George Gordon Allen had the distinction of being chosen one of the fifty who formed the guard of honour for Liuetenant- Governor Archibald at the opening of the first Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
After their arrival at Fort Garry, the Company was moved to the Hudson Bay post at North Fort Pembina, (on the Canadian Side) at the U.S. Boundary as the Fenian raids were causing considerable alarm. Life was uneventful and they used to fraternize with the 17th Regiment at Fort Pembina, Dakota (later North Dakota)
On January 16, 1882, George Gordon Allen was married to Louisa Josephine Stewart in Pembina North Dakota. Louisa Josephine was the eldest in a family of 11 daughters and 1 son.
Of this marriage there were three children as follows:
Jesse Evelyn Louise, born December 12, 1882,(nicknamed Dot which stuck with her all her life because she was small "no bigger than a dot when she was born". Ella Violet was born May 16, 1884. Lucy Elizabeth (called Gyda) was born May 13, 1890
At some time before the marriage of George Gordon and Louisa Josephine, George Gordon had acquired a farm about 6 miles from Emerson, Manitoba and the first two children were born on the farm. Later, he gave up the farm and became Collector of Customs at Emerson, moving into town.
George Gordon Allen had the distinction of being chosen one of the fifty who formed the guard of honour for Liuetenant- Governor Archibald at the opening of the first Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
After their arrival at Fort Garry, the Company was moved to the Hudson Bay post at North Fort Pembina, (on the Canadian Side) at the U.S. Boundary as the Fenian raids were causing considerable alarm. Life was uneventful and they used to fraternize with the 17th Regiment at Fort Pembina, Dakota (later North Dakota)
On January 16, 1882, George Gordon Allen was married to Louisa Josephine Stewart in Pembina North Dakota. Louisa Josephine was the eldest in a family of 11 daughters and 1 son.
Of this marriage there were three children as follows:
Jesse Evelyn Louise, born December 12, 1882,(nicknamed Dot which stuck with her all her life because she was small "no bigger than a dot when she was born". Ella Violet was born May 16, 1884. Lucy Elizabeth (called Gyda) was born May 13, 1890
At some time before the marriage of George Gordon and Louisa Josephine, George Gordon had acquired a farm about 6 miles from Emerson, Manitoba and the first two children were born on the farm. Later, he gave up the farm and became Collector of Customs at Emerson, moving into town.
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