Brief Life History of Devereux Frederick
When Devereux Frederick Allen was born on 9 November 1845, in Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Oliver Allen, was 44 and his mother, Mary Garnette Tinsley, was 35. He married Delilah T. Layne on 20 November 1872, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Pedlar, Amherst, Virginia, United States for about 50 years. He died on 4 June 1933, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mount Horeb United Methodist Church Cemetery, Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States.
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- Devrux Allen, "United States Census, 1930"
- D. F., "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Deuexlaux F Allen, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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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