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Allanson

Allinson Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire): from the Old French and Middle English personal name Alain or Alan (see Allen ) + the patronymic suffix -son.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Allison, Atkinson, Adkinson, Callison, Ellenson, Anfinson, Alliston
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No.2071

Isaac Greaves 1823
Mary Greaves 1822
Sarah Allanson 1841

Plot No. 2079

Benjamin Allanson 1852

Isaac GREAVES Plot 2071

Benjamin ALLANSON Plot 2079

Inscription

In Memory Of
Isaac Greaves Of Heck Gill
In This Parish, Who Died January 1st
1823 Aged 75 Years
Also Of Mary, Wife Of The Above
Named Isaac Greaves, Who Died
March 18th 1822, Aged 73 Years.
Likewise Of Sarah Allanson
The Wife Of Joseph Allanson Of
High Woods In The Parish Of Sawley
And Daughter Of The Above Named
Isaac And Mary Greaves.
She Died January 3rd 1841
Aged 71 Years.

In Memory Of
Benjamin Allanson
Of Darley, Son Of Joseph And
Sarah Allanson Of Sawley Who
Departed This Life October The
4th 1852 Aged 27 Years.
Fret Not For Me My Bretheren Dear
I Must Lye Here Till Christ Apear
And At His Coming, Hope To Have
A Joyfull Rising From The Grave.

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
2079	Benjamin ALLANSON	4 Oct 1832	27
#	Isacc ALLANSON	1 Apr 1879	77
2071	Sarah ALLANSON	3 Jan 1841	71

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