Singing Our Family Song
Charles Morrison ALLEN

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Name Charles Morrison ALLEN Birth 9 Dec 1886 Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada Gender Male Location 1 Jun 1921 New Westminster City, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Census _UID 0DE7F666872E4F268FE7821E439ECFED2D91 Death 17 May 1947 Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada Person ID I3129 My Genealogy Last Modified 2 Jan 2022
Father William ALLEN, b. 2 Oct 1855, Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Canada West d. 27 Dec 1932, Grandview, Manitoba, Canada
(Age 77 years)
Mother Marjory (Misey) MCINTOSH, b. 28 Feb 1857, Wellington County, Canada West d. 30 Sep 1942, Grandview, Manitoba Canada
(Age 85 years)
Marriage 4 Jun 1878 Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada Family ID F1055 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Edna Florence BIGNEY, b. 17 Aug 1878, Walton, Hants Co, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 20 Jan 1918, Alta Vista, British Columbia, Canada
(Age 39 years)
Marriage 23 Feb 1910 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Family ID F7563 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Dec 2019
Family 2 Frances May BLACK, b. 23 Apr 1896, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 12 Dec 1960, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
(Age 64 years)
Marriage 10 Dec 1919 Vancouver, B.C. Children 1. Joan Isobel ALLEN, b. 1922, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada d. 2008, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
(Age 86 years)
2. Charles ALLEN, b. Abt 1925, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID F1060 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Dec 2019
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Photos William & 'Misey' Allen Family
William Allen seating holding Martin Forbes age 1, Marjory (McIntosh)Allen standing, Rachel Williams (RW) Allen age 6, in front of Marjory, Lodvick Richard age 7 oldest, beside R.W., Charles Morrison age 4 seated, & John William age 2 1/2 in front of R.W.Rachel with her future husband, Thomas Dewbury, and her brother, Charles Morrison Allen
Ancestry - beverlydurston58 originally shared this on 17 Sep 2010
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Notes - Per Lauree (Allen) Boulton: John & Charlie were millwrights and they built mills in Port Alberni, B.C.; "they were all strapping big men and handsome. They were all redheads except Martin & Joe."
- Death Notice The Province, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 21 May 1947, Wed • Page 4 - Alberni Sawmill Superintendent Laid to Rest - Flag at the Bloedel, Stewart and Welch sawmill here, flew at half mast Tuesday, for Charles Allen, 61, architect and construction superintendent, who died suddenly last Saturday. Funeral services were conducted by the Masonic Lodge with Rev. Glen Stevenson officiating. Prominent mill officials and many out of town friends and relatives were in attendance. Mr. Allen was a native of Dauphin, Man., and years ago followed the harvesting and building trades westerly in Canada and the United States. In British Columbia he entered the building trades, specializing in installation of machinery for various types of mills. He was superintendent of the Thurston Flavelle mill in the Fraser Valley for many years and was associated with the construction of the Nootka Lumber Mill at Port Tahsis, and the Bloedel, Stewart and Welch mill in Port Alberni, also a shingle mill at Mission, B.C. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Joan, and son, Charles, as well as two brothers.