Marion McIlquham

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46921084
• _UID: 7A6E3E22EE1F442B94848D848D4C8F085D34
• Census-Wife of Head: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Marion McIlquham, daughter of James McIlquham and Janet Jarvie, was born July 31, 1816 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1821 she emigrated with her family to Lanark, Ontario, Canada. She married John McLaren circa 1938 and they raised nine children (one child died in infancy) on John's family farm in Lanark.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46921084

Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Died:
Marion McIlquham, daughter of James McIlquham and Janet Jarvie, was born July 31, 1816 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1821 she emigrated with her family to Lanark, Ontario, Canada. She married John McLaren circa 1938 and they raised nine children (one child died in infancy) on John's family farm in Lanark.

Marion married John McLaren about 1938. John (son of Peter McLaren and Janet Headrick) was born on 8 Oct 1808 in Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 Dec 1872 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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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 39256458
• _UID: AA877D3E92A34745A9614B5FD2986C568D5B
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Peter McLaren, Sr. entered the United States at Port Huron, Michigan in March of 1884. From there he proceeded to the Dakota Territories with his wife and three children. He was forty five years old and his wife Elizabeth was forty three. In the Dakotas he would establish the Vienna Homestead.

?b?The Vienna Homestead?/b?
The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed any person twenty one years of age and a citizen of the U.S., or who had filed a declaration of intention to become such, to file a claim on 160 acres of land in certain specified areas. By 1885 Peter had filed for a quarter section (160 acres) of land in the Dakota Territories, about a mile southwest of what would become the town of Vienna.

Peter was among the first settlers in this area and since he was accompanied by his wife and three children they obviously had the resources to survive until their land could be converted into a productive farm. Peter's younger brother, James, had inherited their father's farm in Lanark and may have provided financial support. We will never know. When the family arrived in the Dakota Territories, Peter Jr., the oldest boy, was eighteen years old. His brother, John Walker, was sixteen. Daughter Marion, the oldest child, was twenty. She did not marry until she was twenty four.

In 1887 fortune smiled, as the Duluth, Watertown and Pacific Railroad Company started to build a rail bed through the territory. The track would bisect their township from the southwest to the northeast, passing within a half mile of their farm. It was the railroad that created the town of Vienna, designated as one of its stops. In those days, the economic significance of having a rail station close to your farm can not be overstated.

In November 1889 the Dakota Territories became North and South Dakota and Peter Sr.'s family started to grow.

Once established and farming the land, Peter Sr.'s family began to experience the highs and lows typical of the times. The McLarens would spend more than three decades in and around Vienna. Here is a Family Timeline.
?b?
A Family Timeline?/b?
1889 - Daughter Marion ("Minnie") marries the local blacksmith, thirty year old James Sproat Henery. She soon delivers the first of eight children, only five of whom survive - not unusual numbers in that period of time.

1896 - Peter Jr. marries Mary Celia ("Minnie") Dixon, daughter of one of the original settlers. He is thirty, she is twenty four. They will have five children.

1897 - John Walker, Peter Sr.'s youngest son, died suddenly, at age twenty nine. John was a medical student in Minneapolis and the family legend was "a wrestling accident."

1898 - Peter Sr. is elected chairman of the Township Officers. Vienna is part of Pleasant Township, the total population of which is less than 500.

1899 - Peter Jr. and Mary Celia obtain 160 acres of land adjacent to Peter Sr.'s original farm.

1900 - Federal Census shows Peter Sr. and Peter Jr. farming their respective lands.

1905 - South Dakota Census shows Peter Sr. on his original farm. Peter Jr. has moved his family (now with three daughters) to the Dixon lands, just east of Vienna. He is still listed as "farmer" and is probably living in the house where my father will be born. He is next door to his father-in-law, Robert Arthur Dixon, and two brothers-in-law.

1908 - Elizabeth (Walker) McLaren, Peter Sr.'s wife, dies.

