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Charlotte Allen

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Biography

Daughter of Robert Allen of Lymington (died c. 1833) and Mary Gibbes Allen, and sister of Henrietta Louisa, Eliza Susannah, Mary Elizabeth, Rev. Robert and Henry Allen (each of whom q.v.) (and possibly aunt of Henry George Acklom [sic] Allen, identified in the claim).

  1. Will of Robert Allen of Lymington proved 29/08/1833. Mary Gibbes Allen is identified as Robert Allen's wife in a dispute with the 3rd Earl of Egremont and the Smith family over property in Barbados in 1803-1807.

Sources

T71/897 Barbados claim no. 2954B (Mapps Estate).

  1. PROB 11/1819. West Sussex Record Office: Petworth House Archives, PHA 8005-8016 and PHA/10597-10599.

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Lymington, Hampshire, Wessex, England

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Charlotte Vale-Allen

Canadian writer (1941–2023)

Charlotte Vale-Allen

Vale-Allen in 2002

Born(1941-01-19)January 19, 1941
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedJanuary 12, 2023(2023-01-12) (aged 81)
Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.[1]
Pen nameCharlotte Vale-Allen
Katharine Marlowe
OccupationNovelist
Period1971–2023
GenreContemporary Fiction
SpouseWalter Bateman Allen Jr. (m. 1970)
Children1
www.charlottevaleallen.com

Charlotte Vale-Allen (January 19, 1941 – January 12, 2023)[1] was a Canadian writer of contemporary fiction.[2][3][4] She lived in the United Kingdom from 1961 to 1964 working as a singer and actress. She emigrated to the United States in 1966 following a brief return to Canada. After marrying Walter Bateman Allen Jr. in 1970, she moved to Connecticut where lived until her death in 2023.

Biography

Vale-Allen (who would never reveal either her birthname or her father's name)[5] was born on January 19, 1941, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and lived in

Charlotte Baldwin Allen

Wife of a co-founder of Houston, Texas

Charlotte Baldwin Allen (July 14, 1805 – August 3, 1895) is known in Texan history as the "mother of Houston".[1] She was the wife of Augustus Chapman Allen, who used her inheritance to finance the founding of this city.

Early life

Charlotte (Mary) Baldwin Allen was born July 14, 1805, in Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York, to Eliza and Jonas Cutler Baldwin. She married Augustus Chapman Allen on May 3, 1831. In 1832, her husband and his brother John Kirby Allen left New York state for Texas, settling temporarily in San Augustine, Texas (Mexico). Charlotte Allen probably rejoined her husband in Texas in 1834. She established a residence in Nacogdoches, Texas (Mexico).[1][2][3]

Founding of Houston

When John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen bought land for the town site of Houston, they had been investing some of Charlotte Allen's inheritance.[4] As Houston was surveyed in 1836 and settled beginning early in 1837, Charlotte and Au

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