Margaret Caldona Allen

1853–Female
Arkansas, United States

The Life of Margaret Caldona

When Margaret Caldona Allen was born in 1853, in Arkansas, United States, her father, Zera Wesley Allen, was 44 and her mother, Nancy Price, was 45. She married Benjamin Franklin Ennis on 17 December 1874, in Randolph, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Richardson Township, Randolph, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Little Black Township, Randolph, Arkansas, United States in 1910.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Ennis
1850–1888
Margaret Caldona Allen
1853–
Marriage: 17 December 1874
William Hamp Ennis
1878–1953
Charles Elvin Ennis
1881–1963
Nora Melvada Ennis
1883–1973
Amanda F Ennis
1885–
Susan Miranda Ennis
1888–1957
Benjamin Frankie Ennis Poyner
1889–1979

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
17 December 1874
Randolph, Arkansas, United States
children

(6)

    William Hamp Ennis

    Male1878–1953Male

    Charles Elvin Ennis

    Male1881–1963Male

    Nora Melvada Ennis

    Female1883–1973Female

    Amanda F Ennis

    Female1885–Female

    Susan Miranda Ennis

    Female1888–1957Female

+1 More Child

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(11)

    George W. Allen

    Male1833–Male

    Mariah E Allen

    Female1835–1879Female

    Sybil Ann Allen

    Female1836–1915Female

    Samuel Allen

    Male1840–Male

    Elisabeth Allen

    Female1841–Female

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1861

Age 8

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1863

Age 10

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886

Age 33

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: 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. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant ‘little rock’. Compare Gaelic ailín, diminutive of 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. St. Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another St. Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Margret C Ennis in household of Ben F Ennis, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Margrette Ennias, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Margurett C Ennis, "United States Census, 1910"

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