Jean Allan

Brief Life History of Jean

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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Family Time Line

John Campbell Leishman
1807–1888
Jean Allan
1803–1879
Marriage: 3 June 1828
James Allan Leishman
1829–1923
David Leishman
1831–1831
John Allan Leishman
1832–1906
Ann McGregor Leishman
1834–1917
Robert Allan Leishman
1836–1921
William Allan Leishman
1839–1916
Mary Campbell Leishman
1841–1913
Thomas Allan Leishman
1841–1841
Thomas Allan Leishman
1843–1930
Jane Leishman
1845–1910
Isabella Leishman
1848–1928

Sources (56)

  • Jane Leshman in household of John Leshman, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Jean Allan, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Jean Allan, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"

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World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

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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Biography of John Leishman 1807-1888

John 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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