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Albert Allen

Birth
Diligent River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
25 Sep 1942 (aged 74)
West Brighton, Monroe County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Son of John Nelson Allen and Mary Elizabeth (Ripley) Allen. He was born in Diligent River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Rhoda Frances Parker on 29 Sep 1924 at Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Carl Edward was their only child,born in 1927 at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Albert and Rhoda emigrated to the United States and appear on the 1930 US Census residing in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a sea captain/master mariner.
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OBITUARY - Albert Allen
Word has been received by relatives here of the death of a former well known resident, Captain Albert Allen, which recently occurred suddenly at West Brighton, Long Island, New York, where he had been residing for some time. Seventy-four years of age, Captain Allen was born at Diligent River, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Allen. Since boyhood he followed the sea and commanded ships of all types, and on various waters. During the First World War he served as an officer in the Navy. He is survived by his wife and one son, Carl, residing in the U.S.A. Also by two sisters, Mrs. Jas. Ogilvie of this town; Mrs. Charles Morris of St. John; and three brothers, Clarence, Edward and John, all of Diligent River. Interment was made in Staten Island.

Source: Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, October 13, 1942, pg. #4; Reel #2864, PANS, Halifax, N.S.
Son of John Nelson Allen and Mary Elizabeth (Ripley) Allen. He was born in Diligent River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Rhoda Frances Parker on 29 Sep 1924 at Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Carl Edward was their only child,born in 1927 at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Albert and Rhoda emigrated to the United States and appear on the 1930 US Census residing in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a sea captain/master mariner.
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OBITUARY - Albert Allen
Word has been received by relatives here of the death of a former well known resident, Captain Albert Allen, which recently occurred suddenly at West Brighton, Long Island, New York, where he had been residing for some time. Seventy-four years of age, Captain Allen was born at Diligent River, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Allen. Since boyhood he followed the sea and commanded ships of all types, and on various waters. During the First World War he served as an officer in the Navy. He is survived by his wife and one son, Carl, residing in the U.S.A. Also by two sisters, Mrs. Jas. Ogilvie of this town; Mrs. Charles Morris of St. John; and three brothers, Clarence, Edward and John, all of Diligent River. Interment was made in Staten Island.

Source: Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, October 13, 1942, pg. #4; Reel #2864, PANS, Halifax, N.S.


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