Harriet J. Allen

Brief Life History of Harriet J.

When Harriet J. Allen was born on 8 July 1837, in Collins, St. Clair, Missouri, United States, her father, William D Allen, was 48 and her mother, Martha Charlotte Jones, was 41. She married Aaron Counts before 1856, in Washington Township, St. Clair, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Washington Township, St. Clair, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Justice Precinct 6, Erath, Texas, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Counts
1826–1863
Harriet J. Allen
1837–
Marriage: before 1856
William E. G. Counts
1856–1908
James Lacey Counts
1857–1948
Martha E. Counts
1858–1933

Sources (4)

  • Harriet Allen in household of William Allen, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Harriett Allen in entry for J L Counts, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Harriett Counts, "United States Census, 1900"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Erath, Texas, United States

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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