LK

The first wife died in 1824..................allegedly


Flick

Flick Report 27 Jan 2011 22:34

Unless Tom comes up with a proper set of facts, detailing the line from Bennion to Allmand, I don't propose to spend any further time on this

The age in 1851 is actually 62...........not as transcribed

Have advised Ancestry of their error

Tom

Tom Report 27 Jan 2011 23:36

I dont see why you need to know the line up to Robert. All i want to know is if he was a mayor or councillor of somesort. Thank you for the help flick im sorry i got some of the facts wrong, you dont need to help if its such a bother to you!
Ok so the facts are Robert Allmand born 1788 Clutton to John Allman and Rachel Rowcraft. Robert married Susanna Lee in 1818, they had 3 children that i know of John 1819 Martha 1822 and Robert 1822.
Susanna died in 1824 and Robert married Mary Roberts in 1826.

Robert was listed as a wheelwright and a publican. A relative (now deceased) claims he was a publican, timber merchant and the mayor of wrexham

patchem

patchem Report 27 Jan 2011 23:57

And the link to William Bennion is?

Thanks

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Jan 2011 00:29

Tom


Just an explanation as to why the helpers need to know how you got to Robert


You have alread said the spelling of the name varies .... and you have been working with this man for some time, so you have it all in your head.


You're asking for help from us

.............. We need to get our heads around Robert Allmand, your man, so that we can sort out which one he might be from any number of others with similar names


you're working off a story ............. you've already been told that Wrexham did not have a Mayor until 1857, yet you won't give us the information we need to be able to follow the trail, and give you what you obviously so desperately crave ............. a NAME in yoru background!


We're just members like yourself you know?! We're not paid employees of GR ..... and some pleases and thank yous wouldn't go amiss for all these people who have spent their spare time trying to help you!




so that is why we need to know the line up to Robert ..... to be sure that we have the right man!



sylvia

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 28 Jan 2011 00:44

This seems to be the audit trail:

1851 England Census
about William Bennion Name: William Bennion
Age: 2
Estimated birth year: abt 1849
Relation: Son
Father's name: John Bennion
Mother's name: Martha Bennion
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Wrenbury, Cheshire, England

Civil Parish: Dodcott Cum Wilkesley
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Registration district: Nantwich
Sub-registration district: Bunbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 87
Household Members: Name Age
John Bennion 34
Martha Bennion 25 b Malpas
Elizabeth Bennion 3
William Bennion 2

So I assume, Tom, that you have the marriage certificate for this pair, which confirms her father as Robert, a wheelwright and publican. Is that right?

Unfortunately she isn't with her parents in 1841, so there's no other way of confirming her father.

Marriage of Martha Almand/Allmand in Ellesmere, Dec 1847 to John Bennion.

This could be Robert in 1861, though he is now a grocer:

1861 England Census
about Robert Allmond Name: Robert Allmond
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann Allmond
Gender: Male
Where born: Faradon, Cheshire, England

Civil Parish: Oswestry
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
Town: Oswestry
County/Island: Shropshire
Country: England
Registration district: Oswestry
Sub-registration district: Oswestry
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 123
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Allmond 70
Mary Ann Allmond 65
Mary Allmond 27

Mary Ann is born Stockport, as is the Mary Ann in 1851.



LadyKira

LadyKira Report 28 Jan 2011 00:49

hello madmeg

that is one robert almond but in that case tom has not got the right death.

Tom

Tom Report 28 Jan 2011 06:47

Madmeg yes this is the right family, nad yes the marriage cert does confirm the father to be Robert.
I havent got a death for robert, 1859 was suggestewd by another member on this thread, so its quite possible that the abouve robert allmond is the same man.

patchem

patchem Report 28 Jan 2011 06:54

According to what Tom has most recently said, Martha was born in 1822, so she is the wrong age to be Martha Bennion age 25 in 1851.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Jan 2011 07:09

This is on the new fmailysearch ...... and I guess is what om is accepting as "his"


record title: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

name: Susanna Alman
gender: Female
burial date: 17 May 1824
burial place: Malpas, Cheshire, England
spouse's name: Robert Alman
indexing project (batch) number: B05101-5
system origin: Part 1 - 1
source film number: 1538147



and the marriage of a Robert to Mary:-


record title: England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900

name: Robert Alman
gender: Male
event type: Marriage
marriage date: 07 Feb 1826
birthplace: of this parish & township of Wigland
marriage place: Malpas, Cheshire, England
principal's residence: , Malpas, Cheshire, England
spouse's name: Mary Roberts
spouse's residence: , Malpas, Cheshire, England
digital folder number: 4011811




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Jan 2011 07:14

There seem to be TWO Martha Allmands, according to the IGI

MARTHA ALMAN Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth: 01 APR 1821

Christening: 07 MAY 1821 Independent, Malpas, Cheshire, England

Parents:
Father: ROBT. ALMAN Family
Mother: SUSANNAH LEE

---------------
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

-------------------
Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C076681 1819 - 1837 0020048 (RG4 185) Film 6906816 Film



AND


MARTHA ALMAN Pedigree
Female

Event(s):
Birth: 06 MAY 1824

Christening: 06 JUN 1824 Independent, Malpas, Cheshire, England

Parents:
Father: ROBERT ALMAN Family
Mother: SUSANNAH LEE

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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

-------------------
Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C076681 1819 - 1837 0020048 (RG4 185) Film 6906816 Film






which of course indicates that the first Martha died, and the next girl to be born was again given the name Martha




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Jan 2011 07:16

Other children for Robert and Susannah Lee as show on the IGI, all extracted records are:-


JOHN ALMAN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 23 SEP 1819
Male Christening: 12 DEC 1819 Independent, Malpas, Cheshire, England


ROBERT ALMAN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 23 MAY 1822
Male Christening: 20 AUG 1822 Independent, Malpas, Cheshire, England




sylvia

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 28 Jan 2011 12:16

http://www.wrexhamstory.co.uk/news-events.html


the speaker at this wrexham local history event is a martin allmand

Flick

Flick Report 28 Jan 2011 12:59

Tom

I didn't say anything about trying to help you being a bother to me............but you have been chopping and changing your dates, which hasn't made research easy, and it has taken you some time to respond to the questions posed..

Your 'story' about Robert being a Mayor of Wrexham is not borne out by the facts as we have been able to uncover them.

He was living in Flintshire in 1851, and would have been nearly 70 years old when the first Mayor of Wrexham was appointed. (1857)

Perhaps it was another Robert Allmand who held an official position in Wrexham.....

This one perhaps?
1871

Name: Robert Allmand
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Emma Allmand
Gender: Male
Where born: Bangor, Flintshire, Wales
Civil Parish: Wrexham Regis
Ecclesiastical parish: Wrexham
Town: Wrexham
County/Island: Denbighshire
Country: Wales
Registration district: Wrexham
Sub-registration district: Wrexham
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Household schedule number: 176
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Allmand 37
Emma Allmand 35
Mary Allmand 12
John Allmand

However, as you stated in your original posting that you had checked the list of Mayors, and your relative was not named, clearly ,the 'story' is just that......a STORY.

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 30 Jan 2011 00:15

Ladykira, not sure what death you are meaning.

LadyKira

LadyKira Report 30 Jan 2011 01:10

madmeg
we were given such sparse info at the begining of this thread that kept changing as we went along. i believe the confusion has been clarified now. so is irelevant.
i spent many hours on this on google and other records without sucess and without much help from tom and i have now moved on.

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 30 Jan 2011 02:42

LadyKira.
Robert didnt died in 1824 . His first wife Susanna did.