Nat Gould

Mary Ann Allen 1884-1912

Mary Ann Allen was born in 1884 at Alstonefield in Staffordshire, the daughter of Joseph Allen and his wife Anne (maiden surname unknown).

In 1907 she was married to Samuel Askey 1880-1952 and they had the following children:

Edith Askey. She was born on 12 March 1909 at Alstonefield. In 1930 she was married to George Thomas Oswald Ratledge 1904-1980 at Towcester in Northamptonshire. They had six children. Edith Ratledge died on 31 May 1971 at Helmdon, Brackley in Northamptonshire (1).

Samuel Askey. He was born in 1911 and died in the same year at Brassington in Derbyshire.

Martha Askey. She was born on 10 August 1912. In 1942 she was married to John Heywood Armstrong, and they lived at Glossop in Derbyshire. She died in 1979, and her husband died in the same year.

Their mother Mary Ann Askey nee Allen died on 30 October 1912 aged only 28 years and was buried at Alstonefield, where there is an inscription to her memory on the gravestone of her parents.

(1) Information on the descendants of Mary Ann Askey nee Allen has been kindly provided by her great-grandson Stephen Ratledge.