Russell grew up along the banks of the Delaware River in Bucks County, PA, as older brother to Lloyd and William Allen.
In WWI he was a Private in Troop A, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Regular Army Detachment, 157th Infantry. He left the port at New York for Europe Aug 13, 1917 on the ship "Lapland,"which was painted during the war in "dazzle camouflage." He returned on the third of three repatriation trips by the ship "Black Arrow" back to the US, sailing Jul 8, 1919, from Bordeaux, France. He was listed as one of three prisoners, evidently not a POW. (Service number 203, 219.)
Russell was gassed during the war. Having been gassed, his chain smoking and dusty jobs didn't help his lungs to stay healthy. He married Eva Mount Nov. 14th, 1919, at Bristol, PA. He and Eva had three children together, with their two namesakes dying young. He basically adopted Helen Marie Allen, whom her mother had borne prior to their marriage. She and sister Margaret called him "Pop." As a young man he enjoyed playing basketball.
His daughters recalled him at least once sleeping at the curb in a car which he evidently did not know how (or was not licensed) to drive. A couple "personals" notices in the Trenton Times" stated his disavowal of any further debts other than his own after Dec. 1, 1925. His residence was cited as the Moose Home. The Trenton paper reported Jan. 7, 1926, that he had been arrested and arraigned in Police Court for deserting his wife and two children in Bristol. He denied the charge and was out on $500 bail.
In 1930 he lived with his father and his father's common law wife Ella Walck at North Catasauqua, Northampton County. He was remembered by one of Ella's daughters as kinder than his father was. In 1940 he lived with a Jonas White family in Plumstead Township., Bucks County. He was listed as an enameler in both censuses.
In 1943 he harbored his daughter Margaret at Point Pleasant (away from Bristol) while she was "inconvenienced" [her term in a letter to her dear cousin Virginia] with an unexpected child. Although he had left his family to fend for themselves during the Depression (living at first with his mother, and then father), he and Eva reconciled by 1947. The 1950 Census lists him with Eva and Helen. For some years he was a fireman shoveling coal at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) plant in Bristol, PA. His 1942 draft registration mentions "right hand removed." Before spending his last two months hospitalized with lung cancer, he resided again with Eva at 639 New Buckley St., Bristol, PA. Because there were so many WWI widows on New Buckley Street, their daughters sometimes called it "Widows' Row."
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Trenton Evening Times, Apr 3, 1953, p.4:
Russell T. Allen/
BRISTOL - Russell T. Allen, 57, of 639 New Buckley Street died yesterday at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia. He was employed as a fireman at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant here.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eva S. Allen; two daughters, Mrs. [sic] Helen Allen of Bristol and Mrs. Will Rogers of Brighton, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Allen of Trenton; a brother, William Allen of Palmerton, Pa., and two [sic] grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a. m. at Mr. Allen's home. The Rev. Ralph Proud, pastor of Bristol Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Bristol Cemetery under direction of George Molden and Son. Friends may call Sunday evening at the Allen Home.
In WWI he was a Private in Troop A, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Regular Army Detachment, 157th Infantry. He left the port at New York for Europe Aug 13, 1917 on the ship "Lapland,"which was painted during the war in "dazzle camouflage." He returned on the third of three repatriation trips by the ship "Black Arrow" back to the US, sailing Jul 8, 1919, from Bordeaux, France. He was listed as one of three prisoners, evidently not a POW. (Service number 203, 219.)
Russell was gassed during the war. Having been gassed, his chain smoking and dusty jobs didn't help his lungs to stay healthy. He married Eva Mount Nov. 14th, 1919, at Bristol, PA. He and Eva had three children together, with their two namesakes dying young. He basically adopted Helen Marie Allen, whom her mother had borne prior to their marriage. She and sister Margaret called him "Pop." As a young man he enjoyed playing basketball.
