Brief Life History of James
When James Allen was born on 12 October 1833, in Allegany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Andrew Lee Allen, was 41 and his mother, Clarinda Knapp, was 31. He married Mary Elizabeth Mathews on 24 December 1859, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and San Bernardino, California, United States in 1860. He died on 17 January 1890, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- James Allen in household of Chas Allen, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Allen - Birth - Richmond Ward, Cache, Utah 1859-1941 Records
- James Allen, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1853
Historical Boundaries: 1853: San Bernardino, California, United States
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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