Allen Fuel Oil, Hamilton, Massachusetts - Vintage Family Photo Friday

1916 Harold Allen, Sr. at Allen Fuel Oil in Hamilton, Massachusetts

Harold Allen, Sr. in driver's seat, Hawley Booth Standing circa 1916
Allen Fuel Oil, Hamilton, Massachusetts

Very early in the 20th century my grandfather's brother, Harold Gilman Allen (1896 - 1954) started the Allen Fuel Oil business in Hamilton, Massachusetts.  Later, this business was run by his son Harold, Jr. and my mom's brother, Stanley "Al" Allen, Jr. (1925 - 2003).  I remember visiting the offices on Asbury Street and seeing the fuel trucks around town.

Hamilton was a very small town, and everyone knew Harold and Stan Allen.  I remember at my uncle's funeral, how the minister said that the whole town remembered Uncle Al especially those who needed fuel oil on cold winter mornings, or those whose tanks ran dry in the middle of a cold snap. It was not the first time that I was proud of this family business, and reminded of how many people in town depended on their prompt and courteous service.

1940 Harold Allen, Jr. at Allen Fuel Oil

1941 Harold Allen, Jr. at Allen Fuel Oil

1960s, Allen Fuel Oil, Hamilton, Massachusetts. 

The photo at the top, from 1916 is from the Hamilton Historical Society, and can be viewed online at the Digital Commonwealth Collections Online at   https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:0r96g618c   

My Allen lineage:
https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/09/surname-saturday-allen-of-manchester.html

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Allen Fuel Oil, Hamilton, Massachusetts - Vintage Family Photo Friday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 18, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/10/allen-fuel-oil-hamilton-massachusetts.html: accessed [access date]).