Vern Hill Allen
1905–1964 (Age 59)
Wise, Texas, United States
The Life of Vern Hill
When Vern Hill Allen was born on 26 June 1905, in Wise, Texas, United States, his father, Emmett Owen Allen, was 22 and his mother, Stella Hill, was 24. He married Vivian Cecile McCarthy about 1934, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States. He lived in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 3 September 1964, in Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 59.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Vern Hill Allen
1905–1964
Vivian Cecile McCarthy
1903–1965
Marriage: about 1934
Spouse & Children
1905–1964Male
- Vivian Cecile McCarthy
1903–1965Female
MARRIAGE
about 1934
Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
about 1934
Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Parents & Siblings
- Emmett Owen Allen
1882–1936Male
1880–1973Female
siblings
(4)
- Ruth L Allen
1901–Female
1905–1964Male
1909–1996Female
1912–1981Male
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 1
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Age 9
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 18
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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)
Vern Allen, "United States Census, 1940"
Vern Allen in household of Emmett Allen, "United States Census, 1920"
Vern Allen in household of Emmet O Allen, "United States Census, 1930"
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