Brief Life History of Blanche Woodruff
When Blanche Woodruff Allen was born in 1867, in Berrien, Michigan, United States, her father, William Wallace Allen, was 31 and her mother, Jeanette J. Irving, was 29. She married Christopher Franklin Holland on 27 June 1887, in Watervliet, Berrien, Michigan, United States. She lived in Watervliet, Berrien, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. She died after 2 April 1930, in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States, and was buried in Clearwater Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, United States.
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- Blanche Allen in household of William Allen, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Blanche W. Allen - Government record: birth-name: Blanche W. Allen
- Blanch Wallen, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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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 The Amendment was later repealed.
1879 · New State Capitol Building Dedicated
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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