George Allan

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A missionary. George co-founded the Bolivian Indian Mission (BIM), with his wife Mary Ann Smail Stirling.

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1871

George Allan is born to Joseph Allan and Henrietta Sutcliffe. Sources: 3

22 April 1899

The Australasian South American Mission is formed, in Melbourne, Australia and sends out its first missionaries: George Allan, Mary Ann Smail Stirling, Ernest Heycock and Charles T.W. Wilson, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sources: 4

1902

Joseph Allan is born to George Allan and Mary Ann Smail Stirling. Sources: 3

1903

George Allan, Charles T.W. Wilson and Senor Guerrero spend 4 months exploring mountinous country between San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina and La Paz, Bolivia on mules, selling copies of the Scriptures on behalf of the Australasian South American Mission as they travelled. Sources: 1

1903

George Allan and Mary Ann Smail Stirling, with their children Amelia and Joseph, move from Argentina to Cochabamba, Bolivia in order to carry out missionary work for Australasian South American Mission among Quechua people. Sources: 1

January 1905

With the support of the Australasian South American Mission, George and Mary Allan and Mrs Pulling, are based in Cochabamba, Bolivia, seeking to convert Quechua people to Christianity. Sources: 1

6 August 1905

George Allan, Manuel Paz Lazarte, Jose Macedonio Urquidi, Gustavo Guzman, Aurelio Balderrama, Augusto Lemoine, Julio Angulo Alba and his lad reach the summit of Tunari, Bolivia. Sources: 1

1907

George Allan and Mary Ann Smail Stirling return to Dunedin, New Zealand, with their children Amelia and Joseph, following eight years in South America on a mission for the Australasian South American Mission. Sources: 1

3 December 1936

A social gathering is held in Dunedin, New Zealand to mark the departure of Miss Webster and George Allan on missions to China and Bolivia (respectively). Amelia Margarita Allan and her husband, Thomas Edwin Hudspith, were also welcomed back from Bolivia, on furlough. Sources: 1

26 October 1941

George Allan dies in La Paz, Bolivia. Sources: 2

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