Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Allen was born on 10 November 1812, in Le Ray, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Jonas A. Allen, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Dike, was 33. He married Charlotte A Hatch about 1834, in Le Ray, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Henry, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Phenix Township, Henry, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 23 February 1876, in Geneseo Township, Henry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo Township, Henry, Illinois, United States.
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- Jonathen Allen, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jonathan Allen, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Allen in entry for Merritt Munson Allen, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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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.
1825
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Henry, Illinois, United States 1827: Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States 1831: Henry, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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Jonathan Allen (10 November 1812 – 23 February 1876)
Son of Jonas A. and Sarah Dike Allen. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43214621/jonathan-allen)
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