John Peter McLaren

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 84337537
• _UID: 411094D3EF8C4DFD8C44907FEB9E4FA4D8CD
• Census: 1916, McLeod, Alberta, Canada; Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
• Occupation: 1916, McLeod, Alberta, Canada; Manager, Domestic Express
• Census: 1921, Cranbrook, East Kootenay District, British Columbia, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Cranbrook, East Kootenay District, British Columbia, Canada; Agent, Domestic Express

Notes:

(Research):Myrvin Duncan McLaren, son of Duncan McDonald McLaren and Margaret Bowes, was born July 28, 1890. Myrvin's mother died shortly after he was born and his father died in 1894. When his father died Myrvin and his older brother John Peter were place under the guardianship of their uncle John McLaren in Drummond Township. Myrvin married Maggie Eda Robertson on April 25, 1917

Pedigree submitted familysearch.org.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84337537

Census:
19th Street.

Census:
Hanson Ave. Cranbrook

Died:
Name:?tab?John Peter McLaren
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?31 Dec 1886
Birth Place:?tab?Canada
Death Date:?tab?24 Mar 1952
Death Place:?tab?Tehama
Mother's Maiden Name:?tab?Boers
Father's Surname: McLaren
Source Citation
Date: 1952-03-24
Source Information
Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.

John married Louisa Bell Mallory in 1912. Louisa (daughter of James "Warren" Mallory and Ruth "Augusta" Howard) was born on 15 Feb 1887 in Yonge & Escott Twp, Leeds, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Nov 1971 in Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret Louise McLaren was born on 4 Apr 1918 in Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; died on 2 Aug 1997 in Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 127209635
• _UID: AF69F650B30E4BB586B1F076C835AE1E8512
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canda
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Family Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127209635

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Family Member:
Role: Family Member

"Duncan" married Margaret "Maggie" Bowes on 24 Jul 1882 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of John or James Bowes and Jannet McLaren) was born about 1862 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Sep 1890 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 127210650
• _UID: 65962A3F7969488D91D8817AD6DE028DC2E8
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Medical):Deep vein thromboisis - complication - gangarene

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127210650

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Notes:

Married:
Excerpts from the Almonte Gazette:
MARRIAGE
Duncan MacDonald McLaren to Maggie Bowes, Lanark on the 24th July 1882, eldest daughter of John Bowes at her father's residence by Rev. James Wilson.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46939575
• _UID: 20B3EBCED4C149279DE56382AA6DD313F5F0
• Immigration-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; from Scotland, Paisley Townhead Emigration, Greenock 2 May 1821, Earl of Buckinghamshire to Upper Canada.
• Census: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canda
• Census: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1897, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Con 4 Lot 3W

Notes:

Scottish naming protocols (details here: http://david.mclaren.name/naming_protocols.htm) produced lots of McLarens with the same given name and no middle names. Any possible confusion was countered with "bynames." They might reflect occupation (e.g. Blacksmith Peter), or location (Lanark Peter), or physical character (Big and Little Peter). In this case we have ?i?Little Peter (born 1818)?/i?, the son of John (born 1776), distinguished from his first cousin Big Peter (born 1813), the son of his father's brother Peter (born 1779).
?i?
Emigration?/i?
Posted 18 Oct 2013 by david_j_mclaren
To Canada from Scotland on ship Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1821 and located on West Lot 1, Con 4, Lanark Township, Village of Lanark (Paisley Townhead Emigration Society) ( Ref: The Lanark Society settlers by Carol Bennet and The Lanark Society settlers Ships' Lists of the Glasgow Emigration Society 1821, by Gerald J. Neville)
Earl of Buckinghamshire left Greenock, Scotland 29 Apr 1821 with 607 passengers, arrived Quebec 15 Jun 1821, aboard: MCLAREN, John; age 45, female 43, sons 23, 22, dau 6, 2.

McLaren Peter 1818 grave script
Inscription at base of headstone: A loving friend a husband dear. A tender parent lieth here. Great is the loss we here sustain. But hope in heaven to meet again.

