Friday, June 15, 2012

James Allen & Hannah Parlee - my Great Grandparents

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     Name: James C. Allen
      Sex: M
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Individual Information
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          Birth: Dec 24, 1832 - Millstream, Kings Co., NB, Can
    Christening:
          Death: Mar 10, 1899 - Baysville, Mclean Twp., Muskoka, ON, Can
         Burial: in Baysville, Ridout Twp., Muskoka, ON, Can
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Parents
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         Father: Isaac Allen (1794-1837)
         Mother: Rebecca Crouse (1794-1886)
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Spouses and Children
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1.   Hannah Catherine Parlee (Jul 31, 1841 - Jun 24, 1931)
       Marriage: Jul 17, 1856 - Burford, Brock District, Canada West
       Children:
          1. Joseph Elijah Allen (1857-1924)
          2. Emerson James Allen (1860-1941)
          3. Albert William Allen (1862-1941)
          4. Elizabeth Allen (1864-1864)
          5. Elton Wilmot Allen (1866-1866)
          6. James Oren Allen (1867-1883)
          7. Charles Elmer Allen (1869-1951)
          8. John Frederick Allen (1871-1945)
          9. Ada Drusilla Allen (1876-1961)
          10. Anna Louisa Allen (1878-1927)
          11. Margaret Evelyn Allen (1880-1914)
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Notes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------General:
   Born York Co., NB, Can.  Since he was listed on the 1851 Census for
   Middlesex Co., Canada West, he must have moved to Ontario from New Brunswick
   before or about 1851.
   After marriage they moved to Adelaide Twp., Middlesex Co., near London,
   Ontario where 8 of their children were born.
   They then moved to Baysville, McLean Twp., Lot 3 Con. 7, Muskoka District in
   1872. They were some of the earliest settlers in the area. Religion:
   Disciple of Christ.
  
   Township Papers, Archives of Ontario. McLean Township.  James Allen signed
   declarations dated Sept. 6, 1872 in the District of Muskoka, saying he had
   not received other free grants of land.  The document makes his date of
   location on Con. 8 Lot 2 of McLean Township as Sept. 26, 1872.
  
   Sources:
   Crouse Family History. The Descendants of Philip and Sarah Crouse. 2nd ed.,
   by Roguer Crouse. 2000 and 2007.
  
   Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound District, H.R Page & Co.,
   Toronto, ON: 1879. Jas. Allen lot 2 conc 8 McLean Twp.
  
   Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Muskoka
   District, 1899, Reg. # 017280. Epileptic Fit.
  
   1851 Canadian Census: Canada West, Middlesex Co. (23), Dorchester North
   (220),
   p. 81. LAC mf C-11738.
   John Minhenich     27    England             WM     Blacksmith
   Rody                      25    New Brunswick       Bapt
   Lorenzo C              2    Canada              Bapt
   James Allen           20    New Brunswick       Bapt    Laborer
   Jane Johnston        13    Canada              Bapt
  
   1861 Canadian Census: Canada West, Middlesex Co., Adelaide Twp., St. George
   Ward, p. 21. LAC mf C-1049.
   James Allen     29    NB    No Religion  Blacksmith
   Hannah            20    NB
   Joseph  E          4    CW
   Emerson  J        2    CW
  
   1871 Canadian Census: Ontario, North Middlesex Co., Dist. 8, Adelaide Twp.,
   Sub-dist. A-2, p. 1.  LAC mf C-9902.
   James Allen     38    NB    Prebyt    Germany    Blacksmith
   Hannah            30    NB
   Joseph             13    Ont
   Emerson          11    Ont
   Albert               9    Ont
   James               4    Ont
   Charles             2    Ont
  
   1881 Canadian Census: Ontario, Muskoka (131), Ridout & McLean (K), p.
   15/16.
   LAC mf C-13243.
   James Allen     49    NB    Dutch  Baptist  Farmer
   Hannah            40    NB    French
   Joseph              23    Ont.  Dutch
   Emerson          21
   Albert              19
   James              14
   Charles            12
   John                 9
   Ada                  4
   Anna                2
   Margaret        5/12 Nov.
   Rebecca          87    N.B.                 Widow
  
   1891 Canadian Census: Ontario, Ontario North 100 (Muskoka), Twp. of  McLean
   (g), p. 20.   LAC mf T-6357.
   James Allen    58    NB    Disciple  Farmer
   Hannah           50    NB
   Charles E       22    Ont
   John  F           19    Ont
   Ada  D           15    Ont
   Annie  L        13    Ont
   Margarett       10    Ont
  
   Baysville Public Cemetery, Baysville, McLean Twp, Muskoka District.
   Apparently there was a wooden cross marker which had disintigrated by 1985.
   The tin name plaque for J. Allen is posted on a marquee in the cemetery.
   Plots for Jos. Allen GPS N 45.14627  W -79.11439.



