John Thomas Allsop (1880–1961)

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Photo courtesy Doug Allsop

photo of John Thomas Allsop

Biography
John Thomas Allsop was born in Crich Carr about 1881, his parents were John and Ellen Allsop. Before the war he married Mary Elizabeth Smith and they had two children, Harry and Essie. He worked at Lea Mills but had left before 1914 as he is not recorded in the Mill’s records at that time. In 1920, became manager of a hosiery factory at Kilmaurs, Scotland, where he died in 1961.

Allsop family 1960

Four generations of the Allsop family, pictured in 1960. John Thomas Allsop (known as Thomas) seated is pictured with his Crich-born son Harry Smith Allsop back left;
Back right is his grandson, Reverend Thomas Douglas Allsop and the child his great grandson, John Douglas Allsop.
John Thomas Allsop moved to Scotland with his wife and young children in 1920.

CENSUS INFORMATION

1891: Crich Carr

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
John Allsop Head 45 Beesom maker Crich Carr
Ellen Allsop wife 44   Belper
Jane Eliza Allsop daughter 15 Factory hand Crich Carr
Luke Allsop son 13 Scholar Crich Carr
John Thomas Allsop son 10 Scholar Crich Carr

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1901: Crich Carr

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
Ellen Allsop Head (widow) 53   Belper
Luke Allsop son 23 Stone mason Crich Carr
Thomas Allsop son 23 Hosiery factory Crich Carr

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1911: The Fields, Crich

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
John Thomas Allsop Head 30 Hosiery factory clerk Crich
Mary Elizabeth Allsop wife 31   Crich
Harry Smith Allsop son 3   Crich
Essie May Allsop daughter 1 mo   Crich

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