Allen, Dr. Thomas Johnston

Male 1864 - 1946  (81 years)


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  • Name Allen, Thomas Johnston 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Born 6 Jun 1864  Loughgall Parish, County Armagh, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    • It is possible the birth took place in the town of Causahrah (or Causanagh?) in the Parish of Loughgall.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1890  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • According to the 1930 U.S. enumeration, Thomas J. Allen was born in Ireland and immigrated to the USA in 1890. He was not a naturalized citizen.
    Occupation a doctor  [8, 9
    Census Apr 1930  Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • According to the 1930 U.S. enumeration, Thomas J. Allen, a 64 year old doctor, a widower, was a roomer at 48 Hillside Avenue in the household of Elizabeth Hewell, a 66 year old widow, her 25 year old son, and two other roomers, both widowers, ages 65 and 70.
    Died 1946  Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I7036  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 14 Jun 2014 

    Father Allen, Ephraim,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Gilpin, Margaret,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [1
    • Details of the marriage are not known at this time.
    Family ID F2381  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Suehr, Lilian Marguerite,   b. 1887, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1958, Bethalto, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 19 Mar 1913  Carroll County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    • According to marriage records in Carroll County, Arkansas, Thomas, age 45, a resident of Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, and "Lilie Suehr," age 34, a resident of "Ottowa," Illinois, obtained a marriage license on 14 March and were married on 19 March 1913.
    Census (family) Jan 1920  Cedar Township, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    • According to the 1920 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of Thomas J. Allen, a 55 year old doctor working in public health and his wife, Lillie S. Allen, age 38. The enumeration noted that Thomas was born in Ireland, but the date of his immigration and his citizenship status were both listed as "unknown."
    Children 
    +1. Allen, John Gilpin,   b. 14 Feb 1917, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 2005, Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Allen, Virginia,   b. Abt 1917–1918, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S104] Personal communication, from Thomas G. Allen to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 26 February 2012 via email.
      Thomas Johnston Allen, son of Ephraim Allen and Margaret Gilpin, was born on 6 June 1894 at Causanaugh, Northern Ireland.

    2. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), "Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911." Thomas Allen (record 01).
      (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2533) in March 2011. Online database from an index created by FamilySearch.org (Salt Lake City, Utah). Original data from: Society of Friends (Ireland), Transcripts of the National Register of the Society of Friends, 1859-1949 (Family History Library British film number 571399) (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969).
           Thomas Allen, son of Ephriam Allen and Margaret [surname or maiden name not recorded], was born on 27 May 1864 at "Causinagh, Arm, Ireland." Thomas was baptized at the same place, date not recorded.

    3. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), "Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911." Thomas Allen (record 02).
      (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2533) in March 2011. Online database from an index created by FamilySearch.org (Salt Lake City, Utah). Original data from: Ireland, General Register Office, Quarterly Returns of Births in Ireland, 1864-1955, with Index to Births, 1864-1921 (Family History Library British film number 101085: Births v. 6 1864) (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953-1954, 1960-1961).
           Thomas Allen, son of Ephriam Allen and Margaret Gilpin, was born on 6 June 1864 at "Loughgall, Armagh, Ireland."

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 55, page 3B. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 54, census sheet 3B, enumerated on 10 January 1920; Thomas J. Allen household, dwelling 68, family 72, lines 95-96. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: 95) Allen, Thomas J; head; male; white; age 55; born in Ireland; father born in Ireland; mother born in Ireland. The enumeration noted that Thomas was born in Ireland, but the date of his immigration and his citizenship status were both listed as "unknown."
           By calculation from the information provided, Thomas would have been born about 1864-1865. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for this person.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 66, page 13A. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Eureka Springs, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 4, census sheet 13A, enumerated on 26 April 1930; Elizabeth Hewell household, 48 Hillside Avenue, dwelling 385, family 398, lines 20-24. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: 24) Allen, Thomas J.; male; white; age 64; born in Ireland; father born in Ireland; mother born in Ireland.
           By calculation from the information provided, Thomas would have been born about 1865-1866. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    6. [S27] Birth Certificate, for Thomas Allen.
      A certifited copy obtained by Thomas G. Allen in 1968 of a certificate of births registered in the District of Longhgall, in the Superintendent Registrar's District of Armagh, in the County of Armagh: birth 109; on 6 June 1864, Causahrah; for a male child "intended name Thomas"; to father, Ephraim Allen, Caushrah; a farmer; to mother Margaret Allen, formerly Gilpin; birth registered on 17 June 1864.
           A digital image of the certified copy of the birth certificate shared by Thomas G. Allen on 11 March 2012 via email.

