She married John Allen in 1853:
Registrar's District of Clones
Marriages, Volume 3, page 755, No. 38
Marriage solemnized at Stonebridge in the Parish of Clones
in the Co. of Monaghan
4th day of May 1853
John Allen, full age, bachelor, farmer, Cordoff
Father: Rowland Allen, Farmer
Matilda Colvin, full age, spinster, Creevlea
Father: Wm Colvin, Farmer
Married in the meeting house of Stonebridge according to the forms and disciplines of the Presbyterian Church, by license, by me, Wm. White
Witnesses: Richard Crawford, Samuel Johnstone
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Their 8 children were born at Corduff (Cordoo, Cordough) in Aghabog Parish between 1854 and 1865: Matilda, Annie, John, William, David, Eliza Jane, Archibald and Joseph.
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John Allen Sr. died in 1896, and his widow Matilda was head of their household in the 1901 census.
1901 census - Corduff townland, Aghabog parish, Co. Monaghan
Matilda Allen - head of family - age 70 - born Co. Monaghan - Presbyterian - widow - can read & write
John Allen - son - age 40 - born Co. Monaghan - Presbyterian - farmer - not married - can read & write
James Scott, 25, farm servant, Presbyterian, not married, cannot read, born Co. Monaghan
Rose McCall, 20, general servant: domestic, Roman Catholic, not married, can read & write, born Co. Monaghan
House: 4 rooms, 3 windows in front, walls of mud/wood, roof thatch/wood, 10 outbuildings.
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John Allen Jr. married Margaret Elizabeth Moore on July 7th 1910, and he then became head of the Allen household.
1911 census of Ireland - Residents of a house 5 in Corduff (Aghabog, Monaghan)
John Allen - 50 - Head of Family - Co Monaghan - Farmer - Read and write - Married - Years Married: "under one"
Maggie Elizabeth Allen - 24 - Wife - Presbyterian - Co Monaghan - Read and write - Married - Years Married: "under one"
Matilda Allen - 80 - Mother - Presbyterian - Co Monaghan - Read and write - Widow
Patrick Mc Dermott - 18 - Farm Servant - Roman Catholic - Co Monaghan - Farm Servant - Read and write - Single
Catherine Finegan - 18 - Servant - Roman Catholic - Co Monaghan - Domestic Servant - Read and write
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Matilda Calvin Allen died at Corduff on May 4, 1911. Her civil death record said that she was age 72 and a farmer's widow. The cause of death was "Chronic rheumatism," with no medical attendant. The informant was John Allen, son, present at death, residence Corduff.
She married John Allen in 1853:
Registrar's District of Clones
Marriages, Volume 3, page 755, No. 38
Marriage solemnized at Stonebridge in the Parish of Clones
in the Co. of Monaghan
4th day of May 1853
John Allen, full age, bachelor, farmer, Cordoff
Father: Rowland Allen, Farmer
Matilda Colvin, full age, spinster, Creevlea
Father: Wm Colvin, Farmer
Married in the meeting house of Stonebridge according to the forms and disciplines of the Presbyterian Church, by license, by me, Wm. White
Witnesses: Richard Crawford, Samuel Johnstone
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Their 8 children were born at Corduff (Cordoo, Cordough) in Aghabog Parish between 1854 and 1865: Matilda, Annie, John, William, David, Eliza Jane, Archibald and Joseph.
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John Allen Sr. died in 1896, and his widow Matilda was head of their household in the 1901 census.
1901 census - Corduff townland, Aghabog parish, Co. Monaghan
Matilda Allen - head of family - age 70 - born Co. Monaghan - Presbyterian - widow - can read & write
John Allen - son - age 40 - born Co. Monaghan - Presbyterian - farmer - not married - can read & write
James Scott, 25, farm servant, Presbyterian, not married, cannot read, born Co. Monaghan
Rose McCall, 20, general servant: domestic, Roman Catholic, not married, can read & write, born Co. Monaghan
House: 4 rooms, 3 windows in front, walls of mud/wood, roof thatch/wood, 10 outbuildings.
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John Allen Jr. married Margaret Elizabeth Moore on July 7th 1910, and he then became head of the Allen household.
1911 census of Ireland - Residents of a house 5 in Corduff (Aghabog, Monaghan)
John Allen - 50 - Head of Family - Co Monaghan - Farmer - Read and write - Married - Years Married: "under one"
Maggie Elizabeth Allen - 24 - Wife - Presbyterian - Co Monaghan - Read and write - Married - Years Married: "under one"
Matilda Allen - 80 - Mother - Presbyterian - Co Monaghan - Read and write - Widow
Patrick Mc Dermott - 18 - Farm Servant - Roman Catholic - Co Monaghan - Farm Servant - Read and write - Single
Catherine Finegan - 18 - Servant - Roman Catholic - Co Monaghan - Domestic Servant - Read and write
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Matilda Calvin Allen died at Corduff on May 4, 1911. Her civil death record said that she was age 72 and a farmer's widow. The cause of death was "Chronic rheumatism," with no medical attendant. The informant was John Allen, son, present at death, residence Corduff.
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