Margaret McLaren

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• 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.

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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

Family/Spouse: James McLaren. James (son of John McLaren and Margaret Stirling) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4362956C85CA463A94777FB08118D9698AF2
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer with Thomas Simpson
• Census: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: Abt 1860 1900, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Lumbering along the Mississippi River
• Census: 1901, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Residence: 1908, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; "The Hill" Farm

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census:
Living in innn of John Bowes with others including siblings of John

Died:
Death of Mr. John McLaren.
Mr. John McLaren of 'The Hill' farm passed peacefully away this morning at one o'clock. He had been ill since New Years, and confinement in the house during the long winter months quickened the breaking up of a constitution that had always been accustomed to plenty of exercise in the open air. It was thought, however, that when spring returned and venture could be made outdoors that vitality and strength would return. But the fondest hopes proved illusive, and the end came, to the deep regret of all Lanark, where Mr. McLaren enjoyed the highest respect and esteem. Senator Peter and Mrs. McLaren, James L.P. and Mrs. McLaren, drove out Monday and visited the sick bed. The funeral will take place from his late residence on Thursday, July 2nd, at 1:30 o'clock p.m., to Lanark Village Cemetery. John McLaren was born in 1828 and at his death was in his 81st year. He first saw the light of day on the farm where he drew his latest breath. This homestead is known as "The Hill," and has a commanding view of Lanark Village and the surrounding country. It was there his parents settled after the memorable emigration in 1820. The boys grew into manhood and Peter became the lumber king of the Mississippi. The calling of the woods also attracted John, and with his brother he lumbered on the Mississippi River for about forty years. He became well known in the district through which the Snow Road extends, and at McLaren's Depot, which was the distributing point of shanty supplies for years. In the old days it was timber, then followed the sawlog era, through both of which Mr. McLaren labored with the same geniality that characterized all his life. The decline of lumbering also marked the twilight of John's career. He returned to the old homestead on The Hill, where he lived and enjoyed his remaining years with his wife and family. Forty eight years ago Agnes May became his wife. Eight boys were born to them, seven of whom are still living, one boy (John) died some years ago. Two of the boys, Peter and Allan, are at home; Daniel is in Spokane, Wash.; James in Wardner, B.C.; Fred and Findlay at Blairmore, Alta.; William at Marcellus, N.Y. Besides the Senator a brother, William lives at Lewiston, Idaho. Mr. McLaren loved his home and the locality. Every evening after the day's toil was over he would walk into the village, where his cheery word and bright smile were welcome. He was the soul of honor, did wrong to no person, and altogether lived a live that was exemplary. We shall miss him, gentleman of the old school that he was.
[Transcribed from an article in the Perth Journal, forwarded by Barbara Purdy]

Family/Spouse: Agnes May. Agnes (daughter of May) was born about 1838 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45706365
• _UID: 62C51BCCCB794997976B28777046B0CB0406
• Occupation: 1844, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Gilles Lumber Company shanty crew on Clyde River
• Occupation: Bef 1850; By his mid-teens became a 'timber cruiser' for John Gillies
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Occupation: 1853, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Partnership, Gillies and McLaren Company was established.
• Occupation: Bef 1866, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Winters in the lumber shanties along the Clyde and Mississippi
• Land & Property: 1869, Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Purchased the Gilmour mills
• Residence: 1870, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Purchased Nevis Cottage, 61 Drummond Street West and adjoining 400 acre farm of Matthew Bell.
• Legal: 1875; Control of river improvements challenged.
• Legal: 1879; Conflict with the Caldwell Lumber Company
• Legal: 1880; Sought injunction against Boyd Caldwell in the Court of Chancery
• Land & Property: 1881, Pincher Creek, Claresholm District, Alberta, Canada; Purchased a 50 square mile timber limit east of Pincher Creek, Alberta.
• Land & Property: Bef 1897, Fort MacLeod, Claresholm Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Opened a second Alberta mill
• Land & Property: 1900, Blairmore, Crowsnest Pass, Canmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada; /built a modern mill and damed Allison Creek to move logs to the mill
• Land & Property: 1902, Pincher Creek, Claresholm District, Alberta, Canada; Mountain Mill operation was closed when buildings and equipment were destroyed by a flood.
• Hobby: 1908, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Purchased the first motor car owned by a resident of Perth - a Maxwell touring model
• Land & Property: 1920, Covington, Virginia, United States; Douthall Tract

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.

