Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Allen was born on 22 August 1862, in Tyler, West Virginia, United States, her father, William A Allen, was 19 and her mother, Nancy Julia Lyons, was 21. She married Samuel Horner in 1878, in Tyler, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Ravenswood, Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia, United States in 1900. She died after 1910, at the age of 8137.
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Sources (7)
- Sarah A Horner in household of Samuel Horner, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sarah Allen in household of William Allen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah Jane Allen, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
Spouse and Children
1857–1943 Male
1862–after 1910 Female
Children (4)
1882– Female
1883– Female
1884–1975 Female
1885– Male
Parents and Siblings
1843–1900 Male
1841–1899 Female
Siblings (8)
1862–after 1910 Female
1864–1938 Female
1866–1868 Male
1869–1920 Female
1871–1951 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1863
Age 1
1863
Age 1
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
Age 14
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Alain, Alein (Old Breton Alan), from a Celtic personal name of great antiquity and obscurity. In England the personal name is now usually spelled Alan, the surname Allen; in Scotland the surname is more often Allan. From 1139 it was common in Scotland, where the surname also derives from Gaelic Ailéne, Ailín, from ail ‘rock’. The present-day frequency of the surname Allen in England and Ireland is partly accounted for by the popularity of the personal name among Breton followers of William the Conqueror, by whom it was imported first to Britain and then to Ireland. Saint Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another Saint Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English femaje personal name Aline (Old French Adaline, Aaline), a pet form of ancient Germanic names in Adal-, especially Adalheidis (see Allis ).
French: variant of Allain , a cognate of 1 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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