Matilda Tilda Allen (1871 - 1891)

Biography

Matilda “Tilda” Allen was born in 1871 the daughter of Sam and Ann Allen. Matilda migrated to Denton County, Texas with her family from Chambers County, Alabama. Matilda worked alongside her siblings as a laborer on her father’s farm and the family made a decent living there.^[1] Matilda died of unknown circumstances at twenty-years-old. Matilda was buried beside her brother in St. John's Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Matilda Allen - Uncovering St. John's

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J7-QYQ : 19 February 2021), Tilda Allen in household of Samuel Allen, Woods-Shop, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 22, sheet 136B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,005.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32002502/matilda-allen: accessed 20 January 2023), memorial page for Matilda Allen (1871–1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32002502, citing Old Slave Cemetery, Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by RMLeahy (contributor 46809355).