Robert Allan

Abt 1815 - 1868  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Robert Allan
  Birth	Abt 1815	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	46814836
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46814836
  Occupation	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	shoe and boot manufactiurer
  _UID	10D1106DB0A3478DA72EA8E940A2318F8D72
  Death	6 Oct 1868	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	The son of James Allan and Margaret/Mary Menzies he married 1st Ann Moorecroft 27 Jul 1835 at North Meols, Lancashire, England where they are found also on the 1841 Census and where he was apprenticing as a Journeyman Shoemaker. By 1851 they had moved to Bolton, Lancashire and they emigrated sometime after this to Canada settling in Perth where he worked as a Cordwainer (someone who treats leather) and a shoemaker. After his 1st wife died he married on January 14th, 1867 Isabella McKay at Lanark Village. After his death in 1868 his widow Isabella married his widowed brother John on January 3rd, 1880 and they then moved with her daughter Ann to Bay City Michigan. Died - Allaln At his residence, Perth, on Tuesday, 6th inst., Robert Allan, Esq., aged 55 years. Deceased was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in the year 1813, and came to this place rather more than a dozen years ago, after spending his youth and his prime in the great cotton manufacturing districts of England. On his arrival in Perth, he started a boot and shoe manufacturing establishment, in which business he continued till his death. He was a man of extensive reading, and varied knowledge, and was deeply versed in the politics of Great Britain and the United States. He was for two years elected a member of the Perth Town Council. The Perth Courier; Friday, 9 Oct 1868; Vol. XXXV, No. 2; Col. 2, Pg. 3
  Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I32832	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	James Allan,   b. 7 Sep 1778, Kirkintilloch Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. Aft 1832 (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Margaret "Mary" Menzies,   b. 1781   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 May 1799	Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F3058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Moorecroft,   b. 29 Jun 1818, Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England d. 17 Jul 1865, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1835	North Meols, West Lancashire, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	Name Robert Allen Gender Male Marriage Date 27 Jul 1835 Marriage Place North Meols, Lancashire, England Spouse Ann Marcroft FHL Film Number 1068944 Reference ID p 248 rn 744
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Allan,   b. 12 Aug 1842, Lancashire, England d. 16 Oct 1916, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States (Age 74 years) + 2. Henry Allan,   b. 1843, Southport, Lancashire, England d. 30 Mar 1890, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F11185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Isabella McKay,   b. 17 Nov 1835, Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Feb 1911, Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, United States (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1867	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Name:     Isabella McKay Age:     29 Birth Year:     abt 1838 Birth Place:     Kingston, Ontario Residence:     Drummond Township Marriage Date:     14 Jan 1867 Marriage Place:     Lanark Village, Lanark, Ontario, Canada Father:     John McKay Mother:     Isabella Lowry Spouse:     Robert Allen
  Children	1. Anna F. Allan,   b. Aug 1868   d. 12 Jan 1952, Bay City, Bay County, Michigan, United States (Age ~ 83 years)
  Family ID	F3057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1815 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - shoe and boot manufactiurer - - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 27 Jul 1835 - North Meols, West Lancashire, Lancashire, England Marriage - 14 Jan 1867 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 6 Oct 1868 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Original data: England, Marriages, 1538?1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013., England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 2 Aug 2021), Robert Allan & Ann Marcroft marriage. (Reliability: 3). [S19] Ontario, Canada. Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 (1939, 1940), (ancestry.ca :2010.), Allan-McKay, accessed 2 Aug 2021. (Reliability: 3). Source Citation Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; County Marriage Registers, 1858-June 1869; Series: MS248; Reel: 9 Ontario, Canada, Select Marriages. Archives of Ontario, Toronto