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William ALLEN
1838 - 1911 (72 years)
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Name William ALLEN Nickname Peel Willie Birth 28 Mar 1838 Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland 
Gender Male Location 1851 Wellington County, Minto, Arthur & Luther Townships, ON Census Location 1861 Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Canada West Census - Living with mother (60) and sister, Marjory (18)
Location 1871 Arthur, Wellington North, ON Census-Pg 36 Location 1881 Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada Census Location 1884 Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada Son's Birth Deed 28 Aug 1885 Gladstone Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Pioneer Deed Reference Number 1-6 _HASHTAG Lot 22, Conc 11 - Arthur Twp
_UID 00C7BC5583774EF2ADC08E49392790F93FEC Death 21 Feb 1911 Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada Burial Arnill Cemetery, Iron Bridge, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada Person ID I2518 My Genealogy Last Modified 3 May 2021
Father William ALLEN, b. 1 Jul 1800, Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 14 Jul 1847, Chinguacousy Twp., Peel County, ON Canada (Age 47 years) Mother Margery MORRISON, b. Abt 1798, Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 10 Mar 1863, Mount Forest, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co. Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years) Marriage 19 Apr 1822 Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland Alt. Marriage 19 Apr 1822 Ballysadare Parish, Co Sligo, Ireland - As per Mary Allen's research-digital copy on file with P Allen (Mary Allen folder) - ref: LDS IGI Ireland Batch #7005018; Source Call# 0538292 Familysearch International Genealogical Index v4.01
Family ID F186 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rebecca Jane /ROTHWELL RATHWELL, b. 17 Feb 1850, Montague Twp, Lanark County, ON Canada d. 25 Oct 1923, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1868 Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Children 1. Samuel Henry ALLEN, b. 12 Apr 1868, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario d. 3 Nov 1953, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)2. Frederick William ALLEN, b. 14 Mar 1869, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Jun 1933, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years)3. Mary Jemima (Mima) ALLEN, b. 1 Aug 1870, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario d. 20 Jul 1953, Toronto, ON Canada (Age 82 years)4. Rebecca Jane (Jenny) ALLEN, b. 5 Dec 1873, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario d. 20 Sep 1903, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 29 years)5. Marcella Pauline ALLEN, b. 18 Aug 1875, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario d. 18 Dec 1894, Iron Bridge, Gladstone Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 19 years)6. Herbert Nassau ALLEN, b. 18 Mar 1877, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario d. 13 Dec 1963, Thessalon, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) [Father: Birth]7. Sophia Edna ALLEN, b. 7 Dec 1878, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Apr 1879, Arthur Twp., Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 0 years)8. Cassie Ellen Adalade ALLEN, b. 22 Apr 1881, Arthur Township, Wellington County, ON, Canada d. 27 May 1904, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 23 years)9. Cyrus Rothwell ALLEN, b. 4 May 1884, Iron Bridge, Gladstone Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Jul 1934, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 50 years)10. Malissa Pearl ALLEN, b. 7 Jul 1886, Iron Bridge, Gladstone Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jul 1888 (Age 2 years)11. Nelson Edwin ALLEN, b. 17 Jan 1889, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Jan 1971, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)12. Ephraim Everett ALLEN, b. 6 Dec 1891, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Aug 1953, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 61 years)13. Levi Elsley ALLEN, b. 24 Mar 1894, in Iron Bridge, Gladstone Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Jan 1959, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years)Family ID F895 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Feb 2015
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Photos William Allen
Cropped from photo taken from tinplate picture of William, his wife and family. Tinplate was with Mary (McLean) Allen
William Allen & his Family
Picture is from Tinplate
BACK: Cassie, Herb, Samuel, Cyrus
MIDDLE: Rebecca, Marcella, William
FRONT: Nelson, Elsley, Ephraim
William & Rebecca (Rothwell) Allen
From tinplate photo
Thought to be taken around the time of their wedding-1868
1861 Census Arthur Twp Wellington Co
William is head of the household, a farmer and is living with his mother and his youngest sister, Marjorie
Algoma Land Grant 1885
North half of Lot 5, Conc 1 Gladstone Twp
Headstone
Arnill United Cemetery
Iron Bridge, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
Orange Lodge #777 Certificate
Joined Farewell Lodge 777 in 1864 - located in Mount Forest District, Wellington Co, Ontario
Request for all "Regular Lodges of the Universe to Recognize and admit him" Signed 1 Sep 1883
Orange Lodge #802 Certificate
Iron Bridge, Thessalon District, Algoma East, Ontario
Signed 22 Nov 1902
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Notes - William was 9 years old - the 2nd youngest child of 6 - when his parents arrived in Canada in the summer of 1847. They were coming to join some of his mother's family (Morrison) in Toronto Gore. His father died within 14 days of their arrival in Canada and is buried at St Mary's Cemetery in Tullamore, Chingacousy Twp where many other Morrisons rest. The family stayed in the Toronto Gore area until about 1850 when they moved to Arthur Township in Wellington County, Ontario.
In 1864 William received the patent for 100 acres - the N 1/2 of Lot 22, Conc 11, Wagram, Arthur Twp. In 1868 he took out a mortgage of $400. Several mortgages were taken out over the years until 1879 when they were all paid. In March 1881 another mortgage for $1800 was taken out (perhaps to make the move to Algoma) and in April 1881 the property was sold to Wm L Morrison and Matthew Morrison. The March mortgage was paid in May 1881.
William came to Algoma where he purchased from the Crown 160 acres @ $.20 per acre, for a total of $32.00: "The North half of Lot Number Five in this First Concession in said Township of Gladstone." [as per Pioneer Deed].
William initially built a log house situated, (in 1993) where the Iron Bridge Seventh Day Adventist Church stands. This house was beside an Indian trail that wound from the Mississaugi River - "The Landing" - at the boundary of Gladstone and Bright Additional Townships, up past Warnock (Round) Lake and Clear Lake, to Big Basswood (Wakiwakobi) Lake. Indians used to stop at the William Allen homestead for their lunch and called it their "half-way" house. This house burned in 1905.
Methodists gathered at the Allen home for regular church services for several years until the first school was built in 1883. The land for this school was given by William and Rebecca Allen.
William Allen and his wife Rebecca had 13 children and, when their daughter Rebecca Jane died in childbirth in 1903, they raised a granddaughter (Jane/Jenny Beemer) until she was about 12.
- William was 9 years old - the 2nd youngest child of 6 - when his parents arrived in Canada in the summer of 1847. They were coming to join some of his mother's family (Morrison) in Toronto Gore. His father died within 14 days of their arrival in Canada and is buried at St Mary's Cemetery in Tullamore, Chingacousy Twp where many other Morrisons rest. The family stayed in the Toronto Gore area until about 1850 when they moved to Arthur Township in Wellington County, Ontario.