Who's Who and Why
A Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of Canada and Newfoundland
Volumes 6-7, Page 1319

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45706365

Occupation:
Once a timber site was close to being 'logged out', timber cruisers surveyed un harvested territory to select new job sites. The value of timber, access to streams and rivers and the logistics of purchasing and delivering supplies and other factors could make the difference between profit and loss.

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Occupation:
"Gillies, in the informal way of the day, told him they would work henceforth as partners, and such was the basis of an agreement on which the Gillies and McLaren Company was founded, and on which a generation later, the adjustment o hundreds of thousands of dollars turned."
A Hundred Years A-Fellin', 1842-1942, edited by Charlotte Whitton (1942).
Peter McLaren was 22 years of age.

Occupation:
"For 20 years, from the time he first went into the bush in the winter of 1844, Peter McLaren had no permanent residence. Initially he passed his winters in the lumber shanties along the Clyde and Mississippi, and the summer seasons back on the family farm in Lanark township. As he became more deeply involved in the Gillies Lumber Company business, cruising new limits, and then as a partner from 1853, he seemed to have lived periodically at Carleton Place, Lanark, Snow Road, and at the shanties he supervised. In the census of 1851 he was living with his widowed mother and siblings in Lanark township. The census taker af 1861 failed to find him, probably deep in the bush somewhere in the Mississippi River basin."
?i?Mississippi Lumber Baron, Ron Shaw, 2016 ?/i?

Land & Property:
At the same time, the Boyd Caldwell company built the second large sawmill in Carleton Place. By 1875 his steam powered mill, managed by son William, employed 75 men working 10 hours per day, six days a week.

Residence:
Drummond Twp, Concession 2 Lots 3 & 4.
In the 1870s, McLaren made two additions to the house, more than doubling its original size to 7,700 square feet. Main house is stone, additions are of yellow brick, with a turret and copper tile roof. He hired the firm of Jones and Fuller who between 1850 and 1866 had built the centre block of the Canadian Parliament buildings and St. James Anglican Church in Perth.
?i?Ron Shaw?/i?

Legal:
Until this time lumbermen operating on the upper Mississippi River conceded, without complaint, to Gillies-McLaren, and later to McLaren, the right to control their improvements on the river. Competing companies paid tolls to pass their logs through the slides and channels, or held back their drives until McLaren opened his dams and booms.
In 1875, The Buck and Stewart Company forced its spring drive down river, cutting through the McLaren boom at Ragged Chute in Palmerston Township (Frontenac County) and opened a 20 foot gap in the McLaren dam at High Falls in North Sherbrooke township, Lanark County. McLaren sued for damages but legal action was terminated when company owner Buck was committed to the Ontario Insane Asylum.
?i?Ron Shaw?/i?

Legal:
In 1878 the Caldwell Lumber Company bought timber limits on the upper Mississippi. The following spring, taking a page from the unfortunate Buck, Caldwell cut McLaren dams and booms and drove his logs, from a timber limit adjacent to Buckshot Creek below Buckshot Lake, through to Carleton Place.

