Allen, Charles John

Charles John Allen

 1883-1930

Charles John Allen born 24 March 1883, Warwick, Queensland, Australia, son of James George Allen and Esther Jane Grayson, died 31 August 1930 [1] at the residence of Mr E. F. Voitre, 161 Albert Street, Palmerston North aged 47 years, buried 1 September 1930, block 51, plot 18, Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North, married 1stly 24 May 1910, reg. 1910/2749 Sophie Florence Machirus, married 2ndly 9 April 1926, reg. 1926/4848 Emma Louisa Scott.

 Headstone of Charles John Allen
photograph - Palmerston North City Council

Obituary
Very sincere sympathy will be felt for Mr Charles J. Allen, of Palmerston North, in the death of his wife, the sad event taking place at his residence, Carroll street, on Friday evening last. The late Mrs Allen, who was of a bright and amiable disposition, had made many friends, who will sincerely regret her demise. Decease had been in ill-health for a considerable time but had borne her suffering with Christian fortitude, never complaining. Besides her husband, deceased leaves five little children, and also two brothers, Messrs Fred and Paul McHirus, to mourn their loss.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1877, 29 July 1920

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7319, 1 September 1930

issue:

1. Ernest Charles Allen born circa 1912 reg. 1912/19180 

2. Edna Jean Allen born circa 1914 reg. 1914/11349

3. Leslie William Allen born circa 1915 reg. 1915/25110 

4. Grayson Roy Allen born circa 1916 reg. 1916/26119 

5. Lorna Esther Allen born circa 1918 reg. 1918/9784  
                      

Palmerston North
Coleman Place
February 1917 to about February 1919

succeeded John Edwin Lewis February 1917. Lewis repurchased the studio in October 1919.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13675, 3 February 1917 
[this notice continued in the Manawatu Times until 10 February 1917. A similar notice continued in the Manawatu Standard until 18 May 1917]

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 147, 21 June 1917




Palmerston North
Crown Studios
 1920

In 1920 it appears that Charles John Allen was employed by Ernest Richard Whalley at Crown Studios, in Palmerston North.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1928, 28 September 1920



Palmerston North
Broadway
1924

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2412, 3 July 1924

 

 

unknown woman photographed by Charles Allen, Palmerston North 

[purchased September 2022]

  

Reinforcement Camp, 1915, Trentham

C. Allen, Photo

 World War I soldiers outside tents at Trentham Military camp, Upper Hutt, Wellington. 
Ref: 1/1-017536-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23074704
 

Electoral Rolls:

Palmerston Roll 1911 - no. 85 Allen, Charles John, 27 Terrace Street, photographer
Palmerston Roll 1914 - no. 87 Allen, Charles John, 27 Terrace Street, photographer
Palmerston Roll 1919 - no. 107 Allen, Charles John, 25 Carroll Street, Photographer
Palmerston Roll 1928 - no. 130 Allen, Charles John, 9 Hereford Street, Photographer

[1] not 5 November 1948 as show in Ancestry.com