Brief Life History of Joseph Dean
When Joseph Dean Allen was born on 22 July 1901, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, his father, Joseph Franklin Allen, was 26 and his mother, Ella Nelson, was 19. He married Tressa Beulah Williams on 1 May 1924, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sunny Ridge Election Precinct, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1940 and West Nampa Election Precinct, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 13 September 1944, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Kohlerlawn Cemetery, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States.
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- Joseph Dean Allen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- J Dean Miller, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Joseph Dean Allen, "Oregon, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held
The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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