Robert Allan

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 58123782
• _UID: CD95A8DE78034B208FA16CFBB616A1D3A54D
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Location-Witness: 1900, Mississippi Station, Palmerston Twp, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58123782

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Location-Witness:
Role: Witness

Family/Spouse: Margaret Ann Shannon. Margaret was born on 9 Dec 1864; died on 2 Jun 1943; was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston Twp, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 61006725
• _UID: E6664D09CABC426FAEFC877FECDFBAD7E59D
• Census: 1851, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; mill owner
• Census: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Sawmill and Gristmill

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61006725

Occupation:
"John Allan's birth in 1816 was synchronous with the first settlement on the Scotch Line, being the first male child in this settlement. He was engaged almost all his life in the milling business, having a sawmill and carding mill on the Scotch Line.

"Later, he ran a sawmill and a grist mill on the Tay River (formerly Pike), and also engaged in the milling business in Perth.

From Hilda Geddes' book, The First One Hundred Years, Snow Road Presbyterian Church 1885-1985 :

"In 1877, he moved from Perth to Palmerston Township at Snow Road, where he operated a sawmill for several years on Antoine Creek at what was later known as the Louis Tremblay place. In 1841, he was married to Anne McLean while still in the Perth area and this union was blessed with 11 children.... He died on May 5, 1900 at the home of his son Isaac Allan at Mississippi."

Died:
Death - Lanark Era - May 9,1900 -
At Mississippi, Mr. John Allan, at the home of his son Isaac. A resident of McLaren's Depot for more than twenty years. Funeral on Monday last to the Cemetery at Elphin (Crawford's). Aged 83 years. ---
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Death - Perth Courier - June 15,1950,(50 years ago column) -
John Allan, son of Francis Allan, writer to the Signet, came with pioneer settlers in 1816. Son John born Perth in 1816, was first male child born in new settlement. Mother was Janet Cowie, who was the first woman to cross the Rideau.

Obituary
The late John Allan - As the Late John Allan, who died on may 5th, 1900, at the home of his son Isaac, at Mississippi Station, was well known in Perth and its vicinity, a more extended sketch of his life may not be uninteresting to our readers, and especially so, as his birth is synchronous with the first settlement on the Scotch Line. He was born on August 24th, 1816, and was the first male child born in the new settlement. His parents were born in Corstorphinie, three miles from Edinburgh, and lived in Edinburgh after their marriage. Coming to Canada in 1815, they remained in Brockville the first winter, and settled on the Scotch Line in the spring of 1816. His father, Mr. Francis Allan, was a Writer to the Signet in Scotland. His mother, whose maiden name was Janet Cowie, was born in Scotland in 1798, and lived to an extreme old age. She was the first white woman to cross the Rideau River, near Perth.

John Allan was nearly all his life engaged in the milling business. He first had a saw-mill and a carding mill on the Scotch Line. Later, he ran a sawmill and a grist mill on the Tay river, and was also engaged in the milling business in Perth. In 1877 he removed from Perth to Palmerston, at Snow Road station, wher he owned a sawmill for several years.

In August 1841, he married to Ann McLean, whom he survived ten years. There were eleven children, seven of whom are still living: Francis, in Perth, Thomas in Vancouver, William John in the Lake Superior District, James, Robert and Isaac at Mississippi, and Mrs. S. Donaldson, at Donaldson 's Mills.

Mr. Allan always took an active part in Christian work, and was an enthusiastic and faithful Sabbath School worker. Hesuperintended the Sabbath School on the Scotch Line, and held that position also in Perth. At Snow Road he organized the first Sunday School, and faithfully performed the duties of Superintendant for many years until laid aside by illness from active work. It was largely through his efforts that the Snow Road congregation was established. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church for 47 years, having been ordained in Knox Church, Perth on May 28th, 1853. He also took a warm interest in all affairs of a public nature, and for some years rendered good service as a member of the Palmerston council. In politics he was a staunch Reformer. The funeral services wer held in Snow Road church on May 7th, and was largely attended. The Rev. Jas. Binnie, the pastor, conducted the service and spoke from the text: "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life" (Rev. 2, 10), and referred to Mr. Allan's faithfulness in the community, as a citizen, friend, and neighbor, his faithfulness in the home, in the S. School and in the church. Six of his fellow elders from the McDonald's Corners, Elphin and Snow Road congregations acted as pall-bearers, and his remains were lovingly followed by his children, friends and neighbours, and were interred in the Crawford Cemetery.