1910 - Federal Census shows Peter Sr., now widowed, living in Vienna with his granddaughter Pearl Irene Henery and a great grandson. Peter Jr. is still on the Dixon land and is now a "rural mail" delivery man for the U.S. Postal Service.

1913 - Peter Sr. dies. He is buried next to his wife and son in the Dixon Cemetery, at the northeast corner of the Dixon lands.

1917 - Peter Jr.'s father-in-law, Robert Arthur Dixon, dies.

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Buried:
PETER
McLAREN
June 9, 1839
Dec. 19, 1913
In my fathers house are many mansions. [?i?John 14:2?/i?]

Peter married Elizabeth Walker about 1863. Elizabeth was born on 31 May 1841 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Jun 1908 in Vienna, Clark County, South Dakota, United States; was buried in Dixon New Hope Cemetery, Vienna, Hamlin County, South Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 47299409
• _UID: 93443F1784DD43BBBD9087E755D1CFF02C83
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47299409

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Role: Household Member


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Died:
James McLaren, son of John McLaren and Marion McIlquham, was born August 11, 1841 in Pine Grove, Lanark Township, Ontario, Canada. He was the second son and second of nine children. His older brother immigrated to the Dakota Territories and when their father died in 1872 he became the third generation on the family farm. On November 24, 1875 he married his first cousin, Isabella McLaren and they raised two sons. James' sister Marion also lived with him on the farm until her death in 1897.

Buried:
JAMES MCLAREN DIED NOV. 10, 1907, AGED 66 YEARS.
ISABELLA MCLAREN HIS WIFE DIED APRIL 18, 1921 AGED 72 YEARS.
HIS SON JOHN S. MCLAREN DIED SEPT 17, 1943 AGED 64 YEARS.
DOROTHY HOUSTON HIS WIFE DIED OCT. 14, 1939 AGED 65 YEARS

Family/Spouse: Isabella McLaren. Isabella (daughter of Big Peter McLaren and Jannet Stewart) was born on 19 Sep 1848 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Apr 1921 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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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 139014416
• _UID: B9B34C9E48654AA0A74823C22AEDB9DB6CFE
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1901, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Wife of Head: 1911, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139014416

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Role: Household Member


Census-Wife of Head:
Role: Wife of Head


Census-Wife of Head:
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Census-Wife of Head:
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Census-Wife of Head:
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Died:
THE LANARK ERA
Wed. March 18th, 1914 ? death
Lanark, Tues. Mar. 17th, Janet McLaren, wife of Wm. Smith, aged 70 years & 8 mos. A daughter of the late John McLaren, she married 53 years ago. Of a family of ten children: William, of Lanark; Mrs. John A. Watt, Lanark; Mrs. Walter Blair and Mrs. A. J. Crosbie, Winnipeg; Mrs. Wm. Perkins, Battlefield, Sask.; Mrs. David McNeely, Carleton Place; and Miss Nellie, at home, are the only survivors. Three of their children are dead, Jennie, Maggie and George. Her step-children are, Mrs. James Pye, Appleton, Mrs. A.C. McIntyre, Lanark and John Smith, Lanark. Two brothers also survive, John, of Vancouver, BC and Walter, of Swan Lake, Man. Burial in Lanark Village cemetery. Her parents were settlers of 1820 in Lanark Village.

Buried:
In memory of William Smith, born 1832, died Nov 11, 1915. (Back) Janet MacLaren, born 1843, died March 17, 1914. (Sides) Daughter - Maggie died February 12, 1891, aged 20 yrs. Daughter - Jennie died May 7, 1904, aged 32 yrs.

