"Olive NIELSON"/Olafía NIELSDÓTTIR
(1885-1969), daughter of Sigurður OLAFSDÓTTIR (1860-1899)
& Niels Christensen (a Danish sailor) emigrated from Reykjavík, Iceland with her JOHANNESSON
half-siblings to Winnipeg, Manitoba c1900 where she married Robert N ALLAN (1885-1947)
in 1903.
Francis ALLAN (1792-1844) & Janet COWIE (1798-1892) were both born near
Edinburgh*, Scotland, where they married in 1813 & had their first son. They
emigrated to Lanark County, Ontario in 1815 where 12 more children were born, including
William (1833-1908) who married Elizabeth Martin KELLOCK (1834-1912) in
1855. (*The COWIEs were from elite Corstophine, while the ALLANs were from Leith, by
the dockyards). A book, "The Allans of Lanark County", which includes the
descendants of this couple, is being written by Stephen
L. Gray of Victoria BC.
Robert KELLOCK (1806-1883, s/o John M KELLOCK & Elizabeth MARTIN)
m. 1833 Alicia D McDONNELL (1810-1878); both were born in Scotland. Robert
emigrated alone, while Alicia came in 1829 with her parents, Donald McDONNELL
(1781-1854) & Margaret McPHERSON, to Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
Isaac CORRY (1799-1881) m. 1820 to Jean/Jane RITCHIE (1801-1859).
Their son, George CORRY (1826-1907) m. 1849 to Mary NEILSON (1822-1900)
& their daughter, Caroline H G CORRY (1856-1833) m. 1880 to Francis J ALLAN
(1856-1840). The RITCHIEs came from Scotland to Lanark County, Ontario in
1815, while Isaac CORRY, born London, ENG, s/o George CORRY & Margaret COLE,
emigrated in 1816.
Rev. Johnson NEILSON (c1796-1857) & Annie Jane COBURN (1799-1887) were
both born in Northern Ireland, where they married in 1817 and had 7 children (including
Mary, above) before emigrating c1835 to Lanark County, Ontario. Their youngest 3
children were born in Canada.
William WALLACE (1758-1834) from Devon, England, & his wife, Hannah VICKERY
(1782-1830), settled in Prince Edward Island in the early 1800s; his great-grandson, Henry
WALLACE (1854-1944) & his wife, Phoebe BERNARD (c1850-1942), moved to
Pointe du Chene, New Brunswick in 1882. Their granddaughter, Mary Erma WALLACE
(d/o George Edward WALLACE & Susanna BARRETT) married Robert F ALLAN
(s/o Robert N ALLAN & Olive NEILSON).
