Ralph Bertram ALLEN

1911 - 1981  (69 years)

• Name	Ralph Bertram ALLEN
  Birth	17 Aug 1911	Farewell , Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  _UID	241DBF18D694479F8BCF4B94671E0CC5F7D8
  Death	1 Jul 1981	Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Mount Forest Cemetery, Grey Rd 106, Southgate, Grey Co., ON
  Person ID	I3973	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	John Ernest ALLEN,   b. 14 Sep 1862, Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Canada West d. 20 Dec 1935, Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sarah Isabelle MARKLE,   b. 10 Aug 1880, Wellington North Ontario d. 31 Oct 1972, Elora, Nichol Tp, Wellington Co., ON, Canada (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1901	Wellington County, ON, Canada
  Family ID	F1065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Margaret KIRKPATRICK,   b. 1918, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Apr 2021, Harriston, Minto Township, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada (Age 103 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1946	Kenilworth, Arthur Township Ontario Canada
  Family ID	F1263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2017

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Headstone Mount Forest Cemetery, Southgate, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada Harry and Elaine are buried beside his brother, Ralph Bertram Allen and his wife Mabel Margaret (Kirkpatrick)
  		Ralph and his wife, Mabel (Kirkpatrick) Allen
  		Newspaper Wedding Announcement - 1946 From Wellington County Archives newspaper clippings collection 2017 Visit
  		Co-Developer of Golf Course From Wellington County Archives 2017 Visit

  
  

• Notes

  Following are excerpts from an Essay written by Colin MacMillan as a Grade 5 project in 1979, called "A Builder In Wellington County". The complete Essay is available at the Wellington County Archives - Ralph attended the one-roomed Farewell School and the Mount Forest High School. He went on to attend the Business College in Orangeville. "After school he went to Toronto to get a job with his secretarial training. It was depression time and he walked the streets of Toronto for one week. He finally got a job as relief secretary in a chocolate factory for 3 weeks." Soon after, he returned to Farewell. "The next few years brought many types of jobs. At $2.50/day, he fired a steam engine for a company and threshed for 7 seasons. Then he and his brothers in partnership owned and operated a threshing machine for 4-5 years. They also jointly owned a sawmill near Farewell. Ralph's interest in building was partly inherited from his Uncles, one was a carpenter who built the Anglican Church in Farewell and another was a barn framer. Ralph's father also enjoyed repairing things around the farm. His brothers were interested in building too. Harry was a barn framer while Morrison dug wells." - Ralph's career as a carpenter began in November 1946, just after his marriage to Mabel Kirkpatrick -c1952 he started his own business and was involved in building/remodelling many businesses and schools in the area. - he was also Clerk Treasurer for Arthur Twp for 36 years