    7. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 66, page 13A. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Eureka Springs, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 4, census sheet 13A, enumerated on 26 April 1930; Elizabeth Hewell household, 48 Hillside Avenue, dwelling 385, family 398, lines 20-24. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: 24) Allen, Thomas J.; male; white; age 64; born in Ireland; father born in Ireland; mother born in Ireland; mother tongue=English; immigrated to USA in 1890; not a naturalized citizen.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    8. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 55, page 3B. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 54, census sheet 3B, enumerated on 10 January 1920; Thomas J. Allen household, dwelling 68, family 72, lines 95-96. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: 95) Allen, Thomas J; occupation=doctor, in public health.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for this person.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 66, page 13A. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Eureka Springs, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 4, census sheet 13A, enumerated on 26 April 1930; Elizabeth Hewell household, 48 Hillside Avenue, dwelling 385, family 398, lines 20-24. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: 24) Allen, Thomas J.; male; white; age 64; occupation=doctor; in "Faith" industry; class of worker=W; worked on the last regular word day.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 66, page 13A. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Eureka Springs, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 4, census sheet 13A, enumerated on 26 April 1930; Elizabeth Hewell household, 48 Hillside Avenue, dwelling 385, family 398, lines 20-24. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           The household consisted of: 20) Hewell, Elizabeth; head; rents home; home is not a farm; female; white; age 66; widow; did not attend school since September 1929; can read and write; born in Arkansas; father born in Arkansas; mother born in Arkansas; speaks English; occupation=none. 21) Hewell, Dallas; son; male; white; age 25; single; did not attend school since September 1929; can read and write; born in Arkansas; father born in Arkansas; mother born in Arkansas; speaks English; laborer, odd jobs; class of worker=W; worked on the last regular word day; not a veteran of the U. S. armed forces. 22) Carpenter, Thomas; roomer; male; white; age 65; widower; did not attend school since September 1929; can read and write; born in Arkansas; father born in Arkansas; mother born in Arkansas; speaks English; cobbler, shoes; class of worker=W; worked on the last regular word day; not a veteran of the U. S. armed forces. 23) Johnson, James; roomer; male; white; age 70; widower; did not attend school since September 1929; can read and write; born in Arkansas; father born in Arkansas; mother born in Kentucky; speaks English; not a veteran of the U. S. armed forces. 24) Allen, Thomas J.; roomer; male; white; age 64; widower; did not attend school since September 1929; can read and write; born in Ireland; father born in Ireland; mother born in Ireland; mother tongue=English; immigrated to USA in 1890; not a naturalized citizen; occupation=doctor; in "Faith" industry; class of worker=W; worked on the last regular word day; not a veteran of the U. S. armed forces.

    11. [S104] Personal communication, from Thomas G. Allen to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 26 February 2012 via email.
      Thomas Johnston Allen died in 1946 in Kansas.

    12. [S22] Obituary, John G. Allen (1917-2005); Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois; 1-2 July 2005.
      "He was born on Feb. 14, 1917, in Eureka Springs, Ark., the son of the late Thomas and Lilian Seuhr Allen."

    13. [S104] Personal communication, from Thomas G. Allen to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 26 February 2012 via email.
      Thomas Johnston Allen and Lilian Suehr were married about 1914-1916.

    14. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), "Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957." Thos J Allen - Lilie Suehr.
      (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2548) in March 2011. Online database from an index: "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957" (FamilySearch.org: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011). Original data from: Carroll County (Arkansas), Clerk of the County Court, "Registration of Marriages, 1870-1951" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979-1995); Family History Library US/CAN Film Number 1035336 (Marriage record, v. H-I, 1908-1917).
           "Thos J. Allen," age 45, born about 1868, resident of Eureka Springs, Carrol County, Arkansas, and "Lilie Suehr," age 34, resident of "Ottowa," Illinois, received a marriage license in Carrol County, Arkansas on 14 March 1913 and were married on 19 March 1913. The exact place of marriage is not recorded.

    15. [S226] FamilySearch.org, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944." Thomas J Allen - Miss Lilie Suchr [sic].
      (https://www.familysearch.org/) on 29 February 2012. This is an online index database (indexing project (batch) number: M73373-8). Original data from: Carroll County (Arkansas), Clerk of the County Court, "Registration of Marriages, 1870-1951" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979-1995); Family History Library US/CAN Film Number 1035336 (Marriage record, v. H-I, 1908-1917).
           Thomas J. Allen, born 1868, age 45, of Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas and "Miss Lilie Suchr," born 1879, age 34, of "Ollawa," Illinois, were married on 19 March 1913 in Carrol County, Arkansas.
           NOTE: The dates of birth for the groom and bride may have been calculated by the FamilySearch.org indexing process and may not be found in the source document.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 55, page 3B. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 54, census sheet 3B, enumerated on 10 January 1920; Thomas J. Allen household, dwelling 68, family 72, lines 95-96. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: 95) Allen, Thomas J; head; male; white; age 55; married; and, 96) Allen, Lillie S.; wife; female; white; age 38; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for these individuals.

    17. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 66, page 11A. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Eureka Springs, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 4, census sheet 11A, enumerated on 23 April 1930; Lilie S. Allen household, 165 Spring Street, dwelling 319, family 329, lines 24-26. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: 24) Allen, Lilie S.; head; female; white; age 57; widow.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for these individuals.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 66, page 13A. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Eureka Springs, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 4, census sheet 13A, enumerated on 26 April 1930; Elizabeth Hewell household, 48 Hillside Avenue, dwelling 385, family 398, lines 20-24. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           In the household was: Allen, Thomas J.; male; white; age 64; widower. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for these individuals.

    19. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 55, page 3B. Arkansas, Carroll County, Cedar Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 54, census sheet 3B, enumerated on 10 January 1920; Thomas J. Allen household, dwelling 68, family 72, lines 95-96. Access through Ancestry.com in February 2012.
           The household consisted of: 95) Allen, Thomas J; head; owner of home; free of mortgage; male; white; age 55; married; date of immigration=[un?] [i.e., unknown]; citzenship (alien or naturalized)=[un?] [i.e., unknown]; can read; can write; born in Ireland; father born in Ireland; mother born in Ireland; speaks English; occupation=doctor, in public health; employment status=o.a. [i.e., own account?]. 96) Allen, Lillie S.; wife; female; white; age 38; married; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=none.