Allen, MICHAEL

Birth Name Allen, MICHAEL
Gender male
Age at Death 44 years, 4 months

Narrative

"The Allens were straight shanty-Irish & supposedly related to the Black Donnellys of ill-fame in early Canada, for murder etc" - according to the obviously unbiased TAL! Ref: EJL2

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1819 Ireland   1a 2a
Birth 1815 Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   3
Residence 1827 Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   4 5
Residence 1841 Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   2a
Event Note

"Emigrated from Ireland to Canada before 1837. In 1841 Michael bought land from Robert Morgan. Lot 3, Concession 8, Division C in the Township of Guelph, consisting of 100 acres. " in find a grave memorial - to be checked.

Residence 1861-01-14 Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   1a
Event Note

1861 Census of Canada:
Allan[sic]: Mechal [sic] 46, Mary 46, Marg Ann (?) 22 , Bridget 18, George 16, John 14, William 12, Catherine 8.
Born: Mechal and Mary - Ireland; Children: UC [Upper Canada]
Occupation: Mechal is a Farmer.
Dwelling: the family lives in a log, one storey house and do not share it with anyone else.

With thanks to Bunnage FT as couldn't find this with these spellings. - SJL

Religion     Roman Catholic  
Death 1863-05-01 Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   4 5 6 2a
Event Note

Probable as Mrs Michael Allen is still living but no Mr mentioned in April 1877

Citation

14 April 2017: Major brickwall finally crumbles after four years of coming back to it. Started with the original Leader family tree information - Mary Jane Gaffney b. Ireland m. Michael Allen b. Ireland! With thanks to rbw1095 at find a grave for the entries created July 30 2016.

Families

Family of Allen, MICHAEL and Gaffney, MARY JANE
Married Wife Gaffney, MARY JANE ( * 1813 + 1897-02-14 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Allen, ?Jane
Allen, Marjorie18391874-02-00
Allen, BRIDGET1843-10-161922-05-20
Allen, George18441878-10-00
Allen, John1847
Allen, William1849-07-031865-12-20
Allen, Katherine1853-05-141923-11-01

Source References

  1. Public Archives of Canada, Microfilmed 1954/5: 1861 Census of Canada
      • Page: 1861 Census of Canada/Canada West/Wellington/Guelph/pg 35/lns 32-39 ; 1861CensusofCanadaForMechalAllan.jpg
  2. Find a Grave Memorial
      • Page: # 167596770; https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=167596770; Michael Allen death 1863 with details.pdf
      • Citation:

        14 April 2017: Major brickwall finally crumbles after four years of coming back to it. Started with the original Leader family tree information - Mary Jane Gaffney b. Ireland m. Michael Allen b. Ireland! With thanks to rbw1095 at find a grave for the entries created July 30 2016.

  3. ??Ruth (Leader) Burk: William Leader 1804 & descendants
  4. Thompson, Robert: A brief sketch of the early history of Guelph
  5. Thompson, Robert: An Early View of Guelph
  6. Johnson, Leo A: History of Guelph 1827-1927