Biographical notes

Tentatively thought to be the son of John Allan (1733-1807). His birth is recorded in the Barr Parish register with only his father, John Allan, recorded. Otherwise known only from the OPR birth records of his children and from their statutory death certificates, where his occupation is recorded as that of Shoemaker (the same as his father). There is a possible reference to Robert Allan in the family reminiscences written by Wallace Allan (1848 -1931) in 1930. See further details under the entry for Allan, John and Jean (1754).