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Robert Burns Allan

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Robert Burns Allan

Birth
Port Rowan, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
Death
21 Oct 1942 (aged 89)
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial
Claresholm, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Section 5
Memorial ID
View Source
ONTARIO MARRIAGE REGISTER
Rob B Allan
Birth Year: abt 1853 @ Port Rowan
Marriage Date: 8 Jan 1890 @ Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Father: Alexander Allan
Mother: Elizabeth Allan
Spouse: Lena Zealand
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Alberta Death Register #202-736 (1942)
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Robert Burns Allan was born Dec 27 1852 at Port Rowan, ON
His parents and older siblings immigrated to Canada in 1840 from the Orkney Islands. His father became a captain of a sailing ship on the Great Lakes.

Robert Burns Allan operated retail stores in Ontario and married Lena Zealand in 1890 in Ontario

Lena Zealand was born in Hamilton, ON in 1865.

The family moved a number of times before coming west to Calgary in 1905. He purchased a general store in Stavely, AB
KNOWN CHILDREN
Wilfred Allan b 1891- 1938 @ Essex, ON m. Lillian Foote in 1915 (4 children)
Blake Allan b. 1895 in Chicago, Illinois d. WWI
Alex Allan b. 1898 at Lindsay, ON m. Clara Gibbie in 1923
Harry Allan b. 1906 @ Stavely, AB m. Cathy Cameron

Robert Burns Allan's KNOWN SIBLINGS
Alex was a successful businessman in Toronto
James was a successful merchant in Toronto
ONTARIO MARRIAGE REGISTER
Rob B Allan
Birth Year: abt 1853 @ Port Rowan
Marriage Date: 8 Jan 1890 @ Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Father: Alexander Allan
Mother: Elizabeth Allan
Spouse: Lena Zealand
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Alberta Death Register #202-736 (1942)
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Robert Burns Allan was born Dec 27 1852 at Port Rowan, ON
His parents and older siblings immigrated to Canada in 1840 from the Orkney Islands. His father became a captain of a sailing ship on the Great Lakes.

Robert Burns Allan operated retail stores in Ontario and married Lena Zealand in 1890 in Ontario

Lena Zealand was born in Hamilton, ON in 1865.

The family moved a number of times before coming west to Calgary in 1905. He purchased a general store in Stavely, AB
KNOWN CHILDREN
Wilfred Allan b 1891- 1938 @ Essex, ON m. Lillian Foote in 1915 (4 children)
Blake Allan b. 1895 in Chicago, Illinois d. WWI
Alex Allan b. 1898 at Lindsay, ON m. Clara Gibbie in 1923
Harry Allan b. 1906 @ Stavely, AB m. Cathy Cameron

Robert Burns Allan's KNOWN SIBLINGS
Alex was a successful businessman in Toronto
James was a successful merchant in Toronto

Inscription

Family headstone
ALLAN
GIBBIE

INFANT SON OF
CLARA & ALEX
ALLAN
FEB. 6. 1926

(footstones)
P.T. GIBBIE
BORN 1870 DIED 1940

JENNIE GIBBIE
BORN - 1877
DIED - 1931

VIOLET REID
1894 - 1988

ALLAN
ALEX H.
1898-1988
CLARA M
1902-1989

BETTY JEAN ALLAN
BORN JULY 28 1928
DIED AUG 2 1928

LENA Z ALLAN
BORN 1865
DIED 1931

ROBERT B ALLAN
BORN DEC 27 1852
DIED OCT 21 1942



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  • Maintained by: Bear Hugs
  • Originally Created by: Lorie
  • Added: Mar 21, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50035801/robert_burns-allan: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Burns Allan (27 Dec 1852–21 Oct 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50035801, citing Claresholm Cemetery, Claresholm, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Bear Hugs (contributor 47810210).