Legal:
When Boyd Caldwell tried to force another drive through the McLaren works in the spring of 1880, Peter McLaren sought an injunction against Boyd Caldwell." The judicial decisions 'ping ponged' between for and against Caldwell/McLaren. Caldwell moved on to the political front. Caldwell was successful in obtaining rapid legislative action via his hephew, William C. Caldwell, a member of Mowat's Liberal Pary representing South Lanark County. Although McLaren's father-in-law, William Lees, was also a member of the legislature, he was a member of the opposition Conservative Party.
McLaren protested the low toll rates proscribed by the bill and turned to the Federal government of Sir John A. Macdonald who promptly overturned the Ontario Provincial legislation. The two levels of government battled for control through 1882-1883.

In 1882, Caldwell's men cut through McLaren dams blocking a drive at the foot of Long Lake and brought 10,000 logs down river to Carleton Place in 1883.

McLaren took his case to the Supreme Court of Canada who, on 28 November 1882, ruled in his favour.

Caldwell took his case to the highest of all courts, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britian which ruled in 1884 that all waterways were open to all, although private interests could charge a reasonable amount for the use of any improvements leading to the 'Rivers and Streams Act'.

?i?Ron Shaw?/i?

Land & Property:
The timber limit encompassed Mill, Star, Allison and York creeks and a sawmill on York Creek. The mill had been established by the Canadian government in 1879 as a project to support a nearby First Nations reserve, but after two years the government declared the venture a failure and sold it to McLaren. Under the management of his brother-in-law William Robert Lees, the mill was quickly turned into a profitable operation and the centre of the new village of Mountain Mill.

Land & Property:
The second Alberta mill was opened 40 miles to the east of Mountain Mill in time to profit from the 1897-98 construction of the Crowsnest Pass Railway. McLaren sold the CPR railway ties and his loggers hand hewed the numerous Douglas firs in advance of the track layers. The new rail line also served to open market access for the McLaren Lumber Company mills, allowing lumber to be shipped east.

Land & Property:
Telephone stations were built along the six miles of flume to report log jams so that the water flow could be shut down. The Blairmore plant had an annual capacity of seven to eight million board feet. In the early 1880s coal had been discovered in the area and when commercial extraction began at Beaver Mines in the early 1900s, the mines provided a huge market for timber pit props and other constructions.

Land & Property:
When his estate put the Virginia holdings on the market, the anticipated repatriation of sale proceeds boosted the value of the Canadian dollaar against the American currency by 12%.

?i?"A property of 100,000 acres of Virginia timber and ore lands was bequeathed to the widow, three daughters and two sons of the late Hon. Peter McLaren of Perth, a member of the Canadian Senate. Senator McLaren died in May 1919 and the estate was probated at $1,000,000.

Baltimore interests are now completing, or have completed, negotiations for the purchase of the McLaren property. The authority in the negotiations is the New York office of J. Pierpont Morgan. The price mentioned in the deal is between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 cash."
?/i?
However, despite the hype, the Virginia iron mines had not been profitable. Six years later, the mines were still on the market when an Ontario judge noted that,

?i?"the estate of Peter McLaren was found to be in a very involved condition, his main estate consisting of a large tract of land in Virginia of very uncertain value and which has so faar proved to be unsaleable. The resources of the estate have been somewhat taxed to meet the outgoing obligations for taxes, etc. and the result has been that comparatively small sums have been paid to the beneficiaries. Owing to some dissention in the family as to the management of the estate, an administration decree has been pronounced..."?/i?

His trustees were dismissed and disputes over the estate's real value led to litigation for years. Shareholders sued and finally settled for about half the value of their claims. Nevis Cottage remained in McLaren hands for another 35 years. Widow Sophia Lees McLaren died there in 1923 and it was only when daughter Annie Kathleen died in 1954 that the household was broken up. The ?i?"prestigious auction house of Ward-Price of Toronto were brought in and the Senator's chattels fell under the hammer at enormous prices."?/i?

Died:
On Friday, May 23, 1919 Peter McLaren, aged 87 years, died at his Nevis Cottage home in Perth.

"His early years were spent as a boy on the parental farm and later in the lumbering woods, where he became an expert in the occupation which was his special work and occupation in after years, and by which he acquired great wealth and influence.