Janet married William Smith, Sr. on 31 Jan 1861. William (son of John Smith and Elizabeth Stead) was born on 20 Oct 1832 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Nov 1915 in Lanark Village, 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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• _UID: C8161A7660504E20BA754FC315E88860B278
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: Alexander Stewart. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 98FD513F321F4ED19D478F96A5E20EB9EC36
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Died:
Fisher - At Lanark, on Thursday, April 7th, Margaret McLaren, relict of the late Malcolm Fisher, aged 62 years.
Perth Courier, 22 Apr 1910, pg.8

Family/Spouse: Malcolm Fisher. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 507DF492471346D59A081B0AB9C79912BACC
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

(Medical):In Vancouver mar 1914

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Role: Household Member


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Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: Margaret "Maggie" Knox. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Laetitia Wilke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 47409615
• _UID: E92EDA29944D426EB956EB5878631D6F6402
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Lived with brother James

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Died:
Lanark Era, Wed. September 22nd\\1897
D At Lanark, Friday, Sept. 17'h, Marion McLaren, aged 45 years. A daughter of the late John McLaren, a pioneer settler of the area. She had been living on the old homestead with her brother, James McLaren. Burial in Lanark cemetery.

Marion McLaren, youngest daughter of John McLaren and Marion McIlquham, was born July 24, 1852 on the family farm at Pine Grove, Lanark Township, Ontario, Canada. Her father was the second generation of the family to work this farm and when he died in 1872 her brother James inherited the responsibility. Marion lived on the farm with her brother and his family until her death in 1897.

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• Residence: Eureka, Humboldt County, California, United States
• _UID: CC3C310575E9403B9476FAD7EB6690774AA3
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1876, Manitoba, Canada

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• Residence: Manitoba, Canada
• _UID: BA9397F07CAE4BEEB665B47F5C60C14A4CC7
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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(Research):in Swan Lake MB in 1914

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Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: MAR Mary McLaren. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 79FFA97B7277447D8B62F22BC3C475196564

Family/Spouse: James Sproat Henery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 39372133
• _UID: 0368A80D41B54D6DA2FEA4444E49DF24F2EE

Notes:

In 1884 Peter emigrated from Canada with his parents to homestead in the Dakota Territory near what later became Vienna, South Dakota. He farmed with his father and later with his wife Mary Celia (Dixon) McLaren. Peter and Mary Celia married in 1896 and raised five children. In the early 1900's he became a rural mail delivery man. In 1917 the family moved to Hollister, California where Peter became an orchardist. He lost Mary Celia in 1924 and "lost the farm/orchard" in the Depression. He then moved with his two young sons to Wilmington, California, in the harbor of Los Angeles, and became a watchman on the docks. He worked well into his 70's before retiring to live with his oldest son, John.

By 1910 Peter Jr. had abandoned the farming life to become a rural delivery postman. The family legends have him in a sleigh during the Dakota Winters, moving directly from farmhouse to farmhouse, with the roads invisible under the snow. He received a post card from a friend in California in 1909. The card planted a seed.

?b?Here are some Reasons to Move.?/b?

There is every indication that Robert Arthur Dixon, Peter Jr.'s father-in-law, was not a well man for decades after the Civil War. His application for pension supports this belief. He was surrounded by his children throughout this period and I have assumed that Peter Jr.'s move to the Dixon lands around 1905 was to help with his care.

Cousin Phyllis Goold has the post card, still part of the family archives, that supposedly opened Peter Jr.'s eyes to the possibility of life beyond the Dakotas. Here it is:

Hollister, California - Postcard?tab?(see media)
Postmarked January 14, 1909 and addressed to "P. McLaren Jr. Vienna Clark Co S. Dak.," the handwriting on the back asks: Note the concrete walks and asphalt trim pavement. We are getting a fine rain. Temperature 58 degrees. How does that strike you?

Since Peter Jr. was up to his armpits in snow at the time, it probably struck him hard.

Robert Dixon died in February of 1917 and his daughter, Peter Jr.'s wife Mary Celia, had just given birth to their fifth child. At age forty four, Mary Celia was not in the best of health.

They had just endured another winter, and the weather in California has long been touted as a cure for anything that ails you. It was time to move west.

