Adelia Allen1854–
- Name
- Adelia Allen
- Given names
- Adelia
- Surname
- Allen
 Birth | about 1854 24 17 Note: Birth info based on 1860 Census |
 Birth of a sister | Savery Alice Allen about 1856 (Age 2 years) Note: Birth info based on 1860 Census |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a mother | Susan Wright before 1860 (Age 6 years) Note: She must have died before 1860 since her children were listed in the 1860 Census with her mother, Martha. |
| Marriage of a parent | John Franklin Allen — Caroline Sarah Coleman — View this family about 1860 (Age 6 years) Note: Marriage info based on birth of their first child |
 Census | July 17, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha “Patsey” McGehee after 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | William Henry Allen August 8, 1861 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Martha Wibbme “Mattie” Allen November 2, 1864 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a half-brother | John Lewis Allen November 26, 1866 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Allie M Allen 1867 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a half-sister | Arraby “Arra” Allen May 20, 1874 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | John Franklin Allen about 1879 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Martha Wibbme “Mattie” Allen March 10, 1891 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a half-brother | John Lewis Allen October 22, 1918 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 64 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a half-brother | William Henry Allen December 13, 1930 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 87 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a half-sister | Allie M Allen February 17, 1946 (Age 92 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 96 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a half-sister | Arraby “Arra” Allen July 13, 1955 (Age 101 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 92 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Franklin Allen Birth: about 1830 30 24 — Missouri, United States Death: about 1879 |
| mother |
Susan Wright Birth: about 1837 — Missouri, United States Death: before 1860 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 8, 1852 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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3 years herself |
Adelia Allen Birth: about 1854 24 17 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Savery Alice Allen Birth: about 1856 26 19 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Caroline Sarah Coleman |
| father |
John Franklin Allen Birth: about 1830 30 24 — Missouri, United States Death: about 1879 |
| step-mother |
Caroline Sarah Coleman Birth: 1843 — Ohio, United States Death: February 1928 — Cooke, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1860 — Texas, United States |
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19 months half-brother |
William Henry Allen Birth: August 8, 1861 31 18 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 13, 1930 — Clay, Texas, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Martha Wibbme “Mattie” Allen Birth: November 2, 1864 34 21 — Cooke, Texas, United States Death: March 10, 1891 — Cooke, Texas, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
John Lewis Allen Birth: November 26, 1866 36 23 — Grayson, Texas, United States Death: October 22, 1918 — Ryan, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States |
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13 months half-sister |
Allie M Allen Birth: 1867 37 24 — Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States Death: February 17, 1946 — Foster, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States |
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7 years half-sister |
Arraby “Arra” Allen Birth: May 20, 1874 44 31 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States Death: July 13, 1955 — Wichita, Texas, United States |
Adelia Allen has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (10)
Parents Randolph Edmond Cheek + Sarah Ann Allen
Parents Joseph Matthew Allen + Mary Johnson
Mother's family (0)
| Birth | Birth info based on 1860 Census | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Martha “Patsey” McGehee - Household
New Madrid, Missouri, United States
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