Sherman
Wesley
Allen
Born in Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of John Wesley Allen
and Ruth J. Trenholm
Brother of
Claude Allen
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 37
in Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2022
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Biography
Sherman was born January 31, 1905 in Port Elgin, New Brunswick. He was the son of Wesley Allen and Ruth Trenholm.His parents were farmers.[1]
He started working for the Canadian National Railway circa 1928 and was a trackman by 1942.
On May 14, 1942 he died in Maccan, Nova Scotia where he had been living for 10 months after an accidental fall off a train car causing a head injury. He was interred at the Fernwood Cemetery in Port Elgin, New Brunswick.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Registration, Public Archives of New Brunswick
- ↑ Death Certificate, Nova Scotia Archives
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #70048293, Sherman Wesley Allen (1905-1942)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sherman by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sherman:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sherman by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sherman:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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