George Baker Allen

Brief Life History of George Baker

When George Baker Allen was born in 1839, in Brightling, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Allen, was 21 and his mother, Mary Baker, was 21. He had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Naomi Phillips. He lived in Wadhurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died in September 1898, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

George Baker Allen
1839–1898
Naomi Phillips
1858–
George Baker Russell Allen
1886–
Mary Harriet Elizabeth Jubilee Allen
1887–
Amy Alice Allen
1888–
Beatrice Charity Russell Allen
1890–

Sources (7)

  • G Baker Allen, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • George Baker Allen, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • George Baker Allen, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

World Events (4)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

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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