----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 5:44 PM Subject: james hardie allan family in late l880's and early l900's > My mother's family is from Durango. As far as we can tell, her grandfather, > James Hardie Allan arrived in Colorado to work on the railroad in about l880. > He had come to Colorado from Jamaica but was originally from Aberdeen > Scotland. We have just learned that he also had four brothers and his > mother, Jane Forbes Allan join him there. As far as I know, she died in > Colorado near Durango approximately l918. James' two brothers died also > about this time, apparently of the flu. If anyone can help with further > information on this family I would appreciate it if you would contact me at > [email protected] > > Thanks, Kathleen Leveroni >