Mollie Jo Allen
1935–2013 (Age 77)
Winston, New Mexico, USA
The Life of Mollie Jo
When Mollie Jo Allen was born on 23 November 1935, her father, Morris John Allen, was 36 and her mother, Ruby Ola Reddoch, was 31. She died on 2 May 2013, at the age of 77.
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Family Time Line
Mollie Jo Allen
1935–2013
Neville Voyne Widner
1933–1982
Spouse & Children
1935–2013Female
1933–1982Male
Parents & Siblings
1899–1964Male
1904–1986Female
siblings
(5)
1925–1969Female
- Ruby Lea Allen
1927–2020Female
1929–2000Male
1932–2012Male
1935–2013Female
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.
Sources (3)
Molly Joe Allen in household of Morris J Allen, "United States Census, 1940"- Mollie Jo Allen in entry for Brian Keith Widner, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
- Mollie Jo Widner, "Find A Grave Index"
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