The Allinder Surname

The Recent Allinders 

    John Thomas Allinder, son of Isaac Newton Allinder and Nancy Loveless, was born on 29 September 1861 in Alabama. In 1880, John age 18 lived in Holmes County, Mississippi with his parents Isaac age 41 and Nancy age 35 as well as his siblings Isaac William Allinder age 14, Ester Lovisa Allinder age 12, James Franklin Allinder age 8, and Nancy Louvina Allinder age 2. John Thomas Allinder worked as a field laborer. John married Hattie Josephine Bailey on 22 February 1885 in Faulkner County, Arkansas. In 1900, John age 38 lived in Harve, Faulkner County, Arkansas with his wife Hattie age 31 as well as their children Joseph "Joe" Allinder age 14, Mittie Allinder age 10, Pearl Allinder age 8, Juanita "Neattie" Allinder 6, Ida Allinder 5, Thomas Allinder age 1. John Thomas Allinder worked as a farmer. He died at age 57 on 3 February 1919 in Faulkner County, Arkansas. John Thomas Allinder is buried in Cadron Valley Cemetery in Greenbrier, Faulkner County, Arkansas. 

 

photo from Find a Grave by wiccanwitch 

Meaning of the Allinder Surname 

There are a couple possible origins including 

1. Swedish ornamental name from Alseda (a village parish in Smaland from al 'alder') + inder adapted from Greek andros of aner 'man' 
2. English Scottish variant of Allender from Middle English alendere 'arriver' 'newcomer' 

I traced the Allinder family to Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, and New Jersey. The Allinder line goes back to England in the early 1600s. 

With love, 

Autumn Rose Surratt 

The Ancestor Witch 

Sources 

• "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVZ-CFX5: 20 March 2026), John Thomas Allinder, death 3 February 1919, memorial ID # 14305654. 
• "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GD-S7L: 20 March 2026), Isaac Allinder and Nancy I. Allinder, 1880. 
• "Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9SM-HTG: 20 March 2026), J T Allinder and Hattie J Bailey, 22 February 1885. 
• "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FM-CVC: 20 March 2026), John T Allinder and Hatty Allinder, 1900. 
• Allinder and Allender surname search an Ancestry app