Brief Life History of Robert Masters
When Robert Masters Allen was born on 30 December 1827, in Salehurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Masters Allen, was 22 and his mother, Hannah Adams, was 31. He married Leah Harmon on 12 June 1848, in Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and London, England in 1858. His occupation is listed as stonecutter in England, United Kingdom. He died on 9 November 1895, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Robert Allen, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Robert Allen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robert Allen, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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From secondary sources: Robert Masters Allen, born 1828 in London married his first wife, Leah Harmon, in 1848. They had 9 children (Hannah, Emma, Robert William, Alfred, Mary, John, Anne, Alice, Dol …
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