When Alvin Axel Allen was born on 14 October 1892, in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States, his father, John Axel Allen, was 28 and his mother, Emma Sophia Forslund, was 37. He married Mary Agnes Joan Ickes on 17 November 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 14 April 1971, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78.