Allen, Flora & William

From the Files of Virginia Aldridge

FLORA ALLEN
Daughter of William Calvin Allen and Rosetta Christmas
Born: 15 November 1889 Indiana
Died: 4 March 1902 Warrick County Orphans' Home
Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery Warrick Co., IN
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Flora and her brother, William Allen were sent to the orphanage on 23 December 1898 by the Greer Township Trustee. Their parents divorced in 1892 and both parents had remarried. Their father
moved to Missouri for a time, but passed away in Mt. Vernon, Indiana at the age of 92. Their mother died in 1896. No record has been found to know where the children were from the time of her death until their admission to the orphanage. No birth record has been found for Flora in the WPA records of Warrick County, IN. Her date of birth is documented on admission to the orphanage. William Allen has a WPA birth record and it matches the documentation for his admission to the orphanage. Both children are documented in the 1900 census of the orphanage.

WILLIAM ELZA ALLEN or ELZA WILLIAM ALLEN or is he EDWARD W. ALLEN
son of William Calvin Allen and Rosetta Christmas
Born: 25 June 1888
Died: Unknown or 14 December 1965 Onieda Co., WI
Burial: Unknown or Union Grove Cemetery Goodnow, Onieda Co., WI
Married: 31 March 1917 Cape Girardeau, MO
MYRTLE M. BROOKSHIRE
No data on her parents
No date of birth.
The marriage record is the only record I have found for her.

William Allen was bound out to John Klein in 1901, I had not been able to find him in any census after his being sent to live with John Klein until further research showed some promise.

I did more searching for him and discovered he was William Elza Allen and went by Elza William Allen when he joined the Navy and then for his marriage and WWI and WWII draft records. I do not find Elza in the 1920 or 1930 census. On his WWII draft record he lists Earl Blackstone of Harshaw, WI as the person who will always know his address. When I looked at the 1940 census for Earl Blackstone I found an Edward W. Allen born in Indiana, the same age as Elza W. Allen. There is death and burial data for an Edward W. Allen that lists the same date of birth as Elza in the Social Security database. Is this the same man? I suspect it may be, further research is needed. I have obtained the obituary for Edward W. Allen and the funeral home record for his after care. I have someone who is going to check on his death certificate to determine what it contains. I have wondered if he legally changed his name??

SOURCES:

Indiana, WPA Birth Index, 1880-1920
Name: Allen
Father: Wm C
Mother: Rosa Christmas
County: Warrick
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1888
Reference: Warrick County, Indiana
Index to Birth Records 1882 - 1920 Inclusive
Volume I Letters A - F Inclusive
Book: H-3 Page: 9

Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana

Year: 1900; Census Place: Boon, Warrick, Indiana; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1240411
William Allen 11
Flora Allen     8

Articles of Apprenticeship page 234 William Elsie Allen 16 May 1901 bound out to John Klein, see apprenticeship page image below.

Year: 1910; Census Place: USS Montana, US Navy, Military and Naval Forces; Roll: T624_1784; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0288; FHL microfilm: 1375797
Elza W Allens 23 Indiana

The USS Montana was built in Newport News, Virginia between 1905 and 1906. It was commissioned 21 July 1908 and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. She was a Tennessee-class cruiser 504feet, 6 inches in length and its beam was 72 feet, 10 inches.
In April 1910 she was among a group of four cruisers bound for South America for the Argentina Centennial.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Elza W Alleen
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1888
Birth Place: Indiana [record actually shows Lynnville, Indiana]
Residence Place: Stoddard, Missouri, USA

There are two of these for WWI, one states it is "A True Copy".

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Elza William Allen
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1888
Birth Place: Skeltner County, Indiana, USA
Residence Place: Goodnow, Wisconsin, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head

Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Death Index, 1959-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Name: Edward W Allen
Age: 77, Sex: M [Male]
Birth Date: abt 1888
Death Date: 13 Dec 1965
Certificate: 038499

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Edward Allen
Social Security Number: 722-16-9828
Birth Date: 25 Jun 1888
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Railroad Board [Issued Through]
Death Date: Dec 1965

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Edward W. Allen 54345093
Birth Date: 1888
Death Date: 14 Dec 1965
Cemetery: Union Grove Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Goodnow, Oneida County, Wisconsin

Ancestry Databases:
William Allen to Rosetta Christmas
Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
Name: William Allen
Gender: Male; Race: White
Event Type: Marriage Registration [Marriage]
Birth Place: Warrick
Marriage Date: 5 May 1887
Marriage Place: Lynnville, Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Warrick, Indiana
Father: Nathan Allen
Mother: Sarah Rickets
Spouse: Rosa Christmas
Page: 85

Name: Rosa Christmas
Gender: Female; Race: White
Event Type: Marriage Registration [Marriage]
Birth Place: Warrick
Marriage Date: 5 May 1887
Marriage Place: Lynnville, Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Warrick
Father: Calvin Christmas
Mother: Margaret Foster
Spouse: William Allen
Page: 85

Rosetta Allen vs William C. Allen
Divorced Dec 1892 Civil Order Book 22, page 496 - Elzia and Flora to her

He remarried in 1897:
Name: Wm C A Allen
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage Registration [Marriage]
Marriage Date: 7 Jul 1897
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Mother: Sarah E Rickets
Spouse: Josephine Ward
Page: 15

She remarried in 1895:
Name: Rosetta Christmas
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage Registration [Marriage]
Marriage Date: 19 Jun 1895
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Spouse: John Bristow
Page: 394
FHL Film Number: 001443638

Rose Bristow died in 1896. No WPA record has been found for her and her death is not documented in the Warrick County Health Department.

Obituaries:
Rose Bristow Boonville Enquirer, issue 8 February 1896
Flora Allen Boonville Standard, issue 7 March 1902
William C. Allen Sunday Courier and Press, issue 26 November 1961