My Miller and Mather ancestors, their friends, neighbours and associates.
1. | James McLaren was born on 15 Aug 1801 in New or East Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 7 Mar 1846 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Findagrave 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]
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2. | John McLaren (1.James1) 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. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Census-Household Member: Family/Spouse: Agnes May. Agnes (daughter of May) was born about 1838 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Sen. Peter McLaren (1.James1) 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. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: McLAREN, Hon. Senator Peter ? Retired lumberman, Perth, Ont.; owner of 100,000 acres of valuable timber lands in Virginia, upon which are also valuable ore mines. Born in Lanark, Ontario, Sept. 22, 1831, son of the late James McLaren formerly of Perth, Scotland, and the late Margaret McLaren, daughter of the late Peter McLaren, of Lochiels Regiment, which engaged in quelling the Irish Rebellion, 1815. Educated: Public Schools. Began to learn the lumber business, 1844, gaining a thorough knowledge of hauling timber, rafting and milling; a partner, Gillies & McLaren, Carlton Place, 1855, which firm bought out the large Gilmour business, consisting of about three hundred square miles of timber on the Mississippi River, Ont., as well as working the Madawaska limits; became Sole Proprietor, 1890; the firm manufactured all kinds of sawn lumber and square timber, the former being for Canadian and United States markets, and the latter for European trade. Summoned to the Senate, 1890. Married Sophia Lees, daughter of the late William Lees, Lanark, Ont., and Granddaughter of the late Col. Playfair, of the old Canadian Parliament, Nov. 22, 1867; has two sons and three daughters. Conservative; Presbyterian. Residence: "Nevis Cottage," Perth, Ont. Peter married Sophia Elizabeth Lees on 22 Nov 1867. Sophia (daughter of William Lees and Mary Playfair) was born on 7 Nov 1845; died on 29 May 1923 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | James McLaren (1.James1) was born about 1834 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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5. | Findley McLaren (1.James1) was born about 1836; died on 1 Mar 1905 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: A lumber man, he worked for his brother Senator Peter McLaren for many years. When the Upper Mississippi lumber limits passed to the Canada Lumber Company he moved to Perth and superintended the farm of his brother Peter. Family/Spouse: Annie Maria Gear. Annie was born on 13 Jul 1861 in England; died on 25 Dec 1935 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | David McLaren (1.James1) was born on 17 Mar 1837; died on 20 Oct 1839; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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7. | William McLaren (1.James1) 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. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: William married Janie Elizabeth Stevenson on 3 Sep 1877 in Clarendon Twp, North Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. Janie was born on 5 Apr 1860 in Ireland; died on 14 Mar 1926 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States; was buried in Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Jannet McLaren (1.James1) was born about 1839 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Census-Household Member: Jannet married John or James Bowes on 7 Oct 1858 in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Perth, Ontario, Canada. John (son of James Bowes and Margaret Lawson) was born about 1835 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Margaret McLaren (1.James1) 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:
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10. | James McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1860; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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11. | Daniel McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1862; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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12. | John McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1865; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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13. | William McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1868; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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14. | Peter McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1871 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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15. | Finlay McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1873 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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16. | Fredrick McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1875 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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17. | Allen McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born about 1880 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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18. | Mennie McLaren (2.John2, 1.James1) was born on 6 Dec 1888; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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19. | Margaret Elsie McLaren (3.Peter2, 1.James1) was born about 1869; died on 3 Apr 1954 in Oshawa, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Margaret married Francis William Hall about 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Mary Isobel McLaren (3.Peter2, 1.James1) was born about 1874; died about 1927. Other Events and Attributes:
Mary married Charles Lewis Beurid about 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
21. | Annie Kathleen McLaren (3.Peter2, 1.James1) was born on 9 Nov 1875 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1954 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Daughter of Senator Peter McLaren. Kathleen was an invalid and cared for by a nurse throughout her life. |
