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Thanks for your latest post. I believe one of my problems (which has plagued me all my life!) is the spelling of the name Allen/Allan/Alan. The Allan name has been a family Christian Name since 1917 but it seems from my research, and your valued contributions, that I need to concentrate on the Allen spelling. I say that because I know that my Great Grandmother had a family link with "Craig Billy Bog" now known as Crebilly. A family story also suggests links with a relative who was a Coachman to the Auld family (who were allegedly Titled), from Carncastle near Larne who "ran off" and married the Auld's daughter! There is an Allen family listed there in the 1841 Irish Census.
Yes I have been searching at PRONI and did find Probate granted on 8 Oct 1910 for John Allen, late of Church Street, Ballymena, Seed Merchant, died 1 Dec 1909, to James Richardson, Commercial Traveller, and Robert A Burns, Draper. Effects £3,244 16s 4d. Again the record shows Allen but should probably have been Allan?

I have just started, in 2016, to research my connections with the Allan/Allen Family from Ballymena. My starting point was information from my father that my Great Grandmother Frances {Fanny} Elizabeth Allen's (b. 1859) father was John Allen and that she also had a relative named Mrs Burns, Mountjoy Road, Ballymena. I have discovered that witness to Fanny's marriage in 1877 were a Thomas & Agnes Allen and a Nancy Allen registered the birth of her first child in 1879 at Creebilly, Ballymena. The child (surname McCullough) only lived for 3 days. Is there any known connection to my Great Grandmother Allen with Isabella Burns (nee Allan), whose husband was a draper in Church Street, Ballymena and John Allan, Seed Merchant, Church Street, Ballymena, who died in 1909. John Allen also listed in 1901 Irish Census but not in 1911 Irish Census.