Molly Jean Allen
1935–2014 (Age 79)
Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
The Life of Molly Jean
When Molly Jean Allen was born on 1 March 1935, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, her father, Earl Edward Allen, was 34 and her mother, Kathleen Frances Kelly, was 28. She died on 24 October 2014, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 79.
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Family Time Line
Molly Jean Allen
1935–2014
Charles Patrick Keener
1934–1991
Spouse & Children
1935–2014Female
1934–1991Male
Parents & Siblings
- Earl Edward Allen
1900–1971Male
- Kathleen Frances Kelly
1906–1971Female
siblings
(1)
1935–2014Female
World Events (8)
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 2
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
1949 · 1950s Texas Drought
Age 14
One of most intense, costly, and devastating droughts ever recorded in the state of Texas. The entire state was in a state of drought by the summer of 1951. Less than 30-50% of the normal rainfall was received during this period. The state was plagued with dust storms similar to those from the infamous Dust Bowl. The drought ended in a destructive manner throughout 1957; storms, hail, tornadoes, and deadly floods.
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
Age 21
With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.
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.
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