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Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1920	Allen, Elsa G	Wife	208 Kline Rd	32	White	District of Columbia	Married	None
1930	Allen, Elsa G	Wife	208 Kline Rd	41	White	District of Columbia	Married	None
1940	Allen, Elsa	Wife	208 Kline Rd	50	White	District of Columbia	Married	None
1950	Allen, Elsa G	Wife	208 Kline Rd	61	White	District of Columbia	Married	Research Associate

Relatives in 1920 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Allen, Arthur A	Head	208 Kline Rd	34	White	New York	Married	Professor
Allen, Constance	Daughter	208 Kline Rd	1y 6mo	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1930 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Allen, Arthur A	Head	208 Kline Rd	45	White	New York	Married	Teacher
Allen, Constance	Daughter	208 Kline Rd	11	White	New York	Single	None
Allen, Glen O	Son	208 Kline Rd	10	White	New York	Single	None
Allen, Phebe L	Daughter	208 Kline Rd	9	White	New York	Single	None
Allen, David G	Son	208 Kline Rd	4y 2mo	White	New York	Single	None
Allen, Prudence L	Daughter	208 Kline Rd	2y 10mo	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1940 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Allen, Arthur A	Head	208 Kline Rd	54	White	New York	Married	Professor
Allen, Glen	Son	208 Kline Rd	20	White	New York	Single	None
Allen, Phoebe	Daughter	208 Kline Rd	19	White	New York	Single	None
Allen, David	Son	208 Kline Rd	14	White	New York	Single	None
Allen, Prudence	Daughter	208 Kline Rd	13	White	New York	Single	None
Tichenor, Sarah	Housekeeper	208 Kline Rd	69	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1950 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Allen, Arthur	Head	208 Kline Rd	64	White	New York	Married	Professor of Ornithology
Allen, David G	Son	208 Kline Rd	24	White	New York	Never Married	None
Allen, Prudence L	Daughter	208 Kline Rd	22	White	New York	Never Married	Work Shop Assistant

Elsa Guerdrum Allen papers, 1885-1976 1885-1968

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Finding Aid: https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMA01362.html

"A Cornellian, Elsa Guerdrum Allen (1888-1969) was an ornithologist, lecturer, and writer. The Division of Rare and Manuscripts Collections at Cornell University holds a collection of her work: manuscripts, photographs, prints. Selected items from this collection have been brought to the conservation lab for treatment. This box contained 38 beautiful, but tightly rolled and heavily creased, ornithological photostat prints, and two color lithographs, the subject of this post."

J. M. Iacchei, Elsa Guerdrum Allen Papers, Cornell University Library Conservation, Janaury 27, 2014, https://blogs.cornell.edu/culconservation/2014/01/27/elsa-guerdrum-allen-papers/ accessed July 30, 2026.

Dr Elsa Guerdrum Allen, 1888-1969

Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118606788/elsa-allen