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Small black and white photograph of George Allen, reprint of an original taken 1886. Studio portrait of a young man wearing a suit and boater hat, standing with one hand resting on a chaise longe with a painted backdrop behind him.
George Allen was born 1869, son of Elizabeth and Richard, a tailor. He worked as a farmer and in 1894, aged 24, he married Clara, daughter of James Alexander McElwain, a bootmaker. Together they had seven children: Edith Muriel 1895 Claude Richard 1897 Joseph 1899 Jessie May 1901 Florence Ada 1906 Beryl Joyce 1909 Tui Grace 1913
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