Mary Allen

about 1857–16 April 1938 (Age 81)
Berea, Granville, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Mary

Mary Allen was born about 1857, in Berea, Granville, North Carolina, United States as the daughter of David Allen and Julia Ann Brite. She married Jeremiah Sawyer on 9 March 1876. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 16 April 1938, in Pasquotank, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Sawyer
1853–1928
Mary Allen
1857–1938
Marriage: 9 March 1876
Annie Sawyer
1881–1957

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 March 1876
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
    Age 5
    On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
    1863
    Age 6
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 24
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Allenby
    Allin
    Allyn
    Alano
    Alan
    Allan
    Allinson
    Allain
    Alen
    Allis
    Alleyne
    Alling

    Sources (4)

    • Sawyer in entry for Leslie C Ballaner and Annie Sawyer, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
    • Mollie Sawyer in entry for Jerrie Sawyer, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

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