Brief Life History of Abel Leighton
When Abel Leighton Allen was born on 27 November 1850, in Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, United States, his father, Abel H. Allen, was 47 and his mother, Rebecca Mackey, was 40. He married Emily B. Leigh on 22 October 1884, in Clinton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Pleasant Township, Hardin, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 9 December 1927, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Abel L Allen in household of Rebecca Allen, "United States Census, 1880"
- Abel L. Allen, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Abel L. Allen, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
Spouse and Children
1850–1927 Male
1855–1937 Female
Children (2)
1885–1885 Male
1887–1905 Female
Parents and Siblings
1803–1873 Male
1810–1885 Female
Siblings (6)
1834–1906 Female
1836–1909 Male
1838–1923 Female
1843–1914 Male
1847– Female
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World Events (8)
1854
Age 4
1863
Age 13
1872 · The First National Park
Age 22
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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