Clarence William Allen

1899–1987 (Age 88)
Alabama, United States

The Life of Clarence William

When Clarence William Allen was born on 28 June 1899, in Alabama, United States, his father, John William Allen, was 30 and his mother, Martha Louella Abercrombie, was 23. He lived in Election Precinct 16 Friendship, Marshall, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 20 Red Apple, Marshall, Alabama, United States in 1910. He died in July 1987, in Weaver, Calhoun, Alabama, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

John William Allen
1869–1931
Martha Louella Abercrombie
1876–1957
Nellie B Allen
1888–
Minnie P Allen
1902–1968
Joseph H Allen
1889–
Carrie V Allen
1892–
Emmett Monroe Allen
1893–1972
Mary L Allen
1895–
Jennie B Allen
1896–1968
Eulah M Allen
1898–
Clarence William Allen
1899–1987

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(9)

  • Nellie B Allen

    Female1888–Female

  • Joseph H Allen

    Male1889–Male

  • Carrie V Allen

    Female1892–Female

  • Emmett Monroe Allen

    Male1893–1972Male

  • Mary L Allen

    Female1895–Female

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 1

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1912 · Alabama Equal Suffrage Association Formed

Age 13

The Alabama Equal Suffrage Association was founded in Birmingham to fight for the voting rights of white women.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 24

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.

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Wm C Allen in household of John W Allen, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William C Allen in household of John W Allen, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Clarence William Allen - Government record: birth-name: Clarence William Allen

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