Peter McLaren, Jr. arrived with his family in Hollister, California in 1917. Peter was 51 years old, his wife, Mary Celia, was 45. Their children were Marion (19 years old), Marjorie (17), Elsie (13), John (5), and Robert (1). They settled west of town in an area of fruit orchards. Peter became an orchardist.

?b?Here is a California Timeline.?/b?
Cousin Phyllis Goold, daughter of Marjorie (McLaren) Butterfield, lived in and around Hollister all her life. Her father and her husband were both orchardists. So it is with some authority that she tells us the groves of fruit trees are orchards (not farms) and the folks who tend the orchards are orchardists (they don't like to be called farmers).

That was Peter Jr.'s chosen profession when he settled on San Juan Road, west of town, in 1917.

By 1920 Marion McLaren, the oldest child, had entered nursing school in San Francisco. In 1921 she graduated, married, and bore a son, William F. McLaughlin.

In 1922 Marjorie, the second daughter, married Earle Butterfield and they started their family (a girl and two boys) in Hollister.

In 1924 Peter Jr.'s wife, Mary Celia, died. She was 52 years old and had been in ill health for a number of years. Remember, she had born the last of their five children at age 44, which was rather unusual for the time. Her obituary stated she "has not been a very strong woman at any period of her life, and in recent years she has suffered much."

Peter is now a fifty eight year old widower with a twenty year old daughter and two sons, twelve and eight. At some point in the late 1920's the wheels have come off the dream wagon.

By 1930 Peter has moved to Wilmington, California, in the harbor of Los Angeles. He rents a home and finds a job as a watchman on the docks. His oldest son, John, now seventeen and a recent high school graduate, is working at a service station. This, remember, is the start of a horrific economic depression and they are fortunate to have any kind of work. Elsie, the youngest daughter, is now twenty five, single, boarding with a widowed woman in San Jose and working as a stenographer in a bank.

In January of 1934 Elsie dies. We are reasonably certain her death was by her own hand. You will find a tribute to Elsie in the Vignettes portion of this site.

This isn't good; but the story isn't over.

As the country emerged from the depression in the late 1930s John and Martha had the first of two sons. By 1942 John had secured a job with the Los Angeles Fire Department and would remain there for three decades, the rest of his working life. Their sons graduated from college, became professionals, and raised their own families.

So we can follow the arc of all these lives, from a sailing ship on the Atlantic, to a pine forest in Canada, to the plains of South Dakota, to the orchards of central California, and on . . . They dreamed, they struggled, they endured, and they made our lives possible. I borrowed the title "City of Dreams" from the song by the Talking Heads. Every time I hear it, think about it, I remember the gift they gave. We live in the cities they dreamed of. And every time I'm feeling down, getting a little cynical, I remember their graves, and their faces. I'm sitting with the sun streaming through the window, tapping on my computer, well fed and healthy. Can't you see them smile? We live their dreams!







By 1930 John Dixon McLaren, Peter Jr.'s eldest son, was dating Martha Elizabeth "Tookie" Winchester. They married in 1935 and began the final chapter, as the McLarens enter the City of Dreams.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39372133

Died:
In 1884 Peter emigrated from Canada with his parents to homestead in the Dakota Territory near what later became Vienna, South Dakota. He farmed with his father and later with his wife Mary Celia (Dixon) McLaren. Peter and Mary Celia married in 1896 and raised five children. In the early 1900's he became a rural mail delivery man. In 1917 the family moved to Hollister, California where Peter became an orchardist. He lost Mary Celia in 1924 and "lost the farm/orchard" in the Depression. He then moved with his two young sons to Wilmington, California, in the harbor of Los Angeles, and became a watchman on the docks. He worked well into his 70's before retiring to live with his oldest son, John.

