Brief Life History of William George
When William George Allen was born on 14 December 1836, in Cape Tormentine, Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Benjamin Samuel Allen, was 39 and his mother, Phebe Trenholm, was 37. He married Sarah Ann Goodwin on 29 July 1868, in Baie Verte, Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years and Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901. His occupation is listed as farmer in Cape Tormentine, Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. He died in 1922, in Cape Tormentine, Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Bayfield, Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Sources (25)
- W G Allen in entry for Fannie Allen, "New Brunswick, Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906"
- William G. Allen, "Canada Census, 1881"
- William G Allen in entry for Hampton G Allen and Lottie A Trenholm, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
Spouse and Children
1836–1922 Male
1842–1931 Female
Children (6)
1869–1938 Female
1871–1935 Male
1873–1952 Male
1877–1957 Female
1880–1949 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1797–1869 Male
1799–1857 Female
Siblings (10)
1823–1894 Male
1825–1904 Male
1828–1898 Male
1830–1856 Female
1831–1903 Male
+5 More Children
World Events (3)
1867 · British North America Act
Age 31
1869
Age 33
1901 · Hartland Covered Bridge
Age 65
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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