Bruce Allen
1804–
Greene, Illinois, United States
The Life of Bruce
When Bruce Allen was born in 1804, in Greene, Illinois, United States, his father, Zachariah Allen, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Law, was 22.
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Family Time Line
Zachariah Allen
1760–1838
Elizabeth Law
1782–1842
Andrew Allen
1804–
Bruce Allen
1804–
Sarah Sally Allen
1811–1885
Laura Allen
1822–
Isaac Newton Edney Allen
1822–1863
Infant Allen
1824–1824
Sepo Allen
1829–
Lucinda Allen
1831–
Johnathan Lindley Allen
1805–
Joseph Allen
1806–
Hardy M. Allen
1807–1862
Jesse Allen
1808–1874
Thomas Smith Allen
1809–1845
Margaret Mary Allen
1813–1877
Isaac Allen
1814–
Joseph A. Allen
1815–1847
David Allen
1817–1899
Robert Bell Allen
1817–1847
Mary Jean Allen
1820–1868
Andrew Jackson Allen
1828–1909
Henry Allen
1828–1907
Parents & Siblings
1760–1838Male
1782–1842Female
siblings
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1807–1862Male
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World Events (3)
1804
Age 0
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
Age 0
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
1818
Age 14
Illinois is the 21st state.
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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