After the sale of his limits and mills, Mr. McLaren retired from industrial life, and to bear with dignity the honors of new political life, he having been made a member of he Dominion Senate in the year 1890 by the Conservative Government of the day.

The hardships of his youger days in the lumbering and in the drivers' camps entailed intermittent attacks of rheumatism, and these lasted until the end of his life.

His funeral took place on Sunday, May 25th, to Elmwood Cemetery, the Rev. Dr. Scott ?i?(Alexander Hugh Scott, grandfather of figure skater, Barbara Ann Scott)?/i? of St. Andrew's Church, conducting the service. Pallbearers - David McLaren, nephew ?i?(1844-1926 a cousin, not nephew, son of Peter 1813-1890 and Janet Stewart 1802-1896)?/i?, Drummond; Judge W.S. Senkler ?i?(William Stevens)?/i?, Perth; Dr. Preston, MPP ?i?(Richard Franklin)?/i?, Carleton Place; George Ritchie, Barrister, Toronto; P.J.C. MacDonnell, Manager Bank of Montreal, Perth ?i?(Philip John Cotter)?/i?; W.B. Hart, Perth ?i?(William Brown)?/i?.

?i?From the Canadian Lumerman and Woodworker:?/i?
Peter McLaren, of Perth, Ont., a veteran figure in the lumber and legislative world has joined the silent majority. Early in life he entered upon a successful and honorable business career, and he leaves a name and record revered by all and by none more than his fellow residents in Perth, where he spent so many years.

The [McLaren] firm manufactured all kinds of sawn lumber and square timber, the former being for the Canadian and United States, and the latter for the European trade. A few years ago, he retired from active business to enjoy life at his beautiful residence 'Nevis Cottage', Perth, Ont.

For nearly 30 years Mr. McLaren occupied a seat in the Dominion Senate, having been summoned to that distinguished body in 1890. He was a Conservative and a Presbyterian.

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Merchant - store later became Buffam's Tavern
• _UID: C54EE66DF8134245BB280492DEABF4200ED4
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Living in innn of John Bowes with others including siblings of John

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• _UID: 6029DC32EDB74ED98565CAE9C377E91A3C30
• Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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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.

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Role: Household Member
Living in innn of John Bowes with others including siblings of John

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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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46940141
• _UID: 9A35A27BF1F64C24AA962283E1E65A7AC319
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46940141

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Living in innn of John Bowes with others including siblings of John

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 125895958
• Occupation: Dealer in Lumber
• _UID: 33B55CE35F2E4B62AFE680C41BB9D1D2B1C9
• Census: 1861, Lutterworth, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Immigration: 1887, United States
• Census: 1900, Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States; USA
• Census: 1910, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States; USA

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125895958

Occupation:
East Grand Forks Valley View newspaper, October 1904: "William McLaren who formerly owned a lumber yard in Ardoch, North Dakota, is spending a few days in Grand Forks calling on friends and acquaintances. He and the family now live in Lewiston, Idaho where they have all taken lumber claims."


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
Living in innn of John Bowes with others including siblings of John

Census:
1602 - 15th Ave

Died:
Lewiston Morning Tribune
Monday, September 2, 1912

William M'Laren Dead.

Succumbed to Attack of Heart Disease Last Night.

William McLaren, for the past nine years a resident of Lewiston, coming here with his family from North Dakota, died at the family home in Blanchard Heights yesterday evening at 7 o'clock from heart disease, from which he had been suffering in a mild form for some time. At the time of Mr. McLaren's death his wife and son, William, Jr., were in the home, but immediately prior to his passing away the improved condition of his health had been remarked on. Besides a wife the deceased is survived by three children, Miss Edith McLaren, William McLaren, Jr., and Mrs. Ray Morris, all of whom are at present in the city. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed, but due notice of the day and hour will be announced later. Mr. McLaren was a native of Ontario, having been born there March 17, 1827.

