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Allan, Iris

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Iris Constance Allan was born in 1910 in Stratford, Ontario, the youngest daughter of Robert and Mabel (MacDonald) Sommerville, and sister to Winnipeg, Manitoba author Nan Shipley. She was primarily raised in Transcona, Manitoba, and later moved to Edmonton, Alberta. She married Robert Fredrick Allan. She wrote a column in the <em>Edmonton Journal</em> entitled "The Third Column," and later wrote extensively about western Canadian history, which she primarily aimed at school-aged children. Her works include <em>Boy in Buckskins: The Early Life of John McDougall</em> (1959), <em>John Rowand, fur trader: A Story of the Old Northwest</em> (1963),<em> Wop May: bush pilot</em> (1966), <em>Young Fur Trader</em> (1966, for the Edmonton Public School Board), <em>White Sioux: Major Walsh of the Mounted Police</em> (1969), and <em>Mother and her Family</em> (1977). In 1979, Iris Allan received an Alberta Achievement Award for Literature.

Allan, James C.

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James C. Allan enlisted in the Calgary Highlanders in 1939, where he received his commission and went overseas in 1940. Assigned to the Seaforth Highlanders in 1943 he was wounded in Italy. After hospitalization in England, he returned to Canada in December 1944 and took up various administrative posts in Western Canada. He was second-in-command of the First Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in the winter of 1951/52. After holding various staff appointments in Canada he was a member of the Canadian Defence Liaison Staff in Washington, DC. Following this he was with the Military Component of the Canadian Delegation to Indo China and was Commanding Officer of the First Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from 29 June 1959 to 11 April 1961. Promoted to Colonel in July 1962 he became the Commandant of the Royal Canadian School of Infantry and later Director of Infantry. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, a Member of the British Empire Medal and the Canadian Decoration. He retired to Victoria, BC in December 1964.

Allan, John

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John Allan served in the Edinburgh City Police Force from 1886-1889 before emigrating to Australia. He returned to Scotland to take part in celebrations for Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897. He left for Vancouver after the Jubilee and joined the North West Mounted Police. He served in the Yukon until he resigned in 1899. He rejoined in 1901 to go to South Africa, but was not permitted to go. He was posted to the Peigan reserve until 1902, when he was transferred to Blairmore. He assisted in the rescue of those trapped in the Frank slide. He retired in the 1930s.

Allan, Mary

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Mary Thomson Allan, 1913-1989, was a poet and homemaker at Banff and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Mary Thomson was born in Banff, where her mother, Jeannie Thomson, ran the Cave and Basin Teahouse. In the 1980s Allan was involved in the Save the Cave and Basin Committee. Allan wrote poetry starting in the 1930s. A number of her poems were published in periodicals and anthologies during the 1950s to 1970s, and a selection, titled "The Inward Trail", was published posthumously in 1992. "Banff Collections and Recollections" was in process when Allan died and editing was continued by her daughter, Jannis Hare.

Allan, Robert Kellock

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Robert Kellock Allan, 1862-1942, was born in Ontario. He worked for the Inland Revenue Department in Winnipeg as a customs collector, 1881-1885. He served with the 90th Winnipeg Rifles in the 1885 Riel Rebellion (North West Rebellion), and fought at the Battle of Batoche. He subsequently lived in Grafton, Minnesota and Strathcona, Alberta before settling in Ponoka in 1900, where he ran a hardware store. He married Mary Jane Hendry, ?-1920, also from Ontario, and they had four children, Donald Hendry, 1902-?, Fred, Margaret (Thomson) and Elizabeth Kellock, 1899-? (who died in infancy). He moved to Edmonton in 1920.

Allard, A.B., d. 1967

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Lt. Col. A.B. Allard served as Chief Superintendent of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Yukon Territory, 1926-1927, and 1931-1934. During these stints of service he, his wife and daughter, Dorothy lived in the commanding officer's residence in Dawson City. Lt. Col. Allard died in 1967.

Allchin, Annie

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The Allchin family (also spelled Alchin) lived in Oshawa, Ontario ca. 1891.

Allen, Art

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Arthur J. Allen was born in England in 1905. He was a guide and outfitter in the Jasper area from the early 1920's to the late 1950's. He also worked for the Jasper National Park Wardens Service (1959-1971), building many of the warden's cabins on the North Boundary and South Boundary trails.

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