Lorenzo Allen

Brief Life History of Lorenzo

When Lorenzo Allen was born on 21 August 1848, in Cape Vincent, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Daniel D Allen, was 30 and his mother, Ruetha Clemons, was 29. He married Helen Clemens on 13 October 1868, in Montague, Lewis, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Cape Vincent, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 17 August 1919, in Montague, Lewis, New York, United States, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Allen
1848–1919
Helen Clemens
1852–1927
Marriage: 13 October 1868
Cora Uella Allen
1870–1940
Clara E. Allen
1872–1935
Alden Joseph Allen
1876–1957
Bessie D. Allen
1878–
Chloe L Allen
1880–1913

Sources (13)

  • Lorenzo Allen, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Leronzo Allen, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
  • Lorenzo Allen in entry for Alden Joseph Allen and Lillian I Lamont, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

World Events (8)

1850

Established in 1850.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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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He built barns

Lorenzo Allen owned a farm 1 mile east of Rector's Corners. He kept about a dozen or more milk cows along with some chickens. He sold the milk and eggs. To supplement his income or perhaps to provi …

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