James McLaren

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

Family/Spouse: 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]

1. John McLaren was born on 1 Jan 1831 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Jun 1908 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
2. Sen. Peter McLaren was born on 22 Sep 1831 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 May 1919 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
3. James McLaren was born about 1834 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
4. Findley McLaren was born about 1836; died on 1 Mar 1905 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
5. David McLaren was born on 17 Mar 1837; died on 20 Oct 1839; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
6. William McLaren was born on 17 Mar 1837 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Sep 1912 in Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States; was buried on 3 Sep 1912 in Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States.
7. Jannet McLaren was born about 1839 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
8. Margaret McLaren was born about Nov 1843 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Mar 1844 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46839562
• _UID: 467E4463342F46348A51EAE0B4890899CBFD
• Occupation: 1820, Scotland; Weaver
• Location: 1821, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Lanark Twp, Concession 4 Lot 1W
• Immigration: 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

Notes:

John McLaren was born December 15, 1776 in Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland. He married Margaret Stirling in 1799 and they raised five children. A weaver in Scotland, he emigrated in 1821 with his wife and children to settle as a farmer in Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada. His brother Peter and his family preceded him in 1820. The story of their family can be found here: http://david.mclaren.name/

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46839562

Immigration:
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:
John McLaren was born December 15, 1776 in Breadalbane, Perthshire, Scotland. He married Margaret Stirling in 1799 and they raised five children. A weaver in Scotland, he emigrated in 1821 with his wife and children to settle as a farmer in Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada. His brother Peter and his family preceded him in 1820. The story of their family can be found here: http://david.mclaren.name/

Buried:
Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN McLAREN
WHO DIED
JAN. 1, 1859
AGED 83 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE
MARGARET S.
DIED MAY 3, 1859

John married Margaret Stirling on 13 Aug 1799 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Andrew Stirling) was born on 13 Aug 1781 in Kirkintilloch Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 26 Aug 1781; died on 3 May 1859 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: 46839729
• Name: Sterling
• _UID: 8F51C081E6EE4F0FBFDEF62FCB1B7678E9F5
• 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-Wife of Head: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Margaret Stirling was born circa 1780 in Scotland, where she married John McLaren on August 13, 1799. In 1821 she emigrated with her husband and five children from Scotland to Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada. The story of their family can be found here: http://david.mclaren.name/

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46839729

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-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Died:
Margaret Stirling was born circa 1780 in Scotland, where she married John McLaren on August 13, 1799. In 1821 she emigrated with her husband and five children from Scotland to Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada. The story of their family can be found here: ?i?http://david.mclaren.name/?/i?

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• _UID: 707875233E7D41AA9F241E2CEFBC75D0232E

Daniel married Jannet Carmichael. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 47762AAA3D9241368A4D542BA8AF6B3E2DD5

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• _UID: 19C8CB52FA6C48A1B53A2E6D04EB295C4B53