Brief Life History of Emma Bell
When Emma Bell Allen was born about 1860, in Reedville, Washington, Oregon, United States, her father, Isaac Tidwell Allen, was 30 and her mother, Asenath Cecelia Dustin, was 32. She married Eugene West Dant on 3 March 1879, in Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Washington, Oregon, United States in 1860. She died on 28 March 1943, at the age of 84.
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Sources (11)
- Sarah M Dante in household of Euguene W Dante, "United States Census, 1910"
- Emma B Dant, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Emma Dant in household of Eugene W Dant, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1852–1924 Male
1860–1943 Female
Children (3)
1880–1961 Male
1884–1973 Female
1889–1959 Female
Parents and Siblings
1831–1912 Male
1829–1899 Female
Siblings (9)
1851– Female
1853–1920 Male
1854–1898 Female
1854–1934 Male
1857–1875 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 3
1877
Age 17
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 22
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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