Allan Gilmour (businessman, born 1805)

Allan Gilmour (29 September 1805 – 18 November 1884) was a businessman.

He worked for a firm established by his uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. Gilmour was born on 29 September 1805, at Craigton, Mearns (Strathclyde), Scotland, the son of John Gilmour, a farmer, and Margaret Urie.

In 1819, he was hired as a clerk by Pollok, Gilmour and Company, a firm established by his uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. and partners John and Arthur Pollok.

In 1824, he transferred to a new branch in Bathurst, New Brunswick, and in 1826 joined the Saint John, New Brunswick, operation (Robert Rankin and Co.).

[1] Gilmour died on 18 November 1884, in Glasgow, Scotland.