Brief Life History of Rose May
When Rose May Allen was born on 16 September 1877, in Jewell, Kansas, United States, her father, William Reed Allen Sr., was 42 and her mother, Martha Louisa York, was 40. She married Wiley Plunkett on 25 September 1892, in Lewis, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States for about 5 years and Portland City Election Precinct 47, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 4 October 1963, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Rose M Plunkett, "United States Census, 1940"
- Rose Mae Allen Plunkett, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
- Rosa Or Rose May Allen, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
Spouse and Children
1867–1934 Male
1877–1963 Female
Children (2)
1894–1979 Female
1902–1980 Male
Parents and Siblings
1834–1913 Male
1837–1913 Female
Siblings (6)
1855–1934 Male
1860–1932 Male
1862–1949 Female
1871–1951 Male
1874–1950 Male
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World Events (8)
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
Age 3
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 23
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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