Brief Life History of George
George Allen Jr. was born on 16 August 1801, in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom as the son of George Allen Sr. and Sarah. He married Ann Bayliss in 1835, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1846. He died in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- George Allen, "United States Census, 1860"
- Bounty Land Application File of Private George Allen, Company B, Mormon Battalion (47-Cm-393-$100)
- George in entry for George Hyrum, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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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Arrived in Utah in 1847
Samuel Rogers journal re Sept at Truckee Meadow: The counsel which is given to us from the Twelve, is that those who have no families at the Salt Lake, nor provisions to last over winter, to stay in California until spring, the compliance to which makes it necessary for me to return to California not withstanding I being 165 miles from Sutter's Fort towards Salt Lake. I therefore sold my wheat, peas, sacks and 20 pounds of flour for two dollars and fifty cents. I also sent my horse by George A. Allen to Mother, and then started back.
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