From Findagrave
Peter McLaren, son of John McLaren and Margaret Stirling, was born in 1818 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1821 he emigrated with his parents to Lanark, Ontario, Canada. He was known as "Little Peter," to distinguish him from his first cousin "Big Peter" McLaren, who was born in 1813, lived on the farm next door, and is also buried in Lanark Village Cemetery. On March 24, 1842 he married Mary MacDonald and they started their family while living and working on his parents' farm. Mary MacDonald died in 1856, shortly after the birth of their fifth child, and Little Peter raised his children with the help of his parents until they both died in 1859. With the help of his children, Peter maintained the family farm until his death in 1898.

?i?Tweedsmuir Histories of McLaren Farms?/i?

Women's Institutes across the provinces, encouraged by Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir (Governor-General of Canada), collect historical information about the area and communities in their district. The Women's Institute of Ontario created a Tweedsmuir Village History for Lanark which includes farm histories.
The following farm history is from a Tweedsmure book in the museum at Middleville, Lanark, Ontario. Transcribed by John Roberts, copied by Barbara I. Purdy, it is re-re-transcribed here with McLaren given names highlighted and my comments in brackets. An explanation of the land survey method for Lots/Concessions can be found here: http://david.mclaren.name/family_farms.htm

W ? of Lot 1, Concession 4
Township of Lanark
West half of Lot 1 in 4th Concession '96 100 acres
East part of Lot 1 in 3rd Concession '96 50 acres
Sometime during the year 1820 [my records indicate July of 1821] there arrived among a group of pioneers from Scotland, John McLaren, who with his family had come to Canada to find a home in the New land. After arriving in Perth he pushed onward to Lanark Village, then only a cluster of huts on the banks of the Clyde. John McLaren took up location about one mile east of Lanark Village and built himself a log shanty where the present barn now stands. Later as he carved out his farm from the forest and grew more prosperous, he built a more substantial log house which still withstands wind and weather one hundred and twenty years later.
Upon the death of John McLaren the farm passed to his son, known as "Little" Peter, who married Mary McDonald from a neighboring township bringing her to her new home on horseback. The farm now consisted of 100 acres in Lot one '96 Concession four '96 and "Little" Peter later acquired fifty acres adjoining in Concession three from one Doctor Wilson who was married to his sister.
Peter McLaren had two sons and two daughters [There was a fifth child, daughter Mary, who died in 1871 at age 17.] and upon his death the farm passed to his son Duncan who married Margaret Bowes. [This is not possible, as both Duncan and his wife Margaret predeceased "Little" Peter '96 though Duncan lived and farmed this land with his widowed father for more than three decades prior to Duncan's death.] Their children were Mary, John Peter and Mervin. Of these Mervin and John Peter are now living '96 Mervin in Ottawa, John Peter in British Columbia.
In 1903 the farm was purchased by John Roberts. Four years later he erected a new barn to replace the old cluster of log barns and in 1926 built the present home where the family now reside. He married Jenny Dunlop and to them were born eight children, Wm, Elsie, Isobel, Boyd, Mervin, Jennie,
Agnes and George now deceased. Mervin now resides at home with his wife and two children, Douglas and Barbara.

[Added note, hand written on side of page: Douglas Roberts and his wife Ruby McOwatt and ten children now reside here. In 1991 Douglas and Ruby own the house and Robert Graham part of the farm.]

(Research):Tweedsmuir Histories of McLaren Farms

Women's Institutes across the provinces, encouraged by Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir (Governor-General of Canada), collect historical information about the area and communities in their district. The Women's Institute of Ontario created a Tweedsmuir Village History for Lanark which includes farm histories.
The following farm history is from a Tweedsmure book in the museum at Middleville, Lanark, Ontario. Transcribed by John Roberts, copied by Barbara I. Purdy, it is re-re-transcribed here with McLaren given names highlighted and my comments in brackets. An explanation of the land survey method for Lots/Concessions can be found here: http://david.mclaren.name/family_farms.htm

