Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Allen was born in 1813, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Benjamin Allen, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Youel, was 34. She married James Shanklin on 2 April 1839, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Toledo Township, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Toledo, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1870. She died on 2 March 1894, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- E Shanklin in household of J Shanklin, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eliza Allen, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Elize Allen in entry for Harriet A. Lalond, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
Spouse and Children
1807–1873 Male
1813–1894 Female
Children (6)
1840–1916 Female
1842–1864 Male
1844–1861 Female
1846–1892 Female
1847–1913 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1775–1847 Male
1779–1833 Female
Siblings (14)
1805–1885 Male
1806–1877 Female
1808– Male
1810– Female
1812– Male
+9 More Children
World Events (8)
1818 · Jackson Purchase
Age 5
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 6
1846
Age 33
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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