John Forbes ALLEN

1827 - 1920  (92 years)

• Name	John Forbes ALLEN
  Nickname	Farmer John
  Birth	28 May 1827	Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Address	John Forbes (Farmer John) ALLEN
  	Address: Lot 12, Conc 11 Arthur Twp., Lot 12, Conc 11, ON ON Canada Canada
  Immigration	1847	Canada
  	As per info on 1901 Census
  Location	Jan 1852	Minto, Arthur & Luther Townships, Wellington County, ON
  	Census
  Location	Jan 1861	Wellington, Canada West, Canada
  	Census
  Location	Apr 1871	Arthur, Wellington North, ON
  	Census
  	Farmer;
  Location	Apr 1881	Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
  	Census
  Location	Apr 1891	Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
  	Census
  Location	Mar 1901	Amaranth, Wellington (north/nord), Ontario, Canada
  	Census
  Location	1911	Lot 11, Conc 11, Arthur Twp, Wellington County, ON
  	Census
  	Living with John E and family
  _HASHTAG	Lot12, Conc11
  _UID	F4087328D16C4D51A72268F41793A7937BA5
  Death	6 May 1920	Farewell, Arthur Twp., Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	8 May 1920	Church of the Good Shepherd Cemetery, Riverstown, Wellington County, ON Canada
  Person ID	I487	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	William ALLEN,   b. 1 Jul 1800, Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 14 Jul 1847, Chinguacousy Twp., Peel County, ON Canada (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Margery MORRISON,   b. Abt 1798, Parish of Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 10 Mar 1863, Mount Forest, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co. Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1822	Ballysadare, Co Sligo, Ireland
  Alt. Marriage	19 Apr 1822	Ballysadare Parish, Co Sligo, Ireland
  	As per Mary Allen's research-digital copy on file with P Allen (Mary Allen folder) - ref: LDS IGI Ireland Batch #7005018; Source Call# 0538292 Familysearch International Genealogical Index v4.01
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor (Ellen) MORRISON,   b. 9 Jul 1834, Cuiltylough, Co Sligo, Ireland d. 23 Mar 1905, Farewell, Arthur Twp., Wellington County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1855	Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William ALLEN,   b. 2 Oct 1855, Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Canada West d. 27 Dec 1932, Grandview, Manitoba, Canada (Age 77 years)   2. Richard ALLEN,   b. 18 Feb 1857, Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Canada West d. 16 Feb 1875, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada (Age 17 years)   3. Robert ALLEN,   b. 15 Jan 1859, Farewell, Arthur Township, 1654343 Wellington North, Ontario d. 24 Dec 1945, Tyvan, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 86 years)   4. George Henry ALLEN,   b. 21 Dec 1860, Farewell, Arthur Township, Ontario Canada d. 17 May 1940, Mount Forest, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co. Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)   5. John Ernest ALLEN,   b. 14 Sep 1862, Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Canada West d. 20 Dec 1935, Farewell, Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)   6. Joseph ALLEN,   b. 15 May 1866, Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Feb 1941, Toronto, ON Canada (Age 74 years)   7. Morrison ALLEN,   b. Jul 1869, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario d. 15 Jan 1870, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario (Age 0 years)   8. Alfred E. ALLEN,   b. 29 Mar 1872, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario d. 3 Nov 1936, Arthur Township, Wellington County, Ontario (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2019

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John Forbes Allen My great-granduncle (brother of my great grandfather, William)
  		John Forbes Allen At his house in Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, ON
  		Newspaper Obituary & In Memoriam From newspaper clippings collection at Wellington County Archives 2017 visit
  		Death Register
  		Allen Century Farm Lot 12, Conc 11 Arthur Twp, Wellington Co, Ontario, Canada John Forbes Allen had the original Patent. It was passed to his sons, John Ernest & Alfred, and then passed to John Ernest's son, Harry. It was recognized as a Century Farm in 1967. In 1981, Nora (Allen) Allan/Jeffrey and her daughter, Joy visited the farm and met Harry and his wife.

  
  

• Notes

  RE: Birth Date - IG Index says 29 May 1827, but Death Record says 28 May 1827 (info provided by son, Alfred) RE: Death Date - Newspaper obituary says 5 May 1920, but Death Register says 6 May 1920. Relations: There is strong evidence to support that John's wife, Ellen was related to her husband. Ellen's father, Richard Morrison, was the nephew of John F's mother, Margery (Morrison) Allen. Relations - Excerpt from memoir of George Littleton Allen, son of Alexander (Sandy) Allen, written in 1945: "... There were the Sterrit's and the Farmer John Allen, a cousin of my father's, his brother Robert and Peel Willie. The latter two moved moved north before their families were grown up, but Farmer John, so called to distinguish him from another John, had 7 sons; 1 died young but the other 6 grew to manhood on the farm and have all passed away but one, Robert, who lives in the west. His [John F's] son Robert, had a blacksmith shop. Mr Allen gave his son William a strip of land on the south side of the farm along the sideroad, where he had a planing mill. Some land was sold to Mr. Norris for a stable. A building was constructed along the sideroad to house a weigh scales for weighing loads of hay, straw, cattle, etc. All these small lots were eventually bought back. The first livestock on the farm was one ox, which was used with a neighbour's ox to benefit both." [NOTE: 'Peel Willie' mentioned above, is my great grandfather. He and his brother Robert moved to Iron Bridge, Algoma District, Ontario] 1871 Census recorded what the family owned and the farm produced as follows: The John Allen family owned range 2, Lot 12 south, 100 acres occupied, 55 acres improved, 10 acres in pasture, 1 acre in garden or orchard. Out of 9 acres of wheat, they harvested 40 bushels of spring wheat and 50 bushels of fall wheat. They also harvested 100 bushels of barley, 500 bushels of oats, 100 bushels of peas. Out of 2 acres they got 200 bushels of potatoes and 300 bushels of turnips, and 30 bushels of carrots. Off 8 bushels of hay crop they got 8 tons of hay. When it came to livestock, they owned 2 horses over 3 years old, 1 colt, 4 milk cows, 13 other horned cattle, 13 sheep, and 9 swine. Of animals killed or sold for slaughter in 1871 there were 1 of cattle, 3 sheep, and 9 pigs. They produced 300 pounds of butter and 60 pounds of wool. They cut 15 cords of firewood. They owned a grand total of 100 acres of land, 1 house, 2 barns, 1 sleigh, 1 wagon, 1 horse rack, and 1 fanning mill for cleaning grain.