W ? of Lot 1, Concession 4
Township of Lanark
West half of Lot 1 in 4th Concession '96 100 acres
East part of Lot 1 in 3rd Concession '96 50 acres
Family farm
Posted 28 Mar 2014 by david_j_mclaren

Sometime during the year 1820 [my records indicate July of 1821] there arrived among a group of pioneers from Scotland, John McLaren, who with his family had come to Canada to find a home in the New land. After arriving in Perth he pushed onward to Lanark Village, then only a cluster of huts on the banks of the Clyde. John McLaren took up location about one mile east of Lanark Village and built himself a log shanty where the present barn now stands. Later as he carved out his farm from the forest and grew more prosperous, he built a more substantial log house which still withstands wind and weather one hundred and twenty years later.
Upon the death of John McLaren the farm passed to his son, known as "Little" Peter, who married Mary McDonald from a neighboring township bringing her to her new home on horseback. The farm now consisted of 100 acres in Lot one '96 Concession four '96 and "Little" Peter later acquired fifty acres adjoining in Concession three from one Doctor Wilson who was married to his sister.
Peter McLaren had two sons and two daughters [There was a fifth child, daughter Mary, who died in 1871 at age 17.] and upon his death the farm passed to his son Duncan who married Margaret Bowes. [This is not possible, as both Duncan and his wife Margaret predeceased "Little" Peter '96 though Duncan lived and farmed this land with his widowed father for more than three decades prior to Duncan's death.] Their children were Mary, John Peter and Mervin. Of these Mervin and John Peter are now living '96 Mervin in Ottawa, John Peter in British Columbia.
In 1903 the farm was purchased by John Roberts. Four years later he erected a new barn to replace the old cluster of log barns and in 1926 built the present home where the family now reside. He married Jenny Dunlop and to them were born eight children, Wm, Elsie, Isobel, Boyd, Mervin, Jennie,
Agnes and George now deceased. Mervin now resides at home with his wife and two children, Douglas and Barbara.

[Added note, hand written on side of page: Douglas Roberts and his wife Ruby McOwatt and ten children now reside here. In 1991 Douglas and Ruby own the house and Robert Graham part of the farm.]

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46939575

Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
Woman age 43, male children 23, 22; female 6, 2.

Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: MG 11, Colonial Office 42, vol. 159, part 3, page 508, list 23/24.

Died:
Peter McLaren, son of John McLaren and Margaret Stirling, was born in 1818 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1821 he emigrated with his parents to Lanark, Ontario, Canada. He was known as "Little Peter," to distinguish him from his first cousin "Big Peter" McLaren, who was born in 1813, lived on the farm next door, and is also buried in Lanark Village Cemetery. On March 24, 1842 he married Mary MacDonald and they started their family while living and working on his parents' farm. Mary MacDonald died in 1856, shortly after the birth of their fifth child, and Little Peter raised his children with the help of his parents until they both died in 1859. With the help of his children, Peter maintained the family farm until his death in 1898.

THE LANARK ERA
Wed. May 11th, 1898 - death
This morning at 7 O'clock, Mr. Peter McLaren, breathed his last. He was eighty years old, having been born in Glasgow, Scotland in the year 1818 and came to this country in 1822 with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. John McLaren, who settled on Lot #1 in the 4th concession of Lanark Twp. (within the Corporation of the village). When young he married Miss Mary MacDonald, a native of Scotland, who died about forty-two years ago. They had a family of five, of whom two are dead, Mary and Duncan. The surviving members of the family are: Mrs. R. Wallace, of Chicago, Mrs. David McLaren and Mr. John McLaren of Drummond. Funeral will be on Friday afternoon to the Lanark Cemetery.

