THE PEOPLE / THE CONNECTIONS
Every generation.
Its own story.
A family-authored history of music, enterprise, creativity, and the relationships that connect them.
THE FAMILY LINE / AS SHARED BY JOHNNY
- GREAT-GRANDFATHERThomas Sylvester Allen
- GRANDFATHERThomas “Papa Dee” Allen ↗
- GRANDSONJohnny Thunder Allen ↗
The intervening parent and full family tree will be added as relationships are documented.
ENTREPRENEUR / WIFE / MOTHER
Kissa Allen
Kissa Allen is Johnny’s wife and the owner of NV Care Solutions, also known through the Swoosh Care brand at swooshcare.com. Her work focuses on a platform for requesting and connecting with caregivers.
Kissa and Johnny have two sons, Giovanni and Amos.
NV Care Solutions & Swoosh Care ↗
HEALTHCARE / FAMILY ENTERPRISE
Maxine Allen
Maxine Allen is Johnny’s mother and, according to his family account, the owner of Nhouse Inc. in Arizona. Johnny serves as the company’s chief technical officer.
This photograph from the family’s personal collection shows Maxine with Johnny as a child. Johnny supplied the identification.
Read about Nhouse Inc. ↗
GREAT-GRANDFATHER / FAMILY HISTORY
Thomas Sylvester Allen
Johnny identifies Thomas Sylvester Allen as his great-grandfather and the father of the WAR musician who shared his name, Thomas “Papa Dee” Allen.
The family collection includes four photographs that Johnny identifies as his great-grandfather with members of the du Pont family, as well as this later photograph of the two of them together.
Identifications supplied by Johnny Thunder Allen. Dates, locations, and the individual du Pont family members’ names are still being documented.
Explore these family photographs ↗WILMINGTON / DELAWARE
Remembering the Brandywine.
Johnny’s family recollections describe land ownership near the Brandywine River, a four-story family home, and relationships with the du Pont family that extended across generations. He describes this branch of the family as descended from free Black people.
These accounts are part of the family’s oral history. The archive is being developed with photographs, names, dates, and property records to establish a fuller chronology. The reported connection between a family parking lot and the later Hercules building remains a research lead.