Heber Franklin Allen

Brief Life History of Heber Franklin

When Heber Franklin Allen was born on 17 March 1894, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, his father, Heber Simeon Allen, was 29 and his mother, Amy Louise Leonard, was 29. He married Grace Judd on 26 August 1952, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada. He lived in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1926. He died on 13 May 1968, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Heber Franklin Allen
1894–1968
Valeria Jane Nalder
1897–1951
Marion Allen
1921–1981
Margaret Allen
1922–2011
Louise Allen
1924–2019
Dr Douglas Nalder Allen
1926–2019
Katharine Allen
1927–2019

Sources (26)

  • Heber Franklin Allen, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • Heber Franklin Allen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Heber Franklin Allen, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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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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Heber Franklin Allen (17 March 1894 – 13 May 1968)

HISTORY: Heber's family moved to Raymond, Alberta when he was 10 years old and he went to the public schools there and to the Knight Academy. He attended colleges in Utah and Illinois. He married Val …

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