Allan Dixon

Allan Connor Dixon (1865-1919) was a patriarch of the famous Dixon family. He was the husband of Cornelia Dixon (nee Percival) and the father of Louise Seymour and Marjorie Dixon. He was also the father-in-law to Ralph Seymour.

Not much is know about Allan's relationship with his two daughters, only that he was often very busy with his job as a lawyer and spent very little time with them. The few instances he did were during the holidays or when the girls were not in school. This habit of Allan being an absent parent for most of his daughter's lives made them develop abandonment issues when the reached adulthood.

Early Life
Not much is known about what Allan's childhood was like as he grew up in Ireland and came to the United States when he was a teenager. He had no siblings and grew up an only child. Although his parents loved him very much, Allan admitted that he spent most of his time with a nanny while he was young as his parents were hardly ever home to take care of him.

Like most boys hailing from wealthy families, Allan's education was very privileged, having been educated by a tutor from the time he was six up until the age of fourteen. When he did reach the age of fourteen, he attended Queen's College in Belfast and at eighteen, he went on to King's College, London where he studied law.

On August 16, 1890, Allan married an American socialite named Cornelia Percival, who was a hardworking American woman from a middle class family. Before they were married, Allan's parents were hesitant about Cornelia's roots, but eventually warmed up to her when they saw that she was a kindhearted woman who wanted nothing more than to care for the people she loved. The couple had two daughters: Louise and Marjorie. Unlike his father, Allan loved his daughters equally, making them both feel wanted. As they had no sons, Allan arranged for his daughters to receive inheritance money every year and to run and manage the estate in the event of his death.