Buried:
Plot 540 :
(top of stone)
- John Allan, born Aug.24,1816 - died May 5,1900, aged 83 years. He Resteth From His Labors And His Works Do Follow Him
(front of stone)

John married Ann McLean in 1841. Ann was born on 10 Oct 1822; died on 2 Sep 1880; was buried in Crawford Cemetery, Elphin, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 61008089
• _UID: B6EB9E298A824FD58433ED64E30E028619C6
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61008089

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46823862
• Occupation: Crown Land Agent, Postmaster in Perth
• _UID: 9CD85CC26AED4B4E9755D859536241E378CC

Notes:

Christened:
ALLAN
FRANCIS
JAMES ALLAN/ISOBEL BRODDIE FR552 (FR552)
M
16/12/1792
678/
20 387
Corstorphine

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46823862

Occupation:
According to research on the Cowie family in Scotland done by Melissa Howe-Hamilton and transmitted by e-mail of 9 Sept, 1996, Francis Allan was a tax collection clerk in Edinburgh when he married Janet Cowie in 1813.

Family lore had it that Francis Allan was a Writer to the King's Signet; however, recent contact with the society of writers in Scotland reveals that his name is not found on their membership list.

Following the birth of their first son, James, in Sept, 1814, the family emigrated from Grennock, Scotland to Canada, arriving in July 1815 (settled on the Scotch Line near Perth). The 9-month old James died during passage. Other sources say they spent their first winter in Brockville and travelled to Perth in spring 1816.

In Canada, Francis Allan became Crown Land Agent in the Perth/Bathurst area and was responsible for settling accounts between Archibald McNab (The McNab) and his disgruntled and maligned settlers in the McNab Township area. Francis Allan was also Postmaster in Perth for some time and had been appointed Superintendant of Common Schools sometime prior to his death in 1844.

A post office called Perth Upon Tay was established right away in 1816 with the man in charge of the settlement for the government, Daniel Daverne, as post master. When Daverne absconded with funds, which were in his care, he was replaced in 18?? (illegible, maybe 1830). Perth-Upon-Tay now became simply Perth. A letter by Taylor in the Ontario Archives of P. Robinson, Commissioner of Crown Lands, York, written on January 31, 1831, is postmarked with a small double circle broken by Perth with the date written in red. In 1837 Francis Allan took over as crown lands agent and postmaster in Perth.

Janet Cowie's younger brother, Robert Cowie (b. 1806/7), stonemason, emigrated to Canada in 1827 to join Francis and Janet.

Died:
Died On Sunday morning last, after a short illness, ?b?Francis Allan?/b?, Esq. Postmaster of this place, age 51. The death of Mr. Allan is a source of great grief to his numerous friends and family. The deceased held the office of District Land Agent and performed the duties thereof satisfactorily as well as that of Postmaster. He had also lately been appointed by the District Council to the important trust of County Superintendent of Common Schools which, had he been spared, we have no doubt he would have performed. His demise is sincerely regretted generally and a loss to this place. The funeral takes place today at 2:00.

Bathurst Courier and Ottawa Advertiser,
Perth, Ontario, Canada
February 27, 1844

Buried:
originally in Craig Street Pioneer cemetery (?site #20) later moved to Elmwood

Francis married Jannet Cowie on 28 Aug 1813 in Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Jannet (daughter of John Cowie and Agnes Thomson) was born on 5 Apr 1798 in Corstorphine Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 26 Apr 1798 in Corstorphine Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 22 Jul 1892 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46583892
• _UID: 3C117E139B1F42558BB78E17E9F70A6161E2
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Christened:
OWIE
JANET
JOHN COWIE/AGNES THOMSON FR564 (FR564)
F
26/04/1798
678/
20 486
Corstorphine

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46583892

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Perth Courier, July 29, 1892

Fraser?Died, on Friday, 22nd July Mrs. Francis Allan Fraser, relict of the late James Fraser, aged 94 years, 2(?)3(?) months.

