Clayton - Person Sheet
Clayton - Person Sheet
NameALLEN, John H. 
Birth Date5 Nov 1845
Birth PlaceLeedstown, Copper Crown, Hale, England
OccupationCopper Miner
Death Date24 Aug 1913 Age: 67
Death PlaceCalumet, Houghton County, Michigan
FlagsBroan Lineage, Immigrant
FatherALLEN, James (~1806-1872)
MotherCARLYON, Susannah (1806-)
Spouses
Birth Date5 May 1849
Birth PlaceCulkein, Stoer, Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland
Death Date11 Jan 1920 Age: 70
Death PlaceCalumet, Houghton County, Michigan
FlagsBroan Lineage, Immigrant
FatherMACLEOD, Norman (~1816-1892)
MotherKERR, Ann (1812-1886)
Misc. Notes
Annie and her first husband, John Morrison, married in 1873 then determined they should go to Canada. Annie's youngest son reported his mother told him that her husband suggested they should "give Canada a try" and if it didn't work they could "come back to Stoer." Annie is said to have replied, "If we go, we will never come back."
Not long after arriving in Canada, their daughter Belle was born in the Kincardine area of Ontario. Others from the Stoer area had also immigrated to this same area so they were among friends. Shortly after Belle was born, John passed away. In order to survive, Annie found work as a housekeeper for a widower, John Allen, who had three children and was a copper miner in Calumet, Michigan. With a twelve hour shift to serve in the mine every day, he certainly needed someone to stay with his young children. They shortly decided it was best for them to marry.
In one record it appears Annie may have left Belle behind with friends in Kincardine until she could establish herself in Michigan as Belle reports a different immigration date in one census than does her mother.
Annie's youngest son (James M Allen) reports that when he was a lad, a stranger came to the door one day. Annie answered the door, greeted the person and immediately started speaking a language her son had never heard her speak before. Her son then explained the 'stranger' at the door was a friend from Stoer whom she'd known in Canada. He was passing through and looked her up. Obviously, the unknown language was Gaelic.
Not long after arriving in Canada, their daughter Belle was born in the Kincardine area of Ontario. Others from the Stoer area had also immigrated to this same area so they were among friends. Shortly after Belle was born, John passed away. In order to survive, Annie found work as a housekeeper for a widower, John Allen, who had three children and was a copper miner in Calumet, Michigan. With a twelve hour shift to serve in the mine every day, he certainly needed someone to stay with his young children. They shortly decided it was best for them to marry.
In one record it appears Annie may have left Belle behind with friends in Kincardine until she could establish herself in Michigan as Belle reports a different immigration date in one census than does her mother.
Annie's youngest son (James M Allen) reports that when he was a lad, a stranger came to the door one day. Annie answered the door, greeted the person and immediately started speaking a language her son had never heard her speak before. Her son then explained the 'stranger' at the door was a friend from Stoer whom she'd known in Canada. He was passing through and looked her up. Obviously, the unknown language was Gaelic.
Marr Date21 Oct 1882
Marr PlaceHancock, Houghton County, Michigan
ChildrenSusannah (Twin) (1883-1926)
Norman McLeod (Twin) (1883-1942)
Thomas W. (1886-1954)
John Ross (Died as Child) (1888-1901)
James M. (1892-1986)