to a website dedicated to

The Hanson-Allen Families

of England, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa & USA

George & Marie Allen                                              Fanny Jane & George Loudon Hanson

This website is a resource established to present information on the lives, times and descendants of George and Marie Allen, and George Loudon and Fanny Jane Hanson, all of England, in a manner easily accessed by their descendants now spread around the world. 

The combining of the two families in this presentation is the result of two marriages between the couple's children, plus the fact that after almost 150 years, it was still possible for these two families to trace one another. Each set of apples, so to speak, hadn't fallen too far from its particular original branch of this family tree.

The two Allen-Hanson marriages, when combined with migration, resulted in establishment of the Hanson family at Fort Myers, Florida, and the Allen family at Wanganui, New Zealand. Another sibling migrated to Canada, while yet another settled in South Africa. Still more remained in England. 

This website is operated from Palmerston North, New Zealand. I am a historian who occasionally dabbles in genealogy. My late mother's maiden name was Allen and I am the great granddaughter of the couple who emigrated to New Zealand. 

Initial material used for the website (photos and documents) are mostly the property of Warwick Allen of Palmerston North and Aroha Allen of nearby Foxton. Palmerston North and Foxton are both about an hour's drive from Wanganui, where a few Allen descendants still live. 

The layout of this website is a little tricky, due to the number of people and branches potentially involved, so expect a little overlap at times. If you can add to the subject and spot any historical (or other) errors, please feel free to contact me or leave a message on our Guestbook. - VB.

Allen Family in England

• George Allen & Maria Day, & children

• Obituary of George Allen (1798-1847)

• George Frederic Allen's 1856 (London) Diary, aged 19 (i.e. social life, his model railway etc.)

• G.F. Allen's train-spotting notes from his 1856 diary

• G.F. Allen's pictures: Chessington Church (more to come)

Hanson Family in England

• Rev. George Loudon Hanson & Fanny Jane Surridge, & children

• Hanson Family Memorials at Great Burstead Church

• Hanson-Browne Family Tree from William the Conqueror to 19th Century

• Great Burstead Church - where Rev. G.L. Hanson served for many years 

• Allen-Hanson old family photo album created in England in 1862 

New Zealand Connection

• George Frederic Allen: Obituary

• Caroline Frances Allen (nee Hanson): Obituary

• George Frederic & Caroline Frances Allen (nee Hanson) of Wanganui, NZ

• First Generation in New Zealand

• G.F. Allen's memories of early Wanganui: undated speech notes (more to come)

• G.F. Allen's pictures: Great Barrier Is. - Mt. Ruapehu erupting

• G.F. Allen's architecture: St Stephen's Church, Marton, - pg. 2, - pg. 3

• 80 Years in New Zealand, ch. 1 - ch. 2, by Charles E.H. Allen (unpublished autobiography, c1944)

Florida, USA Connection

• Julia Allen Hanson (nee Allen): Obituary

• Dr. William Hanson - Medical doctor

Canadan Connection

• Charles William Allen: Visit to New Zealand/death

South African Connection

• Emma Louisa Allen: Letter to Julia Hanson (nee Allen)

English Connection

• Dr. Alfred Henry Allen - English chemist

Miscellaneous

• Historic resources published within this website (Especially early Wanganui history)

• Links to other associated websites

• View entries copied from our old Guestbook: Dec 2000-June 2002

New Guestbook

© Val Burr 2003

This site was born on 30/12/2000