Name:?tab?William Mclaren
Gender:?tab?Male
Marital Status:?tab?Married
Race:?tab?White
Age:?tab?75
Birth Date:?tab?17 Mar 1837
Birth Place:?tab?Ontario, Canada
Death Date:?tab?1 Sep 1912
Death Place:?tab?Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho
Burial Date:?tab?3 Sep 1912
Burial Place:?tab?Lewiston, Ida.
Father:?tab?James Mclaren
Mother:?tab?Margaret Mclaren
FHL Film Number:?tab?1516565
Reference ID:?tab?P. 75, Reg. No. 101

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Idaho, Select Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
Original data: Idaho, Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.


Name:?tab?William McLaren
Birth Place:?tab?Ontario, Can.
Birth Date:?tab?17 Mar 1837
Death Place:?tab?Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, USA
Death Date:?tab?1 Sep 1912
Father:?tab?James McLaren
Father's Birth Place:?tab?Scotland
Mother:?tab?Margaret McLaren
Mother's Birth Place:?tab?Scotland
Certificate Year:?tab?1912
Certificate Number:?tab?003035

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Idaho, Death Index, 1890-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Original data: Bureau of Health Policy and Vital Statistics. Idaho Death Index, 1911-51. Boise, ID, USA: Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

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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• _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

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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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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46940219
• _UID: A7B47364A2B94FEB8585D8902875F76B3841

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46940219

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• Residence: Wardner, British Columbia, Canada
• _UID: A36B68FA473B475387DD10236629A977D293
• Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• Residence: Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States
• _UID: A6E7A83422F9445CABCD2D0757B15688B6B3
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• _UID: 324C41F3D25B4067956ED96FCBCF4EDA9353
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• Residence: Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York, United States
• _UID: A88D6A6967114DF58EF9D2CE5806F15991F0
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• _UID: 096AFC0EA82D45129420B3785FC0B75DBBF8
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census: 1911, Elizabethtown Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• Residence: Blairmore, Crowsnest Pass, Canmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada
• _UID: 5058482235EC46A29E3975B73739940C2E6B
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• Residence: Blairmore, Crowsnest Pass, Canmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada
• _UID: A2CAAA861C3D4CB19E064E52A89AE4D430C2
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

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• _UID: 354AE6A7622E415293CB53B451ECF8753EBB
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Census-Household Member: 1891, Lanark Village, 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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• _UID: 6C8934E3FF8A495489414ED46832DFCE659F
• Census-Household Member: 1901, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 057100CA6EF74157A0AF350B2E552EFA77DA

Margaret married Francis William Hall about 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: BC6979C260F242A685BF63EA9C2DCD4C0DD1

Mary married Charles Lewis Beurid about 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45711739
• _UID: 073B6B8FF94D4FE594F7AE1C92FDF46EFCB6

Notes:

Daughter of Senator Peter McLaren. Kathleen was an invalid and cared for by a nurse throughout her life.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45711739

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45706976
• _UID: 2723228EBCFA4E5EBC437DE7D44A6A95DC34

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45706976

Died:
Transcribed from The Perth Journal:
J.P.L. McLaren Dies At His Home
Former Perth Man Only Ill For Short Time in Springfield.
Special to The Journal.
PERTH, Ont. Sept. 15.-Deep regret was caused today to friends in Perth and district, by news of the sudden death of James L. P. McLaren, which occurred late yesterday in Springfield. Mass. Mr. McLaren was 56 years of age and a native of Perth, having been the son of the late Senator and Mrs. Peter McLaren. For the past few years he had resided in New Hampshire.
He is survived by his widow; one son, Peter Gay McLaren, of Oshawa; one daughter. Mrs. George Verral. of Toronto; and two sisters. Mrs. T. W. Hall, of Oshawa, and Miss Kathleen McLaren, of Perth.
The illness which resulted in Mr. McLaren's death was brief and the news of his death came as a great shock to his many friends here. He last visited Perth a few weeks ago to attend the wedding of his daughter. Members of his immediate family are bringing the body here where the funeral will be held from Nevis Cottage, Drummond street, home of the late Senator, on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock standard time.

