John Allen (1833 - 1917)

Born 6 Oct 1833 in Roche Parish, Cornwall England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Reed) Allen — married 12 Jan 1857 in Willunga, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1917 at age 83 in Willunga, South Australia

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Biography

John Allen came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

John Allen was born in about 1833. He was the son of Joseph Allen and Mary Common.

John Allen came to the Colony of South Australia as a child on the barque 'Duchess of Northumberland' in 1847. He would have been about 14 years old and travelled with his parents. His family stayed for a time in Adelaide, then moved to Willunga, 30 miles south.

In adult life, John apparently had good fortune in the gold fields of Bendigo, Victoria, for upon his return he purchased the Delabole Slate Quarry, named after a well-known quarry in Cornwall where he was born. He also purchased Waverley Park as a place to raise sheep.

John Allen married Jane (nee Reed) Allen on the 20 January 1857 in St Stephen's Church in Willunga. It is worth noting that Jane had also been a passenger on the "Duchess of Northumberland." They both remained pillars of this pioneer community until their deaths.

John Allen passed away in about March 1917 also in Willunga, and was laid to rest at the St Stephen's Anglican Cemetery, Willunga, South Australia.

Sources

• Photo source: State Library of South Australia, PRG 280/1/13/160, Photographer: Smith, W.S.[1]

• South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages: MARRIAGE: ALLEN, John - spouse: REED, Jane - district: Willunga - book/page: 29/243 - marriage year: 1857. first accessed online from the GENEALOGY SA Online Database Search on the 21st of October, 2023 at: https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search

• South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: ALLEN, John - gender: M - district: Willunga - book/page: 408/282 - death year: 1917. first accessed online from the GENEALOGY SA Online Database Search on the 21st of October, 2023 at: https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search

• "WHAT'S WRONG WITH WlLLUNGA? from The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) of Monday 18 January 1915, Page 6. first accessed on TROVE on the 21st October, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59121834?

• WHAT'S WRONG WITH WILLUNGA? from the Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) of Sat 23 January 1915, Page 27. first accessed on TROVE on the 21st October, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163147893?

• DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND - 1847 from Diane Cummings Bound For South Australia database. first accessed online on the 21st of October, 2023 at: http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847DuchessOfNorthumberland.htm

• 1847 'Duchess of Northumberland' from the OLD COLONISTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA website. first accessed online on the 21st of October, 2023 at: https://oldcolonists.weebly.com/-1847-duchess-of-northumberland.html

• 08/07/1847 - 29/10/1847 from the Passengers in History website, an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 21st of October, 2020 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/946391

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 October 2023), memorial page for John Allen (1833–2 Mar 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #61552268, citing Saint Stephens Anglican Cemetery, Willunga, Onkaparinga City, South Australia, Australia; Maintained by ProgBase (contributor 47278889).

Footnotes

• Family history & Battye Library records