Franklin Allen

Brief Life History of Franklin

When Franklin Allen was born on 15 April 1818, in Dryden, Dryden, Tompkins, New York, United States, his father, Elihu Marcellus Allen, was 26 and his mother, Laura Foote, was 25. He married Rebecca Myers on 10 October 1841, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Bertram, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 16 December 1890, in Bentonsport, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bentonsport Cemetery, Bentonsport, Van Buren, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Allen
1818–1890
Rebecca Myers
1824–1885
Marriage: 10 October 1841
Samuel Allen
1842–1847
George Wyatt Allen
1843–1911
Jacob Allen
about 1856–1895
Daniel Allen
1861–1866
Henry Allen
1862–1933
Caroline Matilda Allen
1845–1926
Ann Lovina Allen
1848–1873
Franklin Allen
1850–
Rebecca Allen
1852–1903
Amanda Allen
1860–1932
Sarah Allen
1860–1870
James Wesley Allen
1867–1948
Edith Allen
1875–1951

Sources (47)

  • Frank Allen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Franklin Allen - Government record: birth-name: Franklin Allen
  • Franklin Allen, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836

Historical Boundaries: 1836: Van Buren, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Van Buren, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Van Buren, Iowa, United States

1837

Historical Boundaries: 1837: Linn, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Linn, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Linn, Iowa, United States

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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Franklin and Rebecca Allen

Franklin Allen was born 15 April 1818, in Dryden, Tompkins, New York, one of four children of Elihu Marcellus Allen and Laura Foote. Franklin’s mother died in 1823, and his father married Lola Ann Cl …

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