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DEATH OF JAS. H. ALLEN – Welland Jail Official Passes Away
[Welland Tribune, 28 September 1911]
Well known and well thought of among his acquaintances, Mr. James Hamilton Allen crossed the Great Divide at 5.30 on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Allen was forty-eight years of age, for six years he has held the position of turnkey on the Welland County jail staff. He was born in Ireland and emigrated to Canada at about the age of twenty-three. He made his home in Thorold where he and his wife and family lived until six years ago when he assumed the duties of turnkey and moved to Welland.
He was a faithful member of the the Local Orange Lodge and also he belonged to the C.O.F. and I.O.F. In religion he was a Presbyterian adherent.
For four months he had suffered and when the end came it was not unexpected.
Besides his wife he has one brother and sister living in Ireland, two sons, James and Donald, and three daughters, Sarah, Marguerite and Eleanor, all of Welland.
The funeral will be conducted by the Loyal Orange Lodge at 2.30 o’clock on Friday afternoon to Fonthill cemetery. The Canadian and Independent Foresters will all attend in a body.
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