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Elmer Allen is the third of 4 children born to Tom Allen and Dora Dickerson Allen in Temple, Texas
Brother to Ethel Allen, Thomas Allen (aka Arvella Gray) and Clara Allen ; Laura Fletcher and Dora Fletcher
Allen eventually settled in California, working as a Porter for the Pullman Company. In 1937, Pullman signed a labor contract with the Union of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (established 1925), the first African-American union to sign a labor contract with a major corporation.
He married Fredna Mae Hadley in Italy, Texas on September 9, 1943
He is father of Elmerine Allen and William Thomas Allen
An obituary was published in the Waxahachie Daily Light, Wednesday 3 July 1991, page 12-A, column 1.
NOTE: See the memorial for CAL-3 for an explanation of the inscription on Elmer Allen's tombstone.
FYI - THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE MEMORIAL - DO NOT MERGE WITH (CAL-3)
Elmer Allen is the third of 4 children born to Tom Allen and Dora Dickerson Allen in Temple, Texas
Brother to Ethel Allen, Thomas Allen (aka Arvella Gray) and Clara Allen ; Laura Fletcher and Dora Fletcher
Allen eventually settled in California, working as a Porter for the Pullman Company. In 1937, Pullman signed a labor contract with the Union of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (established 1925), the first African-American union to sign a labor contract with a major corporation.
He married Fredna Mae Hadley in Italy, Texas on September 9, 1943
He is father of Elmerine Allen and William Thomas Allen
An obituary was published in the Waxahachie Daily Light, Wednesday 3 July 1991, page 12-A, column 1.
NOTE: See the memorial for CAL-3 for an explanation of the inscription on Elmer Allen's tombstone.
FYI - THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE MEMORIAL - DO NOT MERGE WITH (CAL-3)
FYI- This is NOT a duplicate memorial
Elmer Allen is the third of 4 children born to Tom Allen and Dora Dickerson Allen in Temple, Texas
Brother to Ethel Allen, Thomas Allen (aka Arvella Gray) and Clara Allen ; Laura Fletcher and Dora Fletcher
Allen eventually settled in California, working as a Porter for the Pullman Company. In 1937, Pullman signed a labor contract with the Union of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (established 1925), the first African-American union to sign a labor contract with a major corporation.
He married Fredna Mae Hadley in Italy, Texas on September 9, 1943
He is father of Elmerine Allen and William Thomas Allen
An obituary was published in the Waxahachie Daily Light, Wednesday 3 July 1991, page 12-A, column 1.
NOTE: See the memorial for CAL-3 for an explanation of the inscription on Elmer Allen's tombstone.
FYI - THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE MEMORIAL - DO NOT MERGE WITH (CAL-3)
Elmer Allen is the third of 4 children born to Tom Allen and Dora Dickerson Allen in Temple, Texas
Brother to Ethel Allen, Thomas Allen (aka Arvella Gray) and Clara Allen ; Laura Fletcher and Dora Fletcher
Allen eventually settled in California, working as a Porter for the Pullman Company. In 1937, Pullman signed a labor contract with the Union of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (established 1925), the first African-American union to sign a labor contract with a major corporation.
He married Fredna Mae Hadley in Italy, Texas on September 9, 1943
He is father of Elmerine Allen and William Thomas Allen
An obituary was published in the Waxahachie Daily Light, Wednesday 3 July 1991, page 12-A, column 1.
NOTE: See the memorial for CAL-3 for an explanation of the inscription on Elmer Allen's tombstone.
FYI - THIS IS NOT A DUPLICATE MEMORIAL - DO NOT MERGE WITH (CAL-3)
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