Brief Life History of Sally M.
When Sally M. Allen was born on 28 February 1806, in Peru, Clinton, New York, United States, her father, Isaac Allen, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Penfield Clinch, was 27. She had at least 6 sons and 2 daughters with John Gilbert. She lived in United States in 1865 and New York, United States in 1870. She died on 1 March 1884, in Wirt, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Wirt, Allegany, New York, United States.
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- Sally Gilbert in household of John Gilbert, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sally Allen Gilbert, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Gilbert in entry for Oliver Hart Gilbert and Helen Stirling, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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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