Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "John Kirby Allen" in English language version.
Per the research of Allen descendant, Ralph Dittman, John Kirby Allen was born in Canaseraga Village, Madison County, New York. This is not the same location as the contemporary Canaseraga in Allegany County, New York. The Village of Canaseraga is now Sullivan Village. Canasareaugh, ending with "areaugh", is a misspelling of the village name. In an interview given to the Houston Daily Post in 1895, Charlotte Baldwin Allen referred to his birthplace as Orrville. Charlotte Allen was 90 years old at the Houston Daily Post interview and died the following month. Dittman's research indicates that John Kirby moved to Orrville at seven to live with an uncle. Orrville was renamed DeWitt in 1825.
