This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hZ.2ADIB/1740.2 Message Board Post: Hi, I am not sure if this will help you at all, but my grandfather's family came to the US from that area--I am told they were living in Wiggan before they left in 1914 to come through Ellis Island. My great grandfather was Henry Allison, born sometime in the 1880's--a steward, so also a domestic--and I know he had a few siblings he left behind in the area. He was married and had 3 kids at the time--Winnifred, John Henry and Evelyn. Good luck!