Francis Thomas Allison (abt. 1820 - 1888)

Born about 2 Nov 1820 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Williams) Allison — married 27 Feb 1851 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1888 at about age 67 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Francis Allison was born in Yorkshire, England.

Francis Allison came free to Van Diemen's Land (1826-1856)

1829 Born in England ^[1]

1822 Arrived during November in Hobart Town from England via the "Christiana" with father, Captain Allison, mother and four other siblings as pioneer colonists.^[2]

1851 Married Marry Ann Williams in Launceston, Tasmania ^[3]

Birth of Children

• Son, Francis Thomas Allison, in 1852 ^[4]
• Daughter, Susan Mary Allison, in 1855 ^[5]
• Son, Nathaniel Paul Allison, in 1856 ^[6]
• Daughter, Laura Ann Race Allison, in 1858 ^[7]
• Son, Arthur Richard Allison, in 1859 ^[8]
• Daughter, Carmelita Maude Allison, in 1861 ^[9]
• Son, Wilfred Harold Allison, in 1862 ^[10]
• Daughter, Clarice Octavia Allison, in 1866^[11]
• Son, William Race Allison, in 1868 ^[12]
• Son, Harry Allison, in 1871 ^[13]

1888 Died in Hobart, Tasmania ^{[14] [15]}

OBITUARY.—On the 12th inst. another old colonist went to join the great majority (says the Mercury). Francis Allison arrived in the colony in 1823 with his father, the late Captain Allison, of Sheanshall, and was educated at the Longford Academy, of which the Rev. R. R. Davies was principal. In his younger days he travelled a great deal, visiting the goldfields of California at the time when the first rush took place, and was one of the first to form a party of diggers to proceed to Bendigo. For many years Warden of Sorell he, by his kindly manner and generous nature, endeared himself to all with whom he came into contact. Some years before a stroke of paralysis incapacitated him from any active exertion he occupied the position of one of the inspectors of sheep, a position for which he was peculiarly qualified owing to the intimate knowledge of the growth of the sheep farming interest of the colony from the earliest days. He was a deeply read man and contributed many articles to the press, and some few years before his death he published a small volume of poems, which in their genuine taste and feeling are an index of the gentle and kindly nature of the man. In 1852 he married a daughter of the late Thomas Williams, of Launceston, by whom he had ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom are now living. Some two years ago he had a stroke of paralysis, from which he never fully recovered, and latterly his illness was of such a lingering and painful nature that his death was a happy release. ^[16]

OBITUARY.—On the 12th inst. another old colonist went to join the great majority (says the Mercury). Francis Allison arrived in the colony in 1823 with his father, the late Captain Allison, of Sheanshall, and was educated at the Longford Academy, of which the Rev. R. R. Davies was principal. In his younger days he travelled a great deal, visiting the goldfields of California at the time when the first rush took place, and was one of the first to form a party of diggers to proceed to Bendigo. For many years Warden of Sorell he, by his kindly manner and generous nature, endeared himself to all with whom he came into contact. Some years before a stroke of paralysis incapacitated him from any active exertion he occupied the position of one of the inspectors of sheep, a position for which he was peculiarly qualified owing to the intimate knowledge of the growth of the sheep farming interest of the colony from the earliest days. He was a deeply read man and contributed many articles to the press, and some few years before his death he published a small volume of poems, which in their genuine taste and feeling are an index of the gentle and kindly nature of the man. In 1852 he married a daughter of the late Thomas Williams, of Launceston, by whom he had ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom are now living. Some two years ago he had a stroke of paralysis, from which he never fully recovered, and latterly his illness was of such a lingering and painful nature that his death was a happy release. (2)

1. HOBART TOWN. (1822, November 23). Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825), p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1089803 2. No title (1888, October 22). Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928), p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150280050

Sources

1. ↑ Colonial Tasmanian Family Archives: ALLISON, FRANCIS THOMAS
2. ↑ HOBART TOWN. (1822, November 23). Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825), p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1089803
3. ↑ Marriage Record
4. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, Francis Thomas
5. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, Susan Mary
6. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, Nathaniel Paul
7. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, Laura Ann Race
8. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, Arthur Richard
9. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, Carmelita Maude
10. ↑ Colonial Tasmanian Family Archives: ALLISON, WILFRED HAROLD
11. ↑ Colonial Tasmanian Family Archives: ALLISON, CLARICE OCTAVIA
12. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, William Race
13. ↑ Birth Record: Allison, Harry
14. ↑ Death Record: Allison, Francis
15. ↑ Will: Allison, Francis
16. ↑ No title (1888, October 22). Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928), p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150280050

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Footnotes

Name: Francis Allison Spouse Name: Ann Mary Williams Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1851 Marriage Place: Tasmania Registration Place: Launceston, Tasmania Registration Year: 1851 Registration Number: 705 Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.

Name: Francis Thomas Allison Birth Date: 1820 Birth Place: North Yorkshire, England Death Date: 12 Oct 1888 Death Place: Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Cemetery: Queenborough Memorial Garden Burial or Cremation Place: Sandy Bay, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Has Bio?: N Father: Francis Allison Children: Susan Mary Dumbleton Francis Thomas Allison Laura Ann Race Hull Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. Francis Thomas Allison BIRTH 1820 North Yorkshire, England DEATH 12 Oct 1888 (aged 67-68) Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia BURIAL Queenborough Cemetery Sandy Bay, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Find A Grave: Memorial #146321058 ·

Family Members Parents

Francis Allison 1786-1857

Siblings

William Race Allison 1812-1865

Nathaniel Paul Allison 1822-1884

Robert Bedlington Allison 1825-1826

Children Francis Thomas Allison 1852-1933

Susan Mary Allison Dumbleton 1855-1942

Laura Ann Race Allison Hull 1858-1933

Clarice Octavia Allison Searle 1866-1930

Acknowledgments

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