Fanny Allen was the daughter and eldest child of American Revolutionary War leader, Ethan Allen, and his second wife Frances Buchanan Allen. She was the first woman of New England birth to become a Roman Catholic nun.
In 1807, upon asking for permission, Fanny went to Montreal to study French, where she converted to Catholicism. Fanny became a sister in the Religious Hospitaliers of St. Joseph and spent the rest of her life nursing the sick and indigent. She was, however, noted to be the official hospital chemist.
Like other members of her family, she died of consumption on September 10, 1819 at the Hotel-Dieu. She was 34.
The Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester, Vermont, run by her order, the Religious Hospitaliers of St. Joseph, was named in her honor.
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Frances Margaret ("Fanny") Allen (b. November 13, 1784 – d. September 10, 1819) was the first New England woman to become a Catholic nun.[1][2]
The daughter of Revolutionary WarGeneral Ethan Allen, she converted to Catholicism and entered the convent of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph in Montreal in 1811.
Sister Frances Margaret "Fanny" Allen
Religion: Roman Catholic
Born: November 13, 1784, Sunderland, Vermont
Died: September 10, 1819 (aged 34), Montreal, Canada
Profession of Vows: May 18, 1811.
Image Citation
Fanny Allen Hospital: School of Nurses Training - Graduation, Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box B19, Folder 07, Item 03, http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalB19F07i03 (accessed September 03, 2014)
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14153411/frances-margaret-allen: accessed 02 October 2022), memorial page for Sr Frances Margaret “Fanny” Allen (13 Nov 1784–10 Sep 1819), Find A Grave: Memorial #14153411, citing Chapelle Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Bill McKern (contributor 46817687) .
Last update 10 February 2024 . Accessed 03 Sep 2014.
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