Brief Life History of John James
When John James Allen was born on 21 February 1870, in Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States, his father, George Wesley Allen, was 24 and his mother, Carrie Adaline Wells, was 18. He married Effie M. Duvall in 1896. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Chalk Level, St. Clair, Missouri, United States for about 50 years and Chalk Level Township, St. Clair, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 16 September 1944, in Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Concord Cemetery, St. Clair, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (8)
- John J Allen, "United States Census, 1900"
- John James Allen, "Find A Grave Index"
- John J Allen, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1870–1944 Male
1877–1956 Female
Children (8)
1897–1966 Female
1898–1900 Male
1900–1980 Male
1902–1917 Female
1904–1904
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Parents and Siblings
1845–1900 Male
1851–1914 Female
Siblings (5)
1870–1944 Male
1872–1939 Male
1874–1950 Male
1879–1938 Male
1881– Female
World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1872 · The Amnesty Act
Age 2
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 20
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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