Talk:Nellie B. Allen

Birth date
As noted in a footnote on the main page, there is a difference of opinion on Allen's birth date among scholars. Many sources give 1869, but Zaitzevsky gives it as ca. 1874 because of the fact that Allen was listed as six years old in the 1880 census. Since this is the best-attested date that I could find, it is used here. I have not been able to determine where the 1869 date orginates. More information is needed to resolve this issue.Alafarge (talk) 15:42, 17 October 2015 (UTC)