Alma Allen

12 December 1835–16 July 1850 (Age 14)
Montville, Geauga, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Alma

When Alma Allen was born on 12 December 1835, in Montville, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Daniel Allen Jr, was 31 and his mother, Mary Ann Morris, was 22. He died on 16 July 1850, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Allen Jr
1804–1892
Mary Ann Morris
1813–1846
Leroy Allen
1833–1842
Alma Allen
1835–1850
Mary Ann Allen
1837–1929
Diantha Allen
1839–1873
Eliza Ann Allen
1842–1875
Daniel Allen III
1846–1846

Parents and Siblings

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World Events (3)

1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 1
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
Age 1
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
Age 11
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: 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. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant ‘little rock’. Compare Gaelic ailín, diminutive of 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. St. Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another St. Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Allin
Allyn
McAllen
Alan
Allan
Allinson
Allain
Alleyne
Alling

Story Highlight

Member of Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849)

Source:https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/companies/131 This source contains information about the company he traveled with and lists his name as a member of it. He was 13 years …

Sources (9)

  • Alma Allen, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
  • Alma Allen, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
  • Alma Allen, "Find A Grave Index"(1850)

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