Charles Edwin Allen, my wife's Great Grandfather, and the father of Otto Allen, was born in Waseca, Minnesota on March 3, 1875. In 1880 he was living with his parents John and Sarah Allen, and his siblings, Jennie, George, and Clara down the road from Waseca in Elysian, Mn. In 1900 he was living in Spokane, along with his parents in the Queen Ann addition and working as a "laborer". He married Jessie F. Kimbrough in 1902 and they moved to Mace, ID (near Kellogg) where he worked as a foreman in a sorting plant. They had two children Otto and Thelma (who everyone called "honey" and who lived to be 106). By 1930 he and Jessie moved back to Spokane and resided at 324 18th ave. along with his mother Sarah who had been living with them since before 1910. He worked for a time as an auto salesman in Spokane. 18th ave is the last residence I have for him, and he and Jessie are listed there in the 1960 Spokane city directory. He would have been 85 at the time. If anyone knows when he died please let me know. There is a Charles E. Allen who died in 1972 in Chelan, WA, but there is not enough evidence to say it was him.
The evidence for Charles Allen being Otto Allen's father is convincing and I am 100% certain of that fact.
The photo above is courtesy of my wife's cousin.
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