Elsewhere in the same paper:

On Friday last there died at the residence of Mrs. M. R. Dodds at the great age of 94 years Mrs. James Fraser, for some years before her death the only survivor among the pioneer band who settled in the Perth section of Lanark County. The deceased, whose maiden name was Jane Cowie, was born in the village of Corstorphine near Edinburgh, Scotland in the year 1798 and when 17 years old came with her parents (actually her husband, infant son and her brother) across the Atlantic arriving at Brockville in 1815. Next year the family made their way to Perth coming by the ferry and it was worthy of note that she and a companion were the first white women who ever crossed the Rideau River. The bridge was simply two logs lashed together with basswood bark side by side. With most of the other settlers who arrived then, the family settled on a farm on the Scotch Line then simply areas of unbroken forest. The trials and hardships of these early settlers were very great and many succumbed to the privations they could not endure but the deceased had a strong constitution that carried her through them all and after a time comfort and comparative affluence succeeded the hardships of her family life and made the burdens less severe.

Mrs. Fraser married two times. Her first husband was the late Francis Allan, also a native of Scotland and to them were born several children, some of whom are or were among the best known residents of this locality. They were John Allan of Snow Road and Francis Allen and James Allan, merchant, Perth. Robert Allan, Bathurst, William Allan, mill owner, North Burgess, Alexander Allan, hardware merchant, Smith's Falls, and the late Isaac Allan, hardware merchant Perth and the late Mrs. James (Rev.) Gray, wife of the Presbyterian minister of Kingston and Mrs. Calvin Holliday, County Perth and the late Mrs. James Holliday of Perth and Mrs. M. R. Dobbie of Perth are also children.

By her second marriage she had no children. Mrs. Fraser was a member of the Presbyterian Church for over 70 years and took the communion up to a few years ago when her system both bodily and mentally began to break up and to make ready for the great change.

The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon Rev. James Ross conducting the services and her remains were laid to rest in Elmwood Cemetery. The deceased saw many generations of young and old laid in the graveyards and cemeteries here and finally when her own time came she had made herself ready for the closing sleep and the awakening hereafter.

Notes:

Married:
ALLAN
FRANCIS
JANET COWIE/FR4878 (FR4878)
28/08/1813
685/3
180 231
Canongate

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 7C6FA3F6558F424EA09638AE2EEC63D061FE

James married Isobel Brodie on 13 Jun 1777 in Gladsmuir Parish, East Lothian, Scotland. Isobel (daughter of John Brodie and Helen Jack) was born in 1756 in Stronsay Parish, Orkney, Scotland; was christened on 22 Feb 1755 in Stronsay Parish, Orkney, Scotland; died in 1856 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 74B6A18EEF804E25B342EC5441D728E9994F

Notes:

Christened:
BRODIE
ISOBEL
JOHN BRODIE/HELEN JACK
F
22/02/1755
031/
10 33
Stronsay

Notes:

Married:
BRODIE
ISABEL
JAMES ALLAN/FR593 (FR593)
13/06/1777
708/
20 311
Gladsmuir

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 220A4C0B16C6417CA500076E9DFF6969A401

Notes:

Christened:
COWIE
JOHN
JOHN COWIE/AGNES ESPILON FR136 (FR136)
M
30/04/1780
485/
10 247
Larbert

John married Agnes Thomson on 14 Apr 1797 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Agnes was born in 1780 in St Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1780 in St Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: AA7147CFD60F4931AAAB533B7F6FF073C496

Notes:

Christened:
THOMSON
AGNES
JOHN THOMSON/JEAN MOOR FR2910 (FR2910)
F
11/01/1789
689/
90 167
Inveresk and Musselburgh

or

THOMSON
AGNES
ROBERT THOMSON/CHRISTIAN SMITH FR2672 (FR2672)
F
03/06/1780
685/2
100 171
St Cuthbert's
Vi

Notes:

Married:
COWIE
JOHN
AGNES THOMSON/FR5116 (FR5116)
14/04/1797
685/2
170 485
St Cuthbert's