22. | James Lyon Playfair McLaren (3.Peter2, 1.James1) was born on 29 Dec 1878 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Sep 1934 in Springfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: James married Isabel Frances Geddes about 1906. Isabel (daughter of Charles Gamble Geddes and Selena F. Sweetland) was born about Sep 1882 in Saskatchewan, Canada; died about 1971; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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23. | William Lees McLaren (3.Peter2, 1.James1) was born on 13 May 1880 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Sep 1932 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: William was the second son of Peter McLaren and Sophia Elizabeth Lees. He received his early education at Trinity College, Port Hope, Ontario. From there he traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland with his brother James to be educated at a boy's secondary school. Upon his return to Perth as a young man, William became the owner and operator of a mica mine located at the northwest end of Otty Lake, in Burgess township. This mine was widely known as simply "McLaren's Mine," and was the basis of operations for William and eventually, his wife Anna Gemmill. At the peak of operations at the mine, whose mica was used extensively for insulation of electrical motors, generators and home appliances, fifty men were employed, all of whom boarded and ate at the mine. William married Anna Lees Gemmell about 1910. Anna (daughter of Lawrence James Gemmell and Elizabeth Margaret Kellock) was born on 6 Jun 1884 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1975 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
24. | James Stewart McLaren (5.Findley2, 1.James1) was born on 6 Dec 1879 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1941 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: James never married. He worked for his uncle, Senator Peter McLaren, at Brockville and MacLeod, Alberta in lumbering. After returning from the west he was employed as a shipper at Perth Shoe Company. |
25. | William Burden McLaren (7.William2, 1.James1) was born about Apr 1881 in North Dakota, United States; died on 10 Aug 1959 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
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26. | Margaret I. McLaren (7.William2, 1.James1) was born about Nov 1884 in Canada; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Census-Household Member: Family/Spouse: Ray Morris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
27. | Edith I. McLaren (7.William2, 1.James1) was born about Mar 1888 in North Dakota, United States; died about 1941; was buried in Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Family/Spouse: Benjamin Morris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
28. | James Bowes (8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born on 16 Aug 1861 in Ontario County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jul 1948 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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29. | Margaret "Maggie" Bowes (8.Jannet2, 1.James1) 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. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: (Medical):Deep vein thromboisis - complication - gangarene Margaret married "Duncan" McDonald McLaren on 24 Jul 1882 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. "Duncan" (son of Little Peter McLaren and Mary McDonald) was born on 12 Oct 1849 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Jan 1894 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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30. | Janet "Jane" Bowes (8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born about 1871; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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31. | John Bowes (8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born about 1873; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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32. | William Bowes (8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born about 1876; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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33. | Sophia Victoria Bowes (8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born about 1879; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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34. | Peter Gay McLaren (22.James3, 3.Peter2, 1.James1) was born on 14 Aug 1907 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1992; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Family/Spouse: Dorothy Jane Hicks. Dorothy was born about 1907; died about 1999; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
35. | Mary McDonald McLaren (29.Margaret3, 8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born on 12 Dec 1882; died on 13 Nov 1958; was buried in Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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36. | John Peter McLaren (29.Margaret3, 8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born on 31 Dec 1886 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Mar 1952 in Corning, Tehama County, California, United States; was buried in Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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 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]
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37. | Mervin "Myrvin" Duncan McLaren (29.Margaret3, 8.Jannet2, 1.James1) was born on 28 Jul 1890 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Jun 1968 in Crystal City, Pilot Mound Census Division, Manitoba, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Mervin married Eva Margaret "Maggie" Robertson on 25 Apr 1917 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Eva (daughter of William Robertson and Agnes McEwen Baird) was born on 5 Dec 1888 in Middleville, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Apr 1958 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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38. | Margaret Louise McLaren (36.John4, 29.Margaret3, 8.Jannet2, 1.James1) 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:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Margaret married Charles George Dunstall on 11 Sep 1939 in Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. Charles was born on 5 Apr 1914 in Dorset, Blandford District, England; died on 30 Jul 1984 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Victory Memorial Park and Crematorium, Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
39. | McLaren (37.Mervin4, 29.Margaret3, 8.Jannet2, 1.James1) and died. Other Events and Attributes:
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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