Brief Life History of William Jesse
When William Jesse Allen was born on 1 August 1891, in Paradise, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Marshall Franklin Allen, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Singleton, was 26. He married Nina May Hancock on 16 January 1912, in Bingham, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana, United States in 1920. He died on 30 August 1922, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Grove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States.
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- William Jessie Allen in household of Alger Clinton Allen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Williiam Jesse Allen, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- William Jesse Allen, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1891–1922 Male
1896–1971 Female
Children (5)
1913–2001 Male
1915–1937 Male
1918–1981 Female
1920–1974 Male
1922–1977 Female
Parents and Siblings
1860–1913 Male
1864–1940 Female
Siblings (8)
1883–1947 Male
1887–1965 Male
1889–1977 Female
1891–1922 Male
1893–1906 Female
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
Age 5
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 9
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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