The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
Could she be the same Dorothea E Allen (born in 1832) who left for America aged 15 in 1847 seeking to escape the Famine?[1][2]
Sources
↑ "United States Famine Irish Passenger Index, 1846-1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDXX-XRQ : 27 December 2014), Dorothea-E. Allen, 24 Sep 1847; from "Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File (FIPAS), 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (http://aad.archives.gov : accessed 2012); citing "Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies. Center for Immigration Research 1976-2002."
↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27GP-5HH : 15 April 2015), Dorothea E Allen, 1847; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
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