Allan family - Falkirk, Scotland to Canada

[andrew shanks]

Hi Quizmaster

I doubt whether there is any connection between our Black families - mine were from Ayrshire.

However, any info on Allans from the Falkirk area is of great interest to both myself and Robneve as there could well be a link somewhere.  Robneve and I are in regular contact 'off-board', so please feel free to PM me with any details that you may have on your wife's Allans and we will see whether we can make a connection.

 

[J.J.]

Okeydoke, fellows...Here's what I have on your man...He did n't give his product information, and only mentioned his employer on one that I saw, but here's the approximate dates he was entered in the Winnipeg Henderson directory:


Checked 1922, 1926 and 1929 and didn't find him unless he was miss spelled...so I skipped again to 1932 and found an Alec C...no occupation given, living at 533 Clifton...
So just in case I checked the 1931 and it was indeed an Alex C. living there...a travelling salesman! went back one more..and in 1930 he gave employers name as W.W. Shaw Co. Wish I could tell you where this was?? 
anyhoo...
1935 1937 & 1938 down as traveller...( 1838 says he's Alex A.)
Nothing in the 1939 or 1940 listings...double checked with the 1939 and 1940 phone books and not listed, so we know he was here, but that's about it...

hope this helps a bit...J.J.

[Robneve]

Thank you once again J.J.  This is just getting better all the time. I absolutely must get myself out there in early summer.  If it is still recognizable, I want to get a photograph of John's  farm and find the grave of John & Annie. After New Year, would it be possible for you to tell me how to find the farm on a map? I also want to find where they were buried.

As for Alexander, this is a a great help. Coonwarra already mentioned Clifton Street, but now I have confirmation, and also the employer which I can chase up from here.

Is there a way to find out who was a teacher in what school in this area?  That would be the means to find out more about Annie assuming she continued as a teacher after marriage.

Cheers,
Rob

 

[J.J.]

Have now posted on another thread that Alexander Christie Allan & Margaret Laura Johnston were married in Dauphin 1926!
Rob has recently visited Manitoba to see first hand sites of family history.
J.J.