Source: Facebook Group via Tom Allen.
Family Search: When Private Stephen Lowery Allen was born on 2 July 1899, in Aylwin, Kazabazua, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, his father, Albert Edward Allen, was 38 and his mother, Caroline Bertha Orr, was 25. He married Mary Edith Ackert on 27 May 1922, in York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, in 1922 and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, in 1930. In 1955, his occupation is listed as hotelier, Montrose Hotel in Niagara Falls, Niagara, Ontario, Canada. He died on 8 December 1974, in Niagara Falls, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
Attested with Stephen Lawrence Allen, whose actual name is Stephen Lowery Allen. He was underage when he enlisted, giving his year of birth as 1895, when it was 1899.
HER TWO SONS AT FRONT
Mrs. Allen Shocked to Hear of Her Son Stephen’s Wound.
Two official telegrams were sent to Mrs. Allen, of 76 College street, informing her that her son, Pte. Stephen Lowery Allen, was in the First Western General Hospital, Liverpool, seriously wounded in the right arm, Sept. 19th. Mrs. Allen, however, had taken an apartment at 105 Dundas street after the departure of her second boy, Pte. Donald Allen, and read of her son’s accident in the papers before being notified.
Pte. Stephen Allen was 17 years of age last July. He left for England Nov. 22nd, 1915. Mrs. Allen immediately wired Ottawa, and received the following answer at noon to-day: “Cabling England, enquiring present condition of Pte. Stephen Allen. Advise immediately on reply.”
Pte. Donald Allen left Toronto May 8th, 1916. He was born in Arnprior, Ont.; Stephen was born in Aylwin, Quebec. Their father is dead, and their mother is city representative of Scarboro Co. of Canada. A card recently from Donald says: “We are still down the line. Our battalion is split up for fair; the last of them came over to-day from Sandling.” In one of his letters he stated he had met a Belgian girl in London, and she said her father and mother were killed right before her eyes, and later she drugged the wine of the officers and escaped.
Allen, Stephen Lawrence: Service no. 486674. Source: Toronto Telegram. Via Helen Woytowich.
Obit
STEPHEN ALLEN
Operated city hotels
Stephen L. Allen, who operated hotels in Niagara Falls for many years, died Sunday at the Greater Niagara General Hospital. He was 75, and resided at 6658 Huggins St.
Born near Ottawa, he was educated in Northern Ontario and Toronto. He served overseas in the First World War. Following the war he was a commercial traveller dealing in school supplies. He later joined the sales force of Labatt’s Brewery and moved to Sudbury.
In 1940, he came to Niagara Falls and bought the Bon Villa Hotel. He sold it in 1950 and built the Whirl Inn, River Rd. He later purchased the Montrose Hotel in 1955 and retired in 1962.
A former Rotarian, he was past president of the Niagara Falls Hotel Association. He was active in city sports, supporting and sponsoring teams particularly in hockey.
Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Edith Ackert; two daughters, Mrs. Leslie Butt (Brenda) of Port Colborne and Mrs. John Matthews (Shirley), Niagara Falls; one son, Steve, North Bay; and 10 grandchildren.
Mr. Allen is at the McLaren and Henry funeral home, 5647 Main St. where a private service will be held. Burial is in Lundy’s Lane cemetery.
Niagara Falls Review 9 December 1974. Page 6.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 