Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Allen was born on 28 August 1810, in Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Allen, was 26 and her mother, Ann Yates, was 23. She died on 29 July 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Anna Allen in household of James Allen, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Hannah Allen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Hannah Allen, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
Parents and Siblings
1783–1862 Male
1788– Female
Siblings (6)
1805– Female
1810–1885 Female
1813– Female
1815–1891 Female
1826– Male
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World Events (8)
1812
Age 2
1825 · Museum of Lancashire
Age 15
1830
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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