PERTH COURIER
May 13, 1898
The Era chronicled the death of Peter McLaren of Lanark on Wednesday morning of heart trouble and appendicitis. Deceased was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1818 and came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McLaren, to Canada in 1822. The family settled on Lot 1, 4th Concession Lanark. His wife was Mary McDonald, also a native of Scotland who died 42 years ago. Two of their five children are dead, the survivors being Mrs. H. Wallace of Chicago; Mrs. David McLaren and Mrs. John McLaren of Drummond. He was a member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church and in politics was a Liberal. (Transcriber's note, checked this twice it was "Mrs" David McLaren and "Mrs." John McLaren)

PERTH COURIER - Hope Book 1890-1899 pg. 336
At Lanark, Ontario May 11, 1898 Peter McLaren age 80 years - born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1818 and came to Canada with his parents Mr. & Mrs. John McLaren in 1822, settling at Lot 1, Con. 4, Lanark Twp. His wife was Mary MacDonald, a native of Scotland who died 42 years ago. They have 2 children deceased. The survivors are Mar. R. Wallace, Chicago, Mrs. David McLaren and Mr. John Mclaren of Drummond Twp. He attended the Presbyterian Church.

Peter married Mary McDonald on 24 Mar 1842 in First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Duncan McDonald and Catherine Stuart) was born about 1819 in Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland; died about 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 5AE70C8DC4414CAD8D54D88742DDB37C66EA
• Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 31B42C6619F94993B0913F7F17791C3D4DBE
• Census: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Lumberman
• Census: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

John married Jannet McLaren on 7 Oct 1858 in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Perth, Ontario, Canada. Jannet (daughter of James McLaren and Margaret McLaren) was born about 1839 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 4989C30327E2433DA7876081035C677E74CF
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 58592760
• _UID: 2732D0B3F0894AB380E4F4CF19848F42E776
• Immigration-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; from Scotland, Paisley Townhead Emigration, Greenock 2 May 1821, Earl of Buckinghamshire to Upper Canada.
• Census: 1850, Junius, Seneca County, New York, United States; USA
• Census: 1860, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, United States; USA
• Occupation: 1860, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, United States; Day labour
• Census: 1870, Wakenda, Carroll County, Missouri, United States; USA
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; USA

Notes:

Birth:
Name:?tab?John Mclaren
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?28 May 1803
Birth Place:?tab?New Kilpatrick,Dunbarton,Scotland
Father:?tab?John Mclaren
Mother:?tab?Margaret Stirling
FHL Film Number:?tab?1042000

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58592760

Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
Woman age 43, male children 23, 22; female 6, 2.

Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: MG 11, Colonial Office 42, vol. 159, part 3, page 508, list 23/24.

Census:
123 Robey Street

John married Mary Ann Peake on 4 Feb 1832 in Middlefield, Otsego County, New York, United States. Mary (daughter of Ephraim Peake and Elizabeth "Betsy" Morris) was born on 11 Dec 1807 in New York, United States; died on 8 Aug 1885; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 1DB37A2B16DB4F7EAD6B88F784DAF1EB04E0
• Census-Household Member: 1850, Junius, Seneca County, New York, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1860, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1870, Wakenda, Carroll County, Missouri, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; USA

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
123 Robey Street

Notes:

Married:
Name:?tab?Miss Mary Ann Peake
Spouse Name:?tab?John McLaren
Marriage Date:?tab?4 Feb 1832
Marriage Location:?tab?Middlefield, Otsego Co.
Newspaper:?tab?Manlius Repository
Newspaper Date:?tab?14 Feb 1832

Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, Marriage Notices, 1800-1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Early Marriages From Newspapers Published in Central New York. n.p.: Pipe Creek Publications, 1992.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 2F622819BE644AADB26F52A325C909231B28

Duncan married Catherine Stuart. Catherine was born about 1780 in Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 5 Dec 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Catherine Stewart
• _UID: C784B528C3634D35AFDB0C1A5FF2006B3C5A
• Residence: Aft 1821, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; C5 L26

Notes:

Residence:
photo attached to marriage by Alex Bell and son Sandy shared by Shane Lee

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 4BB1A4E0E6D94E4C8AECEC4047C7AE2D64C0

James married Margaret Lawson. Margaret was born about 1805 in Scotland; died in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 2BDE033D7FBB49C2A4C4D512DCE060FFF841

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46840805
• _UID: 73C636CA722C45F1AD963AF1514F36E7387E
• Immigration-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; from Scotland, Paisley Townhead Emigration, Greenock 2 May 1821, Earl of Buckinghamshire to Upper Canada.
• Immigration: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on Earl of Buckinghamshire

Notes:

Findagrave
James McLaren, son of John McLaren and Margaret Stirling, was born August 15, 1801 in Perthshire, Scotland. In 1821 he emigrated with his parents to Lanark, Ontario, Canada and in 1828 he married his cousin Margaret McLaren. They had eight children, six boys and two girls. One boy and one girl died as infants. Their second son was the well known lumberman Senator Peter McLaren. James was a merchant in Lanark Village and his store was eventually converted to Buffam's Tavern.