Peter married Mary Celia Dixon about 1896. Mary (daughter of Robert Arthur Dixon and Sarah Jane Rowland) was born on 14 Jan 1872 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; died on 18 Jun 1924 in Hollister, San Benito County, California, United States; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 755017A51D6F4C7B85079D19AD988CC1A8E8

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 47311613
• _UID: 4B37C9A466764E80B4F681DF381FBBCF84DE

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Died:
John Stewart McLaren, oldest son of James McLaren and Isabella McLaren, was born on the family farm near Lanark Village, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada on October 13, 1879. He married Dorothy Barbara Houston on April 9, 1902 and they raised three children. John became the fourth generation of his family to live on and farm the East half of Lot 2, Concession 4.

John married Dorothy Barbara Houston on 9 Apr 1902. Dorothy was born on 23 Nov 1874 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Oct 1939 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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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 47351792
• _UID: 026C64264DB84374958B36FBDCA8E1C630A0

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47351792

Died:
James Wilson McLaren was the youngest son of James McLaren and Isabella McLaren, born November 11, 1889 in Lanark, Ontario, Canada. He married Edna May McEwen January 29, 1919. In 1921, on the death of his mother, he received her family's farm, known as Pine Grove. He was then the third generation of the family on the farm and it passed to his son, James, Jr., when James, Sr. retired in 1950.

James married Edna May McEwan on 29 Jan 1919. Edna (daughter of William McEwan and Rebecca Elizabeth Charles) was born on 17 May 1895 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1979 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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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 176978921
• _UID: 45A90F91ED914A93BB7E9908737A36B1972B
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176978921

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William married Charlotte Legary on 11 Sep 1884 in Balderson, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte (daughter of William Legary and Sarah Crawford) was born on 4 Mar 1865 in Fallbrook, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died about 1950; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 139023172
• _UID: 532B858BD18B4AFCAE03DFE7D144BB9D14F4

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139023172

Family/Spouse: Rebecca Watt. Rebecca (daughter of Henry Watt and Mary) was born about 1868 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 176977575
• _UID: A28DB280A22E4418AFC5ECEB4197BA4CB634
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176977575

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Marion married John A. Watt on 26 Nov 1884 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 111390655
• _UID: FA7D91E3F97A42E0A22FA149A790078B0437
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111390655

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Role: Household Member


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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: Walter Blair. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 39014869
• _UID: 6F3BA3EE758F4623B6F51282D8767B41F14F
• Census-Household Member: 1871, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Buried:
In memory of William Smith, born 1832, died Nov 11, 1915. (Back) Janet MacLaren, born 1843, died March 17, 1914. (Sides) Daughter - Maggie died February 12, 1891, aged 20 yrs. Daughter - Jennie died May 7, 1904, aged 32 yrs.

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 139015145
• _UID: A4DD9B328D4045A79196279FC1E3DDB126E3
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Died:
THE LANARK ERA
Wed. May 11th, 1904 - death
At Lanark, Saturday May 7th, Jennie Smith, aged 32 years, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Smith, Sr.
She was buried on 9 May 1904 in Lanark Village, Lanark County, ON CAN. Lanark Village cemetery.

Buried:
In memory of William Smith, born 1832, died Nov 11, 1915. (Back) Janet MacLaren, born 1843, died March 17, 1914. (Sides) Daughter - Maggie died February 12, 1891, aged 20 yrs. Daughter - Jennie died May 7, 1904, aged 32 yrs.

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 89041845
• _UID: A619BD0E6D054960BDE642ED2EC5DE08509A
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Family/Spouse: William Francis Perkins. William was born on 17 Jan 1875 in Cannington, Durham Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Oct 1941 in Battleford Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in Battleford Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 176979180
• _UID: AE7E8216398E4796A76EF9436938B4122073
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176979180

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Role: Household Member


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Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: David McNeely. David (son of William McNeely and Eliza Sheppard) was born on 4 Aug 1867 in Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Mar 1937 in Appleton, Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 445EFA5C60174600AAAEBD88EED13A96E1B0
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• _UID: 151BAF78A0CB4CD0A96B3A2FB5CC16A99B99
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Role: Household Member


