Forwarded message and thank you Ann for taking the time to do this search... Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hartney, Ann" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:54 PM Subject: Allan family in La Plata County > Greetings! > > I saw your posting to the COLAPLAT list in May and thought I'd see if I > could help you out at all. I'm a local who enjoys genealogical research as > a hobby. > > So, here's what I've found: > > The family is buried in Florida Cemetery. I figured this out from the La > Plata County Mortuary Index which includes info on the following Allans: > Charles F., Dorothy V., James Hardy, Marian L., and William Hugh. I had > been planning to go to that cemetery to take some pictures for someone else > I'm helping, so decided to check on the Allans while there. This is a > terrific little country cemetery next to an old church. It is still in use > and fairly well kept. There is a shed at the cemetery where a listing of > all who are buried there is posted for visitors' use. This list included > more than the five I had found in the La Plata Mortuary Index, so I'll > provide info from this list here: > > Name/Lot#/Grave#/Birth/Death/Age(yrs-mos-dys) > > Bertha Allan/73/237/5-8-1858/4-12-24/65-11-4 > Charles Allan/73/347/5-31-1892/5-31-63/70-10-0 > Dorothy V. Allan/73/420/5-2-1898/5-25-68/70-0-23 > James H. Allan/73/230/3-5-1854/11-6-29/75-8-1 > Lawrence E. Allan/73/238/1895/1920/24+ > Marian L. Allan/73/418/9-20-1926/5-2-65/38-7-12 > William H. Allan/73/419/7-9-1885/4-1-1971/85-8-23 > Stanley Allan/73/509/3-4-1921/1-24-1993/71-10-20 > > The La Plata County Index adds to and/or contradicts a small amount of the > above info: > > Charles Allan has a middle initial of F. and is listed as being born on July > 31, not May 31. I tend to think this is the proper date given the 10 months > listed on his age in the above into. Had he been born on May 31 he would > have died on his 70th birthday, not ten months later. > > James H. Allan appears with the middle name of Hardy and with the death date > of Nov. 5, not Nov. 6. > > William H. Allan appears with the middle name of High. > > Otherwise the county index matches the cemetery index for Charles, Dorothy, > James, Marian, and William. > > Now, here's what appears on their stones: > > (separate)Lawrence E. Allan, 1895-1920, Woodman of the World > > (together on one stone) Bertha Allan, 1857-1926, James H. Allan, 1854-1929. > > (together on one stone) Stanley Arthur Allan, March 4, 1921-Jan. 24, 1993, > Carla Maria (Dammers) June 28, 1924 - [no death date, so presumably still > living] > > (separate) William H. Allan 1885-1971 > > (separate-military) Charles Forbes Allan, Colorado, Pvt Co H 308 Inf 77 Div, > WWI, July 31, 1892-May 31, 1963 > > (seperate) Mother Dorothy V. Allan 1898-1968 > > (seperate) Marian Rohr Allan Sept. 20, 1926-May 2, 1965 > > > Interestingly, there was a notice posted in the shed with the following > message: > > To the family of William Allan. Would like to make contact with you. I > used to stay with Bill. > George F. Prager > 5401 Aaron Ave. > Sparta, WI 54656 > > There was no date on the note so I don't know how long it's been there. > > Well, hope this helps! Let me know if I can do something else for you. > > Sincerely, > > Ann Hartney > Durango, CO >