Elijah Alexander Allanach
Elijah Alexander Allanach
When Elijah Alexander Allanach was born on 2 January 1887, his father, Alexander, was 42 and his mother, Phebe, was 33. He married Margaret M Allanach in McDowell, North Carolina, USA. They had one child during their marriage. He died on 26 June 1955 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA, at the age of 68.
Parents
- Father – Alexander Allanach
- Mother – Phebe Allanach
Birth
Elijah Alexander Allanach was born on 2 January 1887 to Phebe Allanach, age 33, and Alexander Allanach, age 42 in Clinton, Pennsylvania.
Siblings
Elijah had no siblings on record.
Marriage
Elijah Alexander Allanach married Margaret M Allanach in McDowell, North Carolina, USA on 20th November 1907.
Children
His son Alexander Stewart was born on 9 August 1908 in North Carolina, USA.
Death
Elijah Alexander Allanach died on 26 June 1955 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA, when he was 68 years old.
Life Story
1907
The Knoxville Sentinel from Tennessee carries a marriage announcement for Elijah and Margaret on 20th November 1907 in Greenlees, North Carolina.
1910
The 1910 census states that Elijah is living at 3936 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, together with wife Margaret (23) and son Alexander Stewart (1y 8 months). His occupation is stated as book keeper.
The property of 3936 Park Heights Avenue (left of picture) as it is appears today.
1917
An application for a military headstone at Siloam Cemetery (shown below), evidences that Elijah served with the 16th Machine Gun Battalion of 6th Division from November 27 1917 until August 11th 1919, when he was transported home on the USS Imperator.
1919
Elijah is listed as being aboard the USS Imperator , serving as a First Lieutenant, sailing from Brest in France on 3rd August 1919 to Hoboken New Jersey, arriving 10th August 1919. Place of residence is stated as Old Fort, North Carolina.
SS Imperator was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line (Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien Gesellschaft, or HAPAG), launched in 1912. At the time of his completion in June 1913, he was the largest passenger ship in the world by gross tonnage, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic.
Imperator was the first of a trio of successively larger Hamburg American liners that included SS Vaterland (later the United States Liner Leviathan) and SS Bismarck (later the White Star Line Majestic) all of which were seized as war reparations.
Imperator served for 14 months on HAPAG’s transatlantic route, until the outbreak of World War I, after which he remained in port in Hamburg. After the war, he was briefly commissioned into the United States Navy as USS Imperator (ID-4080) and employed as a transport, returning American troops from Europe. Following his service with the U.S. Navy, Imperator was handed over to Britain’s Cunard Line as part of war reparations, due to the loss of the RMS Lusitania, where she sailed as the flagship RMS Berengaria for the last 20 years of her career.
1920
The 1920 census shows Elijah residing at 668 Athens Avenue, Cumberland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, together with wife Margaret (33) and son Alexander (11).
1922
In a business directory for Charlotte, North Carolina in 1922 , Elijah is stated as residing at 10H N Church with wife Margaret.
1940
The 1940 census shows Elijah (53) and Margaret (54) living at Marion Route 4, Old Fort, McDowell, North Carolina. His occupation is farmer with an annual income of $2400.
1950
Elijah’s features in the 1950 census as a married man of 63 years of age. Intriguingly, he is alone on the census without his wife or son and residing at 71 Hunter, Laurens, South Carolina, USA with profession listed as a Timber buyer. Perhaps he was visiting here on business on the day of the census?
1955
Elijah’s death certificate from 1955.
He is buried at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina, USA.
