When Jean Allan was born on 11 December 1803, in Quarrelton, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Allan, was 29 and her mother, Ann McGregor, was 20. She married John Campbell Leishman on 3 June 1828, in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1852 and lived in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 21 June 1879, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesJohn Leishman, or as he was familiarly called Father Leishman, departed this life at Wellsville, Cache County, Uthat, on Wednesday, November 21, 1888, at 9:40 a.m., after 6 day's illness. Father Le …
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