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Rev. Allen Zachariah Grace |
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Non-Chess Life
The birth of Allen Zachariah was registered in the third quarter of 1842, at London.
His marriage was registered in the first quarter of 1866, at Maidstone. He and his wife, Emily (née Smith, 1842/43, Maidstone), had at least the following seven children:
As a cleric, he moved round, and for one period, if not two, he lived in Wakefield.
The 1871 census found parents Allen and Emily living with 4-month-old Ernest Norman Grace, and one servant, living at an address which looks like Colour Works, 1 Japan Colleges, Goldenhill, Staffordshire, a village 2 miles to the north of Tunstall. Older child, Granville, was presumably with relatives. 28-year-old Allen Grace was curate of Goldenhill.
Ernest Norman Grace died during 1871.
In 1872, give or take a year, he moved to Wakefield, but cannot have lived there very long, as he seems to have moved to Norfolk in 1875. (He was recorded as a member of Wakefield Chess Club in 1875, and son Roland was born in 1874/75.)
The birthplace of Allen Hornby Grace being Wakefield suggests then family may have lived in Wakefield fora second brief period.
The 1881 census found parents Allen and Emily, with the five surviving children (but not unborn Stanley), and three servants, living at The Vicarage, Wellington, Shropshire, 10 miles E of Shrewsbury, and now part of Telford. 38-year-old Allen Zachariah Grace was described as a clerk in holy orders, without specifying any cure he might have held.
The 1891 census found Allen Grace, apparently living on his own, at 16 George Street, St. Pancras, London. His age was given as 45, though it was 48. He was described merely as “rector”.
The 1901 census found 28 year-old son, G. A. Grace, himself now a C. of E. clergyman, and his 59-year-old Emily Grace living at Moorside, Hawkhurst, Kent. Since Emily was stated to be a widow, we infer that the Rev. Allen Grace had died.
Death
Allen Zachariah Grace died at some time from 1891 to 1901, though a record of his death isn’t immediately easy to find.
Chess
He attended the annual meetings of the West Yorkshire Chess Association in 1873, 1874 and 1875.
He played for Wakefield in the 1874 Wakefield-Leeds match.
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Created 25/07/2013 |
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Last Updated 25/07/2013 |