Well, better late than never. After a busy weekend with Halloween and the kids, I find myself writing this on Monday morning.

I have updated the data at over on the Koen Family Genealogy site to include all recent discoveries, including those given here.

This week’s activities included a trip to the St. Louis County Library to investigate what they have on Montgomery County, Missouri. In particular there was one book that I wanted to look at, “Family Maps of Montgomery County, Missouri” by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D. Mr. Boyd has taken and mapped out all of the original Federal land grants with in the Montgomery County and others across the country. Unfortunately, I think my research in Montgomery County has taken me far enough back in time to really make use of the book. I am fairly certain that I don’t have all of my direct line ancestors from Montgomery County identified. This should prove to be a very useful book, when I am ready for it.

Building on what I worked on the previous week, I looked at all of the other children of Edward Lee Allen . These would be George Draper Allen (1892-?) and Joseph Burnace Allen (1893-1956) .

What I know about George Draper Allen

According to his WW I Draft Registration Card, he was born 4 Mar 1892 in New Florence, Montgomery, Missouri, USA. He married Bertha J. Ekey on 10 Oct 1914 presumably in Montgomery County, Missouri, USA. At this point, I do not know when he left this world, There is no record in the Missouri Digital Heritage database. I have found him in each of the Federal Censuses from 1900-1930, all in Montgomery County.

I have not done much research on the Ekey family, so what I have for Bertha J. Ekey, is scant. She was born about Aug. 1892, probably in Montgomery County, Missouri, as this is where her siblings were born.

George and Bertha had two daughters:

1. Jewel E. Allen, b. Abt. 1914.
2. Vaurine Allen, b. Abt 1917.

Research to do

• Determine George Draper Allen’s date of death
• Land Records
• Newspapers to flesh out other details of his life

Notes

My mother has put me in contact with one of Jewel’s children, who may have some of the data needed on this family as well as the Joseph Burnace Allen family.

There were brothers and sisters who married brothers and sisters, between the Ekey and Allen family. This created double cousins. My maternal grandmother used to talk about this.

Tags: Allen Family, Ekey Family, Genealogy