Hugh Allan

1885 - 1942  (56 years)

• Name	Hugh Allan
  Born	24 Jul 1885	Port Dover, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Feb 1942	South of The Port of Spain
  Person ID	I17779	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	John Sinclair Allan,   b. 27 Jun 1840, Scotland ,   d. 23 Mar 1911, Port Dover, Ontario  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Anna Jane Caley,   b. 8 Feb 1845, New York, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F7030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace MacDonald,   b. 27 Dec 1890, Bayfield, Huron County ,   d. 15 May 1953, Port Dover, Ontario  (Age 62 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1919	St. Catharines, Ontario
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2014
  Family ID	F7028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  World War II - Chief Engineer Officer Hugh Allan of Canadian Merchant Marine died on board S.S.George L. Torian when his ship was sunk by a German submarine on February 22, 1942. He was 53 years of age. The Port Dover Legion Branch 158 is named in his honour. He is remembered on a monument in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Son of Captain John S.Allan and Ann Jane Allan. Husband of Grace MacDonald. Hugh was lost at sea while in the service of his country, being torpedoed by a Nazi U-Boat 200 miles south of the Port of Spain. He was chief engineer on the George L. Torian. The Royal Canadian Legion Hall in Port Dover is named after Hugh - Port Dover Cemetery - Find a Grave The house was owned by Hugh & Grace (MacDonald) Allan. Hugh's ship torpedoed - Hugh Allan Branch Legion - leaving Grace on her own turned the house into a boarding house - heard a lot of fun stories about the house while doing the research a few years ago when the MacDonald family was the family being honoured for Fishfest - Kerry Wamsley of Port Dover Harbour Museum