Dorothy was born about 1903, in Jay, Franklin County, Maine. She is the daughter of Ferdinand Allen and Florence Parsons. [1] She lived in Jay, Maine, her entire life and apparently never married.
In 1910, the Allen family was farming in Jay, Franklin County, Maine.[2] The household included the parents, Dorothy and her siblings, Verna, Stanley, and Raymond.
By 1920, Raymond was no longer in the home. The family continued to farm in Jay, Maine.[3]
By 1930, Dorothy was living with her sister, Verna, and their widowed mother, Florence.[4] Although 26, there was no occupation listed for Dorothy on the census. The three ladies continued living together and were enumerated on the 1940 census as still living in Jay, Maine. Dorothy still had no occupation.[5]
Dorothy passed away in 1946. Burial was in the Jay Hill Cemetery in Jay, Franklin County, Maine. She shares a headstone with her parents and sister, Verna.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3Q-JDP : accessed 22 August 2015), Dorothy Allen, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 130, sheet 18B, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,553.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZV-9XS : accessed 22 August 2015), Dorothy E Allen, Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 167, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,642.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMM8-2Z3 : accessed 20 August 2016), Dorothy E Allen in household of Florence Allen, Jay Town, Franklin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-17, sheet 2B, family 33, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1478.
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"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ37-VS8 : 2 March 2021), Allen, 13 Dec 1903; citing Jay, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
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