Harold Tranter Allen

27 April 1899–6 October 1991 (Age 92)
Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Harold Tranter

When Harold Tranter Allen was born on 27 April 1899, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Lonsdale Ferguson Allen Sr., was 49 and his mother, Alice Jane Tranter, was 30. He married Mary Edna Brown on 26 June 1925, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 6 October 1991, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harold Tranter Allen
1899–1991
Mary Edna Brown
1897–1998
Marriage: 26 June 1925
John Harold Allen
1930–2001
Paul Brown Allen
1937–2018

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 June 1925Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1900 · Gold for Cash!
    Age 1
    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
    1902 · Old Main (Utah State University)
    Age 3
    The first building on the Utah State University Campus was named Old Main and is the oldest functioning academic building in Utah. It was built after the current site was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees for the new college. Construction started in 1889 and the entire building was completed in 1902. During the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1919, the building was used as a makeshift hospital to take care the effected residents in the surrounding area. Old Main was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 
    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
    Age 24
    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    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 (37)

    • Harold Tranter Allen in household of Thomas Lonsdale Allen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • Harold Trantor Allen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Harold Tranter Allen, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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