Brief Life History of James Horn
When James Horn Allan was born on 15 September 1813, in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Allan, was 24 and his mother, Jane Horn, was 18. He married Susannah Smith on 22 February 1837, in Beverly, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Etton, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Sithney, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 1 July 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James Allen, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James Horner Allan, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Jas H Allan, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: variant of Allen . This is the more common form of the name in Scotland and northern England. See also McAllen .
History: An early bearer of this surname in North America was William Allan, a British soldier who took his family to the newly founded city of Halifax, NS, Canada, in 1749. His son John (1746–1805) was a Revolutionary soldier who eventually (1783) founded the settlement of Allan's Island, Passamaquoddy Bay, ME.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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