Got to the LDS library and didn’t run into myself.
It was refreshing to discover there are a couple or three researchers that have turned up Allie Monteith in their family tree pursuits and to finally see data besides that found in my own Ancestry.com GEDCOM.
Unfortunately, Allie’s vitals — birth year and marriage date — are not supported with documentary references attached on any of the posted trees, and the dates given are so exactly those I’ve extrapolated by myself that I suspect that they may be derived from my speculations (unfortunately) included in that darned GEDCOM I uploaded years ago and can’t get to in order to correct. However, the McMahon-Rabatsky family tree posted by “mcrabat” I found there does refer to the American Genealogical-Biographical Index for Daniel Monteith’s DOB and birthplace, and even lists a “John” and “Jennet” as Daniel’s (and Allie’s, by extension) parents.
Whoopie. New Information!
Just what vitals and possible other family are found in that reference work I can’t tell from Ancestry.com’s site. There was another reference work that has already proved a precious vein of biographical info and possible confirmation of the Monteith brood’s parentage — History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania. Containing history of the counties, etc., etc. (There’ll be more from this source and whatever else turns up fairly soon.)
The Daniel Monteith entry in the McMahon-Rabatsky tree includes an obvious mistake: It lists Allie as his daughter, apparently born to Daniel at age 7 with his wife, Sarah Leakey, when she was just 5 years old. One of the other two family tree authors say Allie is William Templeton (Sr)’s second wife, after apparently leaving a daughter and wife he married at age 16 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. That seems implausible to me, given the certain religious fiber of the man. It all makes me cautious of accepting any of the data at face value.
One way or the other, it was a fruitful trip to the library. I’ve got new leads on the Monteiths to follow up, including their family’s jump across The Pond from Dundee, and even came up with a name for William Templeton Jr’s wife’s grandmother.
