The Ancestors of H A R R Y    F E R G U S O N    J O H N S O N of North Carolina

Census:
1841, HO 107/958/8, Yeovil, Somerset, ED 3, p 46A, Pen mill, "Robert (Allen)," age 25, miller, not born Somerset
1851, HO 107/1930, Yeovil, Somerset, ED 5B, p 290A #243, Lyde House, "Rob Charles Allen," age 35, miller master, b Wilts Salisbury
1861, RG 9/1340, Poole, Dorset, ED 12E, p 115B, #139, Longfleet Rd, "Robert Chas Allen," age 45, clerk at miller's office, b Wilts Salisbury
1871, RG 10/1987, St James Parish, Poole, Dorset, ED 2, p 43B, #207, West Street, "Robert C Allen," age 55, clerk to corn millers, b Wilts Salisbury
1881, RG 11/2095, St James Parish, Poole, Dorset, ED 2, p 33A, #102, West Street, "Robert C Allen," age 65, miller's agent, b Wilts Salisbury
1891, RG 12/1639, St. Mary's Parish, Longfleet, Dorset, ED 8, p 10B, #106, Wimborne Rd, "Robert C Allen," age 75, retired corn merchant's buyer, b Wilts Salisbury

Christening: 30 Nov 1815, South Street Chapel, Yeovil, Somerset, England
Burial: St Mary's Church, Longfleet, Poole, Dorset, England
Epitaph: In fond devotion to the memory of Robert Charles ALLEN who fell asleep January 7th 1896 aged 80 years, The memory of the just is blessed.

Transcription of document: These are to Certify, that [Robert Charles Allen the son] of [Robert Allen] and [Sophia Allen] his Wife, who was Daughter of [___] was born in [Exetor Street New Sarum] in the Parish of [Saint Ann] in the County of [Wilts] the [Thirtieth] Day of [November] in the Year [One thousand eight hundred and fifteen] xxxat whose Birth I was presentxxx [We hereby testify that the above is a true entry of the birth of Robert Charles Allen our Son - Robert Allen - Sophia Allen - Parents of the Child] Registered by me [Joseph M Chapman] Protestant Dissenting Minister (Record RG4/1737 - Register of Births at the Particular Baptist Chapel on South Street in Yeovil, Somerset from 1808 to 1837) [Transcribed by Donna Johnson]

From the International Genealogical Index: [ + ] Robert Charles Allen b 30 Nov 1815 South Street Baptist, Yeovil, Somerset, England son of Robert Allen and Sophia. (LDS IGI Batch Number C092641 Source Call 0825389 RG4/1737, Births, 1810-1836, South Street Chapel (Yeovil, Somerset: Particular Baptist) ) [ ] Robert Allen b 30 Nov 1815 Brown Street Particular Baptist, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England son of Robert Allen and Sophia (LDS IGI Batch Number C093221 Source Call 0516595 RG4 2064, Netherlands, Utrecht, Maarssen - Notarial records) [ ] Robert Charles Allen christened 30 Nov 1815 South Street Chapel, Yeovil, Somerset, England son of Robert Allen and Sophia. (LDS IGI Batch Number 7208727, Sheet Number 18, Source Call 0820280 , Patron Sheets Patron sheets, 1969-1991) +Only the first entry is correct. The other two contain errors.

Apparently, South Street Baptist is known today as Yeovil Baptist Church, South Street, Yeovill, Somerset. Note that Robert Allen father of Robert Charles Allen was buried in a family vault at South Street Chapel, Yeovil, Somerset.

Robert Charles ALLEN was listed at West Street, Poole for 1870, 1874 and 1879 in the Poll Book.  The Poll Book is the list of those eligible to vote; the equivalent of the electoral roll today. [Deborah Waller, research]

National Burial Index for Dorset (Somerset and Dorset FHS): 1. Name Robert Charles ALLEN Date 10 Jan 1896 Aged 80 Place Longfleet Description St Mary Denomination Anglican County code DOR 2. Name Robert Charles ALLEN Date 7 Jan 1896 Aged 80 Place Longfleet Description St Mary Denomination Anglican County code

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