1871
George Allan ♂ is born to Joseph Allan ♂ and Henrietta Sutcliffe ♀. Sources: 3
George Allan
Male (♂)
Family
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Notes
A missionary. George co-founded the Bolivian Indian Mission (BIM), with his wife Mary Ann Smail Stirling ♀.
Events
Date Known
20 October 1898
George Allan ♂ and Mary Ann Smail Stirling ♀ marry at Hope Lodge, Belair, Australia. Sources: 1
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
1900
Amelia Margarita Allan ♀ is born to George Allan ♂ and Mary Ann Smail Stirling ♀. Sources: 3
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
1904
William Stirling Allan ♂ is born to George Allan ♂ and Mary Ann Smail Stirling ♀. 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
1907
George Allan ♂ founds the Bolivian Indian Mission. Sources: 3
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
Locations
Sources
“Farewell To Missionaries”: Meeting at York Place. Otago Daily Times, Dec 5, 1936, 7
- Event (birth): Year and father
- Event (marriage): Date, location, partners.
“Mrs. G. Allan.” Evening Post, Mar 1, 1939, 11
- Notes: Occupation (missionary) and founding of BIM.
“Obituary”: Mr George Allan. Evening Star, Nov 14, 1941, 4
- Event (birth): Approximate year (69 years old in 1941) and father.
- Event (death): Date and location (La Paz).
“Obituary”: Mr George Allan. Otago Daily Times, Nov 14, 1941, 6
- Event (birth): Approximate year (69 years old in 1941) and father.
- Event (death): Date and location (La Paz).
“Obituary”: Mrs George Allan. Otago Daily Times, Feb 27, 1939, 10