His daughters recalled him at least once sleeping at the curb in a car which he evidently did not know how (or was not licensed) to drive. A couple "personals" notices in the Trenton Times" stated his disavowal of any further debts other than his own after Dec. 1, 1925. His residence was cited as the Moose Home. The Trenton paper reported Jan. 7, 1926, that he had been arrested and arraigned in Police Court for deserting his wife and two children in Bristol. He denied the charge and was out on $500 bail.
In 1930 he lived with his father and his father's common law wife Ella Walck at North Catasauqua, Northampton County. He was remembered by one of Ella's daughters as kinder than his father was. In 1940 he lived with a Jonas White family in Plumstead Township., Bucks County. He was listed as an enameler in both censuses.
In 1943 he harbored his daughter Margaret at Point Pleasant (away from Bristol) while she was "inconvenienced" [her term in a letter to her dear cousin Virginia] with an unexpected child. Although he had left his family to fend for themselves during the Depression (living at first with his mother, and then father), he and Eva reconciled by 1947. The 1950 Census lists him with Eva and Helen. For some years he was a fireman shoveling coal at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) plant in Bristol, PA. His 1942 draft registration mentions "right hand removed." Before spending his last two months hospitalized with lung cancer, he resided again with Eva at 639 New Buckley St., Bristol, PA. Because there were so many WWI widows on New Buckley Street, their daughters sometimes called it "Widows' Row."
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Trenton Evening Times, Apr 3, 1953, p.4:
Russell T. Allen/
BRISTOL - Russell T. Allen, 57, of 639 New Buckley Street died yesterday at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia. He was employed as a fireman at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant here.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eva S. Allen; two daughters, Mrs. [sic] Helen Allen of Bristol and Mrs. Will Rogers of Brighton, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Allen of Trenton; a brother, William Allen of Palmerton, Pa., and two [sic] grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a. m. at Mr. Allen's home. The Rev. Ralph Proud, pastor of Bristol Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Bristol Cemetery under direction of George Molden and Son. Friends may call Sunday evening at the Allen Home.
Russell grew up along the banks of the Delaware River in Bucks County, PA, as older brother to Lloyd and William Allen.
In WWI he was a Private in Troop A, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Regular Army Detachment, 157th Infantry. He left the port at New York for Europe Aug 13, 1917 on the ship "Lapland,"which was painted during the war in "dazzle camouflage." He returned on the third of three repatriation trips by the ship "Black Arrow" back to the US, sailing Jul 8, 1919, from Bordeaux, France. He was listed as one of three prisoners, evidently not a POW. (Service number 203, 219.)
Russell was gassed during the war. Having been gassed, his chain smoking and dusty jobs didn't help his lungs to stay healthy. He married Eva Mount Nov. 14th, 1919, at Bristol, PA. He and Eva had three children together, with their two namesakes dying young. He basically adopted Helen Marie Allen, whom her mother had borne prior to their marriage. She and sister Margaret called him "Pop." As a young man he enjoyed playing basketball.
His daughters recalled him at least once sleeping at the curb in a car which he evidently did not know how (or was not licensed) to drive. A couple "personals" notices in the Trenton Times" stated his disavowal of any further debts other than his own after Dec. 1, 1925. His residence was cited as the Moose Home. The Trenton paper reported Jan. 7, 1926, that he had been arrested and arraigned in Police Court for deserting his wife and two children in Bristol. He denied the charge and was out on $500 bail.
In 1930 he lived with his father and his father's common law wife Ella Walck at North Catasauqua, Northampton County. He was remembered by one of Ella's daughters as kinder than his father was. In 1940 he lived with a Jonas White family in Plumstead Township., Bucks County. He was listed as an enameler in both censuses.
