Robert Masters Allen

30 December 1827–9 November 1895 (Age 67)
Salehurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary 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, Middlesex, 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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Family Time Line

Robert Masters Allen
1827–1895
Leah Harmon
1823–1864
Marriage: 12 June 1848
Hannah Emma Allen
1846–
Dolly Allen
1864–
Emma Harmon Allen
1848–1850
William Robert Allen
1849–1928
Alfred Allen
1850–1885
Mary Ann Allen
1852–1893
John Allen
1855–1870
Ann Elizabeth Allen
1859–1919
Alice Allen
1862–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 June 1848Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830
    Age 3
    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
    1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
    Age 6
    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
    Age 19
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Allenby
    Allin
    Allyn
    Alano
    Alan
    Allan
    Allinson
    Allain
    Alen
    Allis
    Alleyne
    Alling

    Story Highlight

    Assembled Immigration Story

    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 …

    Sources (74)

    • Robert L Allen in entry for Louisa Eliza Kirk, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Robert Allen, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
    • Rob. M. Allen in entry for Ephraim Allen and Viola Edith Mock, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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