James Allan

Brief Life History of James

When James Allan was christened on 17 December 1775, in Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, George Allan, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Shearer, was 24.

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George Allan
1738–
Margaret Shearer
1751–
Isobel Allan
1769–
James Allan
1775–
Anne Allan
1788–
Janet Allan
1791–

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    World Events (3)

    1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

    In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

    1815

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    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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