Jane (Parker) Allison (1805 - 1897)

Born 30 Apr 1805 in Durham, England

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Died 29 Mar 1897 at age 91 in Moffat, Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada

Biography

• Fact: Christening (16 JUN 1805) Auckland Saint Helen, Durham, England
• Fact: Residence (1871) Halton, Ontario, Canada
• Fact: Burial (1897) Moffat United Church Cemetery, Moffat, Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch John R. Allison married Jane Parker. They were born and married in England and then came from Yorkshire, England to settle in the Moffat area of Ontario Canada with John's brother, George. John initially purchased the east half of the lot from the Canada Company in 1836. The adjoining land on lot 14 Concession 2 East was purchased in 1853. A quarter acre section of the east half of lot 1 was subdivided and sold to the Board Trustees for No 3 School. The remaining acreage was sold to his son, Parker Allison. In 1875 the farm on Lot 14 was sold to Joseph Moore.

Written by Hannah Emily Allison Banks, their granddaughter, 1962: My grandparents( John R. and Jane) had 7 children: Thomas, Hannah, Ann, John, Mary Jane, Joshua and Joseph Parker. The children of Thomas, Parker and Joshua used to come to our house to play.

Grandpa had a big brick house. I remember a beautiful peacock which we all thought was wonderful when it opened its tail feathers when we all went to Christmas dinner. Letter from Ethel to Myrtle 1977: Florence and I were in Canada in 1970. She wrote: “Grandma and Grandpa Allison lived in a beautiful rock house. They moved from this house in 1870.” (see pictures in 'Memories") John helped build this house.

I remember one Christmas we all went to Aunt Ann’s, Pa’s sister. They had a big house. (The home of John and Ann Allison Canute) We children were all playing in a big empty room upstairs. Uncle John came in, turned over a little table upside down, put a sack of nuts in it and told us all to help ourselves. Aunt Ann came up to a closet and took out some mince pies for the Christmas dinner.

My grandparents both died in 1897. Grandmother (Jane Parker) age 92 and a few months later, Grandfather (John Robert Allison) at the age of 94. My father went from Iowa back to Canada to Grandmother’s funeral.I learned the following from letters written by two sisters, Florence and Mary Ethel Benton, and their cousin (my aunt) Myrtle Anna Banks Cadieux. The three of them were good correspondents and wrote each other at Christmas and birthdays. All were interested in family history and seemed to have a very sweet relationship.

Moffat is only a wide spot in the road with a country store. Mail comes through Campbellville according to Mable Ethel Benton Flo records.

Jane Parker spoke of Scottish decent and on her deathbed she told family that she was related to Earls of Scotland. (It seems to me, Nancy Banks Gruber, that rather than Jane’s own ancestor’s, it may be through her husband’s father, Joseph Kidd Allison, that the Barnard Castle Scottish connections take place. Perhaps Jane was referring to herself as part of the “Allison family” genealogy.) Barnard Castle has Scottish connections. On Ancestry.com under "Allisons of Durham England" John Allison and Jane Parker are married in Bernard Castle Durham Co, England The reason we have a variation on Yorkshire and Durham in some places is that Cotherstone was close to the border. On the Bible that a Vera Allison of Guelph possessed, it said "From Cotherstone near Barnet Castle". There is no Barnet Castle but it is Barnard Castle. It is both a town and a castle. Barnard Castle has Scottish connections. It was built by a Bernard Balliol. A John Balliol was king of Scotland for a short time.

• Fact: Residence Auckland St Helen, Durham, England

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 December 2021, 20:53), entry for Jane Parker (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9K2Y-W66 ); contributed by various users.