This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ALLEN/CROSBY - Additions & Corrections. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SOC.2ACE/874.3.1 Message Board Post: ref: 1871 census; 1881 census (very legible) & family records. (This post more accurate, than previous post). F- Jacob S. ALLEN b- ca 1826, NS. M- Bessie (unknown) b- ca 1835/6, NS. issue... Wentworth ALLEN b- ca 1856, NS. Lilah ALLEN b- ca 1860, NS. William D. ALLEN b- 31 Mar 1865, NS. Austin ALLEN b- ca 1866/7, NS. Frank ALLEN b- ca 1874, NS. Religion - Calvinist Baptist > Free Will Baptist. Origin - England. Occupation - Ship Carpenter (Digby, at Bear River). (Possibly lived at Beaver River, NS at one time). (William & Austin removed to New London County, CT - in the late 1800's).