William Sylvester Allen

Male10 January 1822–28 October 1885

Brief Life History of William Sylvester

When William Sylvester Allen was born on 10 January 1822, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, his father, Amzi Allen, was 24 and his mother, Mary Sizer, was 24. He married Eliza Ann Curtis on 5 April 1844, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 23 years. He died on 28 October 1885, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

William Sylvester Allen
1822–1885
Eliza Ann Curtis
1822–1885
Marriage: 5 April 1844
Wiliam Henry Allen
1846–1912
Dwight Anthony Allen
1848–1848

Sources (18)

  • Wm S Allen in household of Wm M Allen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • William Sylvester Allen, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • William S Allen, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 April 1844Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (14)

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    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 3

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

    Age 7

    Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

    1846

    Age 24

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

    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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