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Role: Household Member

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 176978530
• _UID: AA6B901C522744F496C2FD38D573901AF1DD
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1911, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Role: Household Member


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Role: Household Member

Mary married George Armour Graham on 4 Apr 1917 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada. George (son of William Graham and Janet Fleming) was born on 29 Jan 1878 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Aug 1956 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 25E4BE6737074D5B9D7220399520D2A3A63F

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• _UID: 4436FECD361442739A73B8943554D3716ACA

Family/Spouse: W. F. McLaughlin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 39371546
• _UID: 897E93C42CDF494B816331DEDA5C81D57C9E

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Family/Spouse: Elmer Earle Butterfield. Elmer was born on 12 Feb 1897 in Paicines, San Benito County, California, United States; died on 26 Aug 1951 in Hollister, San Benito County, California, United States; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 39559397
• _UID: 7F6C228776EE4D659A49C02BD0985E0C4A42

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Died:
Funeral services for Miss Elsie McLaren, sister of Mrs. Earl Butterfield of Hollister, will be held from the Williams' funeral chapel in San Jose at 11 o'clock this morning. Interment will be made in the local I.O.O.F. Cemetery at 1:30 this afternoon.
Miss McLaren was well known in San Benito county. She was a charming girl, possessing a personality that won her many friends. Born in South Dakota in 1905, she came to Hollister with her family to live in 1916.
She completed her elementary and high school education here, enrolling shortly afterward in Herald's Business college [actually "Heald Business College"] in San Jose. Her employment with the San Jose bank started immediately after she had completed her business course.
She was a popular member of the bank staff and in San Jose and her sudden passing will be mourned by a legion of friends in the Garden City.
Aside from her sister in Hollister, Miss McLaren is survived by another sister, Mrs. William Broege of Wilmington, her father Peter McLaren of Wilmington, and two brothers John and Robert McLaren of Wilmington.

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 39368346
• _UID: 5192BCF9B1D14EEEA250E5EA03DA04C6BED4

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Died:
Born on the family farm in Vienna, South Dakota, on the same day as his future spouse. Moved with his family from South Dakota to Hollister, California in 1917. Moved to Wilmington, in the harbor of Los Angeles, in 1927. A graduate of Banning High School and Compton Junior College. John married Martha Elizabeth Winchester in July of 1935; two sons. He worked as a gauger for the Union Oil Company for a decade before being accepted as a fireman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. He took disability retirement from the LAFD as a Captain in 1969 after 27 years of service.

John married Martha Elizabeth Winchester in 1935. Martha was born on 13 Apr 1912 in Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California, United States; died on 15 Dec 1999 in Los Alamitos, Orange County, California, United States; was buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 39559629
• _UID: 6B0C74D216714E65A24448F3E25B44740DD2

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Family/Spouse: Juanita Albertine Guthrie. Juanita was born on 23 Dec 1919 in Texas, United States; died on 23 May 1986 in Lawndale, Los Angeles County, California, United States; was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito County, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 176979345
• _UID: 6B296CAEE6424BBA82C34DC7FD0AED6C9459

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William married Elizabeth Mertina McLean on 29 Jun 1908 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Allan McLean and Janet McGinnis) was born on 26 Feb 1885 in Dalhousie & North Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Feb 1923 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Florence "Flossie" Miller on 30 Jun 1924 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Florence (daughter of Young Miller and Mary Ellis) was born on 10 Apr 1887 in Cedar Hill, Pakenham Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 Jan 1947 in Cedar Hill, Pakenham Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries (Maplewood-St. Fillians-Pine Grove), Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 176979017
• _UID: 2D97EC15EE4743CB8E2F50D134D1961B9CD0

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• _UID: 4DA541A3D309444CBB76C0C40EFF2CFA2AD8

Mary married James Henry Cullen on 5 Jan 1907 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. James (son of Christopher James Bell Cullen and Sophia Jane Morris) was born on 22 Mar 1888 in Drummond Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Nov 1953 in Smiths Falls, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]