Brief Life History of Wendell Gayle
When Wendell Gayle Allen was born on 14 September 1905, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Albert Silas Allen, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Maria Nielsen, was 30. He married Oda Juanita Larsen on 27 November 1933, in Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 17 March 1985, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Sources (31)
- Wendell G Allen, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mr. Wendell Gayle Allen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Wendell Gayle Allen, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
Spouse and Children
1905–1985 Male
1906–1993 Female
Children (1)
1935–2008 Female
Parents and Siblings
1878–1952 Male
1875–1957 Female
Siblings (4)
1902–1988 Male
1905–1985 Male
1909–1911 Male
1914–1921 Male
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 1
1916 · The Logan Library
Age 11
1927
Age 22
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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