Denzel Corbridge Allen

Brief Life History of Denzel Corbridge

When Denzel Corbridge Allen was born on 4 April 1900, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, James Henry Allen, was 26 and his mother, Alice Elizabeth Corbridge, was 23. He married Vida Stewart Anderson on 12 August 1925, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 4 September 1967, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Denzel Corbridge Allen
1900–1967
Vida Stewart Anderson
1904–1988
Marriage: 12 August 1925
Alice Mae Allen
1927–1974
Denzel Corbridge Allen Jr
1931–1980

Sources (28)

  • Denzel C Allen, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Denzel Corbridge Allen, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Denzel Corbridge Allen, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.

1902 · Old Main (Utah State University)

The first building on the Utah State University Campus was named Old Main and is the oldest functioning academic building in Utah. It was built after the current site was approved unanimously by the Board of Trustees for the new college. Construction started in 1889 and the entire building was completed in 1902. During the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1919, the building was used as a makeshift hospital to take care the effected residents in the surrounding area. Old Main was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. 

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

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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