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James Allan was born in 1864 Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, son of John and Margaret Allan. He came to the USA in 1888. His wife Jean F. Allan ( MS unknown at present) stated on census forms that she came to the USA in 1891. In the 1930 US census they had been married for 38 years and were living in San Francisco. They were there as well in 1920, 1910 and 1900 but not always at the same address in SF. James ran a wholesale butchershop. I cannot find them in the 1940 census. I tried to search for them in the California Death Index 1930-1939 found at Familysearch.com but the relevant pages seems to be missing.
I would appreciate any help
Kind regards, Nan
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Hi Nan,
It looks as if Jean was Jean /Harvie (rather than Harvice) The first born son was James Harvey Crawford Allan - here is his marriage in 1914:-
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL6Q-2YY
Sandra
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You can try looking in city directories, which sometimes have a date of death or list the wife as a widow. This can help narrow down the time frame. There are some free San Francisco city directories here - http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/Dir1Win.shtml
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This was the death of the second born son which confirms Jeans maiden name:-
John Allan Birth Date: 24 Jun 1894 California
Died 28 Oct 1946 San Francisco
Mother's Maiden Name Harvie and Father Allan
and also James Harvie Crawford Allan Birth Date: 16 Sep 1892 California
Died 25 Mar 1951 San Francisco
Mother's Maiden Name: Harvie - Father Allan
daughter Grace Jean Allan - Birth Date: 30 Jun 1902 California
DeDied 28 Dec 1993 San Joaquin
Mother's Maiden Name: Harvie.
son Douglas N Allan - Birth Date 10 Dec 1895 California
Died 29 Dec 1970 San Francisco California
Sandra
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I see a death for Jeanne Allan on the death index on familysearch.org. It is on pg. 24 of the 1930-1939 records covering Aabel, Arnold-Hetterman, John. The place of death was San Francisco (the code number for SF is 90), and the date of death was 24 Oct. 1932. There are a few James Allans listed on the same page, and two died in San Francisco. The most likely match seems to be the one who died 9 Sep. 1933, as his spouse's first initial was listed as J.
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Sandra, thank you for finding Jean's maiden name. I have just started to research this part of my family tree. Previously my research was done on closer family members in Scotland. Jean's husband James is a first cousin 2x removed. I did have some information on their children from various census years but not their DOD.
Shellyesq, thank you for the link to the city directories. I have found more information there for James, Jean and their children. I fell really foolish that I didn't find the DOD for Jean and James in the California death index. I was even on p 24 BUT didn't drag the page far enough to one side to realize that there were 2 more pages from the index there. I had never used the index before and assumed that there were only 2 images per page. Lesson learned. Thank you.
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You're very welcome.
This was the wife of Douglas Norman Allan.
Elvira R Allan [Elvira R Hufschmidt]
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1898 California and Died 5 Jun 1989 San Francisco
Mother's Maiden Name: Gerber - Father Hufschmidt
Sandra
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Daughter of Douglas and Elvira
Carol A Barthold - (Carol A Allan)
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1925 California and died 14 Jan 1985 San Mateo
Mother's Maiden Name: Huffschmidt and Father Allan
Sandra
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Wife of John Allan - Florence
Florence E Allan [Florence E Widner]
Birth Date: 17 Aug 1891 Washington and died 9 Dec 1940 San Francisco
Mother's Maiden Name: Hunt and Father Widner.
Sandra
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Ruth Estelle Allan - daughter of John and Florence
Ruth Estelle Herzstein born 25 April 1925 and died 13 January 2012 aged 86 years
Obituary Published San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on January 18, 2012
Will send copy by pm
Sandra
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Thank you again Sandra. I really appreciate your efforts on my behalf. I can tell that you really enjoy helping others. Have you completed your family tree or is it an ongoing effort. I was going to research only my direct line but have enjoyed the research so much that I have started to branch out further.
Kind regards,
Nan
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Hi Nan,
Mostly all back into the 1700's or some slightly before but every so often there is always a little more detail which adds to the story. "Addictive" ;D
All the best
Sandra
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Wife of James Harvie Crawford Allan - Ethel
Ethel Marie Allan - [Ethel Marie Johnson]
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1893 California - Died 30 Mar 1989 Alameda
Mother's Maiden Name: Rundquist and Father Johnson.
Sandra
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Ethel M. Allan
20 April 1893 and died 30 March 1989
Last Residence: 94903 San Rafael, Marin, California.
SSN was issued in California (1967)
Sandra
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son Douglas N Allan - Birth Date 10 Dec 1895 California
Died 29 Dec 1970 San Francisco California
Douglas's DC: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01iyo/
Funeral Home DC: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01iyp/
Obit: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01iyq/
Funeral Home Notice: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01iyr/
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thank you for those links RJ137. Much apparecicated