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WILLIAM ALLEN
WILLIAM ALLEN was born in
Ireland, in August, 1824. When he was twenty-four years old he came to the
United States and stopped about three and a half years in Maryland. In 1852 he
started for California via Panama, arriving in San Francisco in May of that
year. In 1854 he purchased a ranch of 212 acres, on which he has resided ever
since. The land is devoted to the raising of grain.
Mr. Allen was married, January 16, 1871,
to Jennie D’Olier, a native of Ireland, born about forty miles from Dublin in
1861. She came to Philadelphia, thence to California in 1868. They had three
children, all of whom are dead. Their names are as follows: Mary D’Olier, who
died September 7, 1879, at the age of seven and eight months; William D’Olier,
died September 4, 1879, when within one month of being five years old; and
Jennie D’Olier, died September 13, same year, at the age of one year and six
months. The children were all given the name of their mother. The death of each
occurred within ten days of each other of the dread disease,--diphtheria.
Mr. Allen and his estimable wife are among
the oldest residents of O’Neil Township, good, sociable people, and a credit to
the community.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 562. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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