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Allen: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Derived, according to Julius Scaliger, from the Sclavonic Aland, a wolf-dog, a hound, and Chaucer uses Aland in the same sense. Bailey derives it as the same from the British. Camden thinks it a corruption of AElianus which signifies sun-bright. From the same we have Allen, Allin, Alleyne. In the Gaelic, Aluinn signifies exceedingly fair, handsome, elegant, lovely; Irish, Alun, fair, beautiful.
Allen Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : ALLEIN | ALLEYN | HALLEIN | ALLEN | ALLEINS
Allen: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Somerset (United Kingdom) |  Lancashire (United Kingdom) |  Essex (United Kingdom) |  Norfolk (United Kingdom) |  Herefordshire and Worcester (United Kingdom)
Allen: Online Family Trees
ALLEN Suffolk, Royaume Uni (Suffolk, England, United Kingdom) 1879 - 1879
ALLEN Guernesey,Iles Anglo-Normandes,Royaume-Uni (Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom) 1735 - 1735
ALLEN New Buckenham, Norfolk (United Kingdom) 1614 - 1687
ALLEN Weymouth (United Kingdom) 1568 - 1708
ALLEN  (United Kingdom) 1594 - 1615
ALLEN Boveney Burnham Buckingham England (England, United Kingdom) 1578 - 1655
ALLEN Kingston (Norfolk, England, United Kingdom) 1887 - 1896
ALLEN Norfolk,Īle Britannique,Est de l'Australie,Royaume-Uni (Norfolk, England, United Kingdom) 1871 - 1956
ALLEN Folkestone (Comte de Kent) Angleterre (England, United Kingdom) 1856 - 1856
ALLEN Chatham (Saint Paul) (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1870 - 1870

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Allen: GeneaNet Members
Photo de Brenda ALLENBrenda ALLEN Photo de Caroline ALLENCaroline ALLEN Photo de Fred ALLENFred ALLEN Photo de Jim ALLENJim ALLEN Photo de Jacqueline ALLENJacqueline ALLEN Photo de Rena ALLENRena ALLEN
Allen: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Allen is related to the following famous family trees :
        BARTON Clara born BARTON Clarissa Harlowe (1821 - 1912)
        BUSH Laura born WELCH Laura Lane (1946 - )
        CARSON Johnny born CARSON John William (1925 - 2005)
        COUBERTIN (DE) Pierre born FREDY Pierre-Charles (1863 - 1937)
        DILLER Phyllis born DRIVER Phyllis Ada (1917 - )
Allen: Books that contain this surname
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ALLENA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Edward Allen, Knt., Alderman of London, and left at his decease, in April, 1660, issue ...		 ALLENA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Somerset, and had a dau. Anne Allen, wife of the Rev. John Eddy, A.M., rector of Whaddon, Wilts, and mother ...
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