sentences:  The family link with milling in Gloucester goes back to 1860 (and before the inception of Priday Metford) because Director Francis Tring Pearce married Martha Allen, the daughter of Henry Allen and Mary Ann Charlotte Richardson (1845–1872) of Tewkesbury.Henry Allen had been milling in the Gloucester area since 1860 as part of Reynolds and Allen Company.Henry Allen was Mayor of Gloucester in 1872.