Birth:
Name:?tab?James Mclaren
Gender:?tab?Male
Birth Date:?tab?15 Aug 1801
Birth Place:?tab?New Kilpatrick,Dunbarton,Scotland
Father:?tab?John Mclaren
Mother:?tab?Margaret Stirling
FHL Film Number:?tab?1042000

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46840805

Immigration-Witness:
Role: Witness
Woman age 43, male children 23, 22; female 6, 2.

Transcribed from (film of) original documents held in the collection of the National Archives of Canada [Ottawa]: MG 11, Colonial Office 42, vol. 159, part 3, page 508, list 23/24.

Immigration:
To Canada from Scotland on ship Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1821 and located on West Lot 1, Con 4, Lanark Township, Village of Lanark (Paisley Townhead Emigration Society) ( Ref: The Lanark Society settlers by Carol Bennet and The Lanark Society settlers Ships' Lists of the Glasgow Emigration Society 1821, by Gerald J. Neville)
Earl of Buckinghamshire left Greenock, Scotland 29 Apr 1821 with 607 passengers, arrived Quebec 15 Jun 1821, aboard: MCLAREN, John; age 45, female 43, sons 23, 22, dau 6, 2.

Died:
James McLaren, son of John McLaren and Margaret Stirling, was born August 15, 1801 in Perthshire, Scotland. In 1821 he emigrated with his parents to Lanark, Ontario, Canada and in 1828 he married his cousin Margaret McLaren. They had eight children, six boys and two girls. One boy and one girl died as infants. Their second son was the well known lumberman Senator Peter McLaren. James was a merchant in Lanark Village and his store was eventually converted to Buffam's Tavern.

Buried:
Inscription:
JAMES McLAREN DIED
MAR. 7, 1846 AGED 45 YRS.
ALSO HIS WIFE MARGARET DIED
DEC. 31, 1885 AGED 80 YRS.
NATIVES OF SCOTLAND

James married Margaret McLaren. Margaret (daughter of Peter McLaren and Janet Headrick) was born on 20 Oct 1806 in Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 31 Dec 1885 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46840564
• _UID: A4F7DDD8985E47E5B87837D45A19671CA3D7
• Location-Witness: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Lanark, Concession 4 Lot 2E
• Census: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Margaret McLaren, daughter of Peter McLaren and Janet Headrick, was born October 20, 1806 in Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland. In 1820 she emigrated with her parents to Lanark, Ontario, Canada and about 1830 she married her cousin James McLaren. They had eight children, six boys and two girls. One boy and one girl died as infants. Their second son was the well known lumberman Senator Peter McLaren. Margaret's husband died in 1846, two years after their last child was born, and Margaret managed their farm with the help of her older sons.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46840564

Location-Witness:
Role: Witness


Died:
Margaret McLaren, daughter of Peter McLaren and Janet Headrick, was born October 20, 1806 in Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland. In 1820 she emigrated with her parents to Lanark, Ontario, Canada and about 1830 she married her cousin James McLaren. They had eight children, six boys and two girls. One boy and one girl died as infants. Their second son was the well known lumberman Senator Peter McLaren. Margaret's husband died in 1846, two years after their last child was born, and Margaret managed their farm with the help of her older sons.

Buried:
Inscription:
JAMES McLAREN DIED
MAR. 7, 1846 AGED 45 YRS.
ALSO HIS WIFE MARGARET DIED
DEC. 31, 1885 AGED 80 YRS.
NATIVES OF SCOTLAND