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     Name: Hannah Catherine Parlee
      Sex: F
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Individual Information
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          Birth: Jul 31, 1841 - Studholm, Kings Co., NB, Can
    Christening: May 8, 1849 - Kings Co., NB, Can
          Death: Jun 24, 1931 - Tomstown, Temiskaming, ON, Can
         Burial: in Englehart, Temiskaming, ON, Can
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Parents
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         Father: John Casey Parlee (1816-1888)
         Mother: Margaret Folkins (1823-1904)
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Spouses and Children
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1.   James C. Allen (Dec 24, 1832 - Mar 10, 1899)
       Marriage: Jul 17, 1856 - Burford, Brock District, Canada West
       Children:
          1. Joseph Elijah Allen (1857-1924)
          2. Emerson James Allen (1860-1941)
          3. Albert William Allen (1862-1941)
          4. Elizabeth Allen (1864-1864)
          5. Elton Wilmot Allen (1866-1866)
          6. James Oren Allen (1867-1883)
          7. Charles Elmer Allen (1869-1951)
          8. John Frederick Allen (1871-1945)
          9. Ada Drusilla Allen (1876-1961)
          10. Anna Louisa Allen (1878-1927)
          11. Margaret Evelyn Allen (1880-1914)
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Notes
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General:
   At age 12 she moved to Burford, Ontario with her family (1852). After
   marriage they moved to London, Ontario, and then Baysville, Muskoka in 1872,
   where James died in 1899. In March 1903, at age 63, she homesteaded in
   Saskatchewan with her two sons John Frederick and Emerson Jones but sold out
   in July 1910 and returned to Ontario in 1911. She went to live in Gelert,
   Ontario with her invalid daughter Mrs. J.B. Sedgwick. After her daughters
   death she lived with her son Charles at Tomstown.
  
   Sources:
   Dusty Trails, Abandoned Rails, Storthoaks/Fertile Historical Society, 1988.
  
   Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Timiskaming
   District, 1931, Reg. # 032905. Senilty, Arterio sclerosis.
  
   1851 Canadian Census Kings Co.,  New Brunswick, Kings Co. (2), Parish of
   Studholm (40), p. 51.  LAC mf C-995.
   John C. Parlee      35    NB  French desc.   Farmer
   Margaret               37
   Hannah C             10
   Isaac                      7
   Georgiana              3
  
   1901 Canadian Census: Ontario, 97 North Ontario, McLean Twp. G-1, p. 10.
   LAC mf T-6486
   Charles Allen        31  Ont  19 April 1869  Dutch    Canadian    Disciple
   Alice                     22  Ont   6 Jan 1879    English  Canadian    Methodist
   Stanley                   1  Ont  14 Sept 1899   Dutch    Canadian    Methodist 
   Hannah Allen       59  NB   31 July 1841   French   Canadian    Disciple
   Margaret Parlee   78  NB   12 Jan 1823    French   Canadian    Methodist
  
   1906 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan, Assiniboia East 11 , p. 22.
   LAC mf T-18358.
   Hannah Allen  65    Ont   Audrey P.O.   Sect 24 Twp 4 Rge 32 Mer 1,
   Leslie              12    Ont  g son
   Anna                25    Ont  dau
  
   1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan, Assiniboia 207, Sub-Dist. 16 , p. 1.
   LAC mf  20450.
   Hannah C Allen     69    NB  French    Disciple
   Leslie   (g son)       17   Ont  German   Disciple  Farm laborer
  
   The Folkins Family: Some Descendants of Joseph Folkins and Anna Lydekker to
   the  Seventh Generation, by William H. Folkins, edited by Gail Louise
   Folkins, 1994.

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