Cyrus Rothwell ALLEN

1884 - 1934  (50 years)

• Name	Cyrus Rothwell ALLEN
  Birth	4 May 1884	Iron Bridge, Gladstone Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1-6-9
  _UID	35326EBB7E3947B689B32B97DA7CA89CDC32
  Death	21 Jul 1934	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Arnill Cemetery, Iron Bridge, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I462	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 May 2021

  
  

  Father	William ALLEN,   b. 28 Mar 1838, Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 21 Feb 1911, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Maria GARDINER,   b. 26 Feb 1888, Gladstone Township, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 31 May 1954, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1914	Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Lloyd Walter ALLEN,   b. 15 Mar 1915, Iron Bridge, Gladstone Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Aug 1985, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)   2. Alta May ALLEN,   b. 18 Jun 1916, Iron Bridge, Gladstone Twp, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Nov 1984 (Age 68 years)   3. Elsie Eva ALLEN,   b. 25 Sep 1918, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Sep 2002, Sault Ste Marie, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)   4. Herbert Williams Charles ALLEN,   b. 30 Oct 1920, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Jul 1986 (Age 65 years)   5. Cecil Dwight ALLEN,   b. 1924, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada d. 1925, Iron Bridge, Aigoma District, Ontario, Canada (Age 1 year)   6. Iva Valetta ALLEN,   b. 30 Apr 1928   d. 30 Dec 1999, Blind River ON (Age 71 years)   7. Living   8. Living
  Family ID	F179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2014

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Cyrus Rothwell Allen
  		Marriage Certificate Cyrus & Emma Maria (Gardiner) Allen
  		Obituary Newspaper

  
  

• Notes

  The ninth child of William and Rebecca - he was the first of their children to be born in Iron Bridge. He was born on their farm, which was located from Spruce Grove Cemetery, west to include all of Lauzsus Strawberry Farm (2008). He attended the SS#1 Gladstone Public School, which was located on land donated by his father. While at school he met his future wife, Emma Gardiner. In 1908 he completed the Preliminary Theological course for the Methodist Church. The record of this is in Emma's wooden box at Gerald Bell's. This certificate was to be upgraded if anymore courses were completed for the ministry. But there were no more additions to the certification so it seems he did not pursue this lifestyle. He was, according to his obituary, a teacher in his early years, but turned to farming later. After he married Emma Gardiner on Apr 23, 1914 in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, they lived on his father, William Allen's farm in Iron Bridge, which he bought after his father's death in 1911. They had several personal tragedies in their life together. While working in Hearst around 1921, there was a large fire that almost took the whole family. When Cyrus saw the fire, it was coming from the west and was 1/2 mile away. He set the horses loose from the stable and got his wife and 4 kids and headed to a creek 100 yards away. Before they reached the creek they had to run through brush piles on fire. Emma carried Herb, Lloyd ran beside her, Cyrus had Alta under one arm and Elsie under the other. Elsie slipped out of his grasp into the burning brush, burning her legs. When they reached the creek they put wet blankets over their heads as the fire roared over them. Meanwhile, Russell Beemer and family were at church, Jack Humphries and his mother also. When they saw the fire heading to Cyrus' place, Russell tried to run to help but the fire got too close and he had to turn back. While running back, the fire was leaping across the road over his head. Meanwhile Jack Humphries had tried to return to his cabin to save some of their belongings, but he had to run to safety and the soles were burned from his Sunday shoes. This was the end of the pulpwood operation and the families returned to Iron Bridge and Sault Ste Marie. About 1924 their son Lloyd contracted polio which was often fatal at that time. Fortunately he survived but was left paralyzed in both legs. Cecil died as an infant in 1925 at the age of one year. Cyrus contracted tuberculosis and died July 21, 1934. He died at Weston Sanitarium at the age of fifty.