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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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45702440
• _UID: D1F0B86810FB4486838BBBDD60E8D05CD02B

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.
During a ten year period and due to his intense involvement with his mine, William took courses from the International Correspondence School of Mining and Engineering, with headquarters at Scranton, Pennsylvania. His studies further accentuated his fascination with historical artifacts, an attraction that had its beginning in his boyhood.
While he was a young boy, William spent his summers in and around the Perth area, including a cottage located on the Rideau Lakes. At this time (the late 19th century), there were many old Indian relics lying on the surface of the ground. Fascinated by these relics and artifacts, William began a journal (in the possession of the Perth Museum, along with the bulk of his collections) and recorded meticulously every artifact that he found. Many of them are accompanied by his own hand-drawn facsimiles of the artifacts. The journal represents an invaluable record of Indian artifacts that were found in the Perth area.
William's fascination with these artifacts, the material shards of a culture, did not end with his boyhood. His interest, if possible, grew as he aged, and he became involved in the study of the migratory patterns of different tribes, probably in order to determine more exactly the origins of his own artifacts, and to put his collection into some kind of overall perspective.
When William died in 1932, he left behind not only warm and cherished memories in those people who knew and loved him personally, but also a priceless collection of Indian artifacts, a physical reminder of the culture of a people who inhabited this country centuries before any organized settlement. His collection is a very representative and superlative one, surely a reflection of the man himself.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45702440

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45707324
• _UID: D6369E4E78994FBFACCEBCB002946989851D

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.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45707324

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• _UID: 1FA807A552604BF68F26821015D54ECAAF2E
• Census-Household Member: 1900, Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States; USA
• Occupation: 1900, Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States; Bookkeeper

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Died:
Name:?tab?William Burden Mclaren
Gender:?tab?Male
Age:?tab?78
Estimated birth year:?tab?abt 1881
Death Date:?tab?10 Aug 1959
Death Place:?tab?Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Father:?tab?William Mclaren
Mother:?tab?Elizabeth Stevenson
FHL Film Number:?tab?2033997
Reference ID:?tab?17110

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 9EF66D4B17944F4AA7B4CC38B3212E544512
• Census-Household Member: 1900, Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States; USA
• Residence: 1926, Port Ludlow, Washington, United States

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Family/Spouse: Ray Morris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 115812420
• _UID: 617CF686F957478EA7428E259553EE8F7F8E
• Census-Household Member: 1900, Ardoch, Walsh County, North Dakota, United States; USA
• Census-Household Member: 1910, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States; USA
• Residence: 1926, Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115812420

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member


Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
1602 - 15th Ave

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Morris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 51730F546E1243B782078B9F1AB38A19C42A

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

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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• _UID: 882D9A1F5B914CDA88D6C93C06C5E96A01E2
• 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

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: CD08576A137E45C395A12CD76D8EE67CC537
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: E73F669DD6354F2AA8C6B62F4ACD0591AD90
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 740C46BD121948AF99590B1AF5BA72A582C9
• Census-Household Member: 1881, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 45706468
• _UID: 15E73BD9D7E84A229B66C1BDC9B7BDCCC3A2

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45706468

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]

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 84337775
• _UID: 6BBCA5D4D5D7440FAC4DA239D21AFF71CF4F

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84337775

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 47422965
• Name: Marvin
• _UID: AB3180F907A9402BB311E2EBE0345F8AFE24
• Census: 1911, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada

Notes:

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47422965

Census:
Myrvin is a boarder with Richard E. Haley 27, a cheese maker, Ruby Haley 24 and Muriel Haley 1, and Sutton Haley 7 mos. He is listed as a "helper"

Died:
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.

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]