In 1943 he harbored his daughter Margaret at Point Pleasant (away from Bristol) while she was "inconvenienced" [her term in a letter to her dear cousin Virginia] with an unexpected child. Although he had left his family to fend for themselves during the Depression (living at first with his mother, and then father), he and Eva reconciled by 1947. The 1950 Census lists him with Eva and Helen. For some years he was a fireman shoveling coal at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) plant in Bristol, PA. His 1942 draft registration mentions "right hand removed." Before spending his last two months hospitalized with lung cancer, he resided again with Eva at 639 New Buckley St., Bristol, PA. Because there were so many WWI widows on New Buckley Street, their daughters sometimes called it "Widows' Row."
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Trenton Evening Times, Apr 3, 1953, p.4:
Russell T. Allen/
BRISTOL - Russell T. Allen, 57, of 639 New Buckley Street died yesterday at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia. He was employed as a fireman at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant here.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eva S. Allen; two daughters, Mrs. [sic] Helen Allen of Bristol and Mrs. Will Rogers of Brighton, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Allen of Trenton; a brother, William Allen of Palmerton, Pa., and two [sic] grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a. m. at Mr. Allen's home. The Rev. Ralph Proud, pastor of Bristol Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Bristol Cemetery under direction of George Molden and Son. Friends may call Sunday evening at the Allen Home.
In WWI he was a Private in Troop A, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Regular Army Detachment, 157th Infantry. He left the port at New York for Europe Aug 13, 1917 on the ship "Lapland,"which was painted during the war in "dazzle camouflage." He returned on the third of three repatriation trips by the ship "Black Arrow" back to the US, sailing Jul 8, 1919, from Bordeaux, France. He was listed as one of three prisoners, evidently not a POW. (Service number 203, 219.)
Russell was gassed during the war. Having been gassed, his chain smoking and dusty jobs didn't help his lungs to stay healthy. He married Eva Mount Nov. 14th, 1919, at Bristol, PA. He and Eva had three children together, with their two namesakes dying young. He basically adopted Helen Marie Allen, whom her mother had borne prior to their marriage. She and sister Margaret called him "Pop." As a young man he enjoyed playing basketball.
His daughters recalled him at least once sleeping at the curb in a car which he evidently did not know how (or was not licensed) to drive. A couple "personals" notices in the Trenton Times" stated his disavowal of any further debts other than his own after Dec. 1, 1925. His residence was cited as the Moose Home. The Trenton paper reported Jan. 7, 1926, that he had been arrested and arraigned in Police Court for deserting his wife and two children in Bristol. He denied the charge and was out on $500 bail.
In 1930 he lived with his father and his father's common law wife Ella Walck at North Catasauqua, Northampton County. He was remembered by one of Ella's daughters as kinder than his father was. In 1940 he lived with a Jonas White family in Plumstead Township., Bucks County. He was listed as an enameler in both censuses.
In 1943 he harbored his daughter Margaret at Point Pleasant (away from Bristol) while she was "inconvenienced" [her term in a letter to her dear cousin Virginia] with an unexpected child. Although he had left his family to fend for themselves during the Depression (living at first with his mother, and then father), he and Eva reconciled by 1947. The 1950 Census lists him with Eva and Helen. For some years he was a fireman shoveling coal at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) plant in Bristol, PA. His 1942 draft registration mentions "right hand removed." Before spending his last two months hospitalized with lung cancer, he resided again with Eva at 639 New Buckley St., Bristol, PA. Because there were so many WWI widows on New Buckley Street, their daughters sometimes called it "Widows' Row."
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Trenton Evening Times, Apr 3, 1953, p.4:
Russell T. Allen/
BRISTOL - Russell T. Allen, 57, of 639 New Buckley Street died yesterday at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia. He was employed as a fireman at the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company plant here.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eva S. Allen; two daughters, Mrs. [sic] Helen Allen of Bristol and Mrs. Will Rogers of Brighton, Colo.; his mother, Mrs. Margaret Allen of Trenton; a brother, William Allen of Palmerton, Pa., and two [sic] grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a. m. at Mr. Allen's home. The Rev. Ralph Proud, pastor of Bristol Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Bristol Cemetery under direction of George Molden and Son. Friends may call Sunday evening at the Allen Home.
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