Brief Life History of Marie
When Marie Allan was born on 15 January 1689, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Alane, was 25 and her mother, Marjory Thom, was 24.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Marion Allan, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Marion Allan, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1663– Male
1666– Female
Siblings (2)
1689– Female
1690– Female
World Events (1)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 113
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: variant of Allen . This is the more common form of the name in Scotland and northern England. See also McAllen .
History: An early bearer of this surname in North America was William Allan, a British soldier who took his family to the newly founded city of Halifax, NS, Canada, in 1749. His son John (1746–1805) was a Revolutionary soldier who eventually (1783) founded the settlement of Allan's Island, Passamaquoddy Bay, ME.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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