William James ALLEN

1866 - 1947  (81 years)

• Name	William James ALLEN
  Nickname	Rube
  Birth	1 Jan 1866	Mount Forest, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co. Ontario, Canada
  Christening	10 Nov 1866	Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Location	1900	Richland, Saunders, Nebraska
  	Census
  	NOTE: Still spelling last name as "Allen" - and 'William James', not 'Rube'
  _UID	7E3CCE489C894220BED2E6F2554F2D3DCDDB
  Death	23 Oct 1947	Bradenton, Florida
  Burial	Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, FLA
  Person ID	I4972	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Alexander ALLEN,   b. 2 May 1827, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo Ireland d. 30 Mar 1914, Mount Forest, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co. Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Harriet Ann THOMPSON,   b. 25 May 1835, Mountshannon, Co. Galway, Ireland d. 26 Mar 1905, Mount Forest, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co. Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1854	Sheffield, England
  Family ID	F1503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Evelyn KNESTRICK,   b. 2 Apr 1868, Wayne County, OHIO d. 11 Jan 1957, Bradenton, Florida (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1897
  Children	1. Eileen Anita ALLEN,   b. 1899, OHIO d. 24 Feb 1972, DeSoto, Florida, USA (Age 73 years)   2. Rupert Royce (Rube) ALLYN,   b. 6 Jul 1901, Beliot, Iowa d. 13 Jul 1968, St Petersburg, Florida (Age 67 years)   3. Charles Llewellyn ALLYN,   b. 5 Feb 1903, North Dakota d. 31 Dec 1928, Tampa, Florida (Age 25 years)   4. George Wayne ALLYN,   b. 24 Apr 1907, Canada d. 12 Mar 1985, Pinellas County, Florida, USA (Age 77 years)   5. Dorothy ALLYN,   b. 4 Oct 1909, Sarasota, FLA d. 3 Mar 2001, Largo, Pinellas County, Florida (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F2181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2016

  
  

• Photos		"Rube" Allen (sometimes spelled Allyn) New York-on stage
  		Rube Allen/Allyn Fair Poster

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary - a Mount Forest newspaper A member of a pioneer family of Arthur Township and Mount Forest, Rube Allen Sr died in Florida on October 20th. The following obituary was taken from a Florida paper and received by Mrs Alf Hutchinson, a sister. He was born at Riverstown, a son of Mr and Mrs Alex Allen, 81 years ago. Mr Allyn founded the Sarasota Sun and the Florida Fisherman. He was a colourful figure in the newspaper and outdoor fields, but had lived for the past few years in retirement at Ruskin. He was the father of Rube Allyn, fishing editor of the St Petersburg Times and of G Wayne Allyn, of the Times composing room. To daughters and his wife also survive. Well known in politics in the 1920s, he began his career as a tramp printer, working all over the United States. He graduated from a school of dramatics and oratory in Philadelphia and travelled for a year as a humorist on the Chautauqua circuit, appearing on the same platform with James Whitcomb Riley and Bill Nye. He tried his hand in dramatic roles on the vaudeville stage in New York city for about a year and finally came to Florida in 1906, settling in Sarasota. In 1913, he founded the Sarasota Sun but discontinued the publication of the weekly to take a position in the Hog Island shipyards, Philadelphia, during World War 1. He later represented the employees there in Congress. Returning to Florida he bought a newspaper plant and began publication of the Florida Fisherman, in which he advocated the conservation of Wild Life. He was active in the Isaac Walton league. Mr Allyn built a home in the Big Bayou section of St Petersburg, but of recent years lived in retirement in Ruskin Inlet. Mr Allyn passed away at Riverside Hospital, Bradenton, after an illness of several weeks.