William Wilford Allen

26 July 1819–6 July 1896 (Age 76)
Leominster, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of William Wilford

When William Wilford Allen was born on 26 July 1819, in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Allen, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Laddley, was 24. He married Harriet Rooke on 18 January 1846, in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 6 July 1896, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Wilford Allen
1819–1896
Eliza Ann Fenn
1831–1895
Marriage: 14 December 1852
William Wilford Allen Jr.
1854–1923
James Erastus Allen
1857–1869
John Harvey Allen
1860–1931
Amos Alexander Allen
1863–1924
Eliza Ann Allen
1865–1867
Mary Jane Allen
1867–1867
George Albert Allen
1868–1956
Mary Alice Allen
1871–1961
Henry Franklin Allen
1874–1920

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 December 1852Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

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    World Events (8)

    1831 · Merthyr Uprising 
    Age 12
    Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
    1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
    Age 14
    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.
    1844 · German Immigration to Texas
    Age 25
    Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.

    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
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    Alleyne
    Alling

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    William Wilford Allen Highlights from Documents A clear sketch of some of the significant events in William Wilford Allen’s life is found in the documents section of this history. NOTE: At this time …

    Sources (32)

    • Wm W Allen, "United States Census, 1880"
    • William W Allen in entry for George Albert Allen and Fern Charlotte Bailey, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Wm W. Allen in entry for Henry Franklin Allen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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