My Miller and Mather ancestors, their friends, neighbours and associates.
1. | Andrew Stirling Other Events and Attributes:
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Margaret Stirling (1.Andrew1) was born on 13 Aug 1781 in Kirkintilloch Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was christened on 26 Aug 1781; died on 3 May 1859 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Margaret Stirling was born circa 1780 in Scotland, where she married John McLaren on August 13, 1799. In 1821 she emigrated with her husband and five children from Scotland to Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada. The story of their family can be found here: http://david.mclaren.name/ Margaret married John McLaren on 13 Aug 1799 in Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. John (son of Daniel McLaren and Jannet Carmichael) was born on 12 Dec 1776 in Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 15 Dec 1776 in Comrie Parish, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 1 Jan 1859 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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3. | Finlay McLaren (2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 19 Jan 1800 in New or East Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 22 May 1879 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Birth: Finlay married Isabella McLaren on 16 Aug 1827 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Isabella (daughter of Peter McLaren and Janet Headrick) was born on 16 Nov 1804 in Scotland; died on 14 Apr 1842 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | James McLaren (2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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5. | John McLaren (2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 4 May 1803 in New or East Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 10 Feb 1897; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Birth: John married Mary Ann Peake on 4 Feb 1832 in Middlefield, Otsego County, New York, United States. Mary (daughter of Ephraim Peake and Elizabeth "Betsy" Morris) was born on 11 Dec 1807 in New York, United States; died on 8 Aug 1885; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Janet McLaren (2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1815 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 8 Jan 1892 in Ramsay Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Janet married William Wilson, MD on 25 Jan 1832 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. William was born about 1807 in Rutherglen Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 4 Jul 1887 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Little Peter McLaren (2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about Jun 1818 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 11 May 1898 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: Scottish naming protocols (details here: http://david.mclaren.name/naming_protocols.htm) produced lots of McLarens with the same given name and no middle names. Any possible confusion was countered with "bynames." They might reflect occupation (e.g. Blacksmith Peter), or location (Lanark Peter), or physical character (Big and Little Peter). In this case we have ?i?Little Peter (born 1818)?/i?, the son of John (born 1776), distinguished from his first cousin Big Peter (born 1813), the son of his father's brother Peter (born 1779). Peter married Mary McDonald on 24 Mar 1842 in First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Duncan McDonald and Catherine Stuart) was born about 1819 in Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland; died about 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Jessie Stirling McLaren (3.Finlay3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 19 Oct 1828 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1905 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Larimore, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Jessie married William McLaren on 25 Jan 1850 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. William was born on 13 Jun 1819; died on 29 Nov 1895; was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Larimore, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Margaret McLaren (3.Finlay3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 10 Apr 1833 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Mar 1881 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Census-Household Member: Margaret married James Heffron on 16 Nov 1855 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. James was born about 1831; died on 9 Jul 1874 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | John McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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11. | Sen. Peter McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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12. | James McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1834 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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13. | Findley McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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14. | David McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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15. | William McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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16. | Jannet McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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17. | Margaret McLaren (4.James3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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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18. | Little Peter McLaren (5.John3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about Jun 1818 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 11 May 1898 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: Scottish naming protocols (details here: http://david.mclaren.name/naming_protocols.htm) produced lots of McLarens with the same given name and no middle names. Any possible confusion was countered with "bynames." They might reflect occupation (e.g. Blacksmith Peter), or location (Lanark Peter), or physical character (Big and Little Peter). In this case we have ?i?Little Peter (born 1818)?/i?, the son of John (born 1776), distinguished from his first cousin Big Peter (born 1813), the son of his father's brother Peter (born 1779). Peter married Mary McDonald on 24 Mar 1842 in First Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Duncan McDonald and Catherine Stuart) was born about 1819 in Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland; died about 1856 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | John W. McLaren (5.John3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about Nov 1836 in New York, United States; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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20. | Elizabeth McLaren (5.John3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1837 in New York, United States; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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21. | Margaret Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 31 Jul 1832 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Sep 1919 in Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; was buried on 28 Sep 1919 in Washington Township Cemetery, Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Margaret married Henry McPherson in 1854. Henry (son of John McPherson and Mary Murray) was born on 21 Apr 1828 in New Bastford, Oneida, New York, United States; died on 7 May 1896 in Detroit, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States; was buried in Washington Township Cemetery, Carsonville, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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22. | Janet Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1837; died on 13 Nov 1912. Other Events and Attributes:
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23. | Elizabeth Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1839; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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24. | Hannah Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1841; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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25. | Joseph Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1842; died on 22 Oct 1887 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Joseph married Martha Matilda Patterson on 22 Dec 1869 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Martha (daughter of Charles Patterson and Jane Lochead) was born about 1849 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
26. | William Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1844; died on 20 Sep 1920. Other Events and Attributes:
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27. | John Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1847; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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28. | Alexander Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1850; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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29. | Mary Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 28 Oct 1852; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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30. | Sarah Wilson (6.Janet3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1856; and died. Other Events and Attributes:
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31. | Catherine McLaren (7.Peter3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 5 Feb 1843 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Dec 1928 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; was buried on 22 Dec 1928 in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Catherine married Robert Duncan Wallace on 12 Feb 1864 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Robert (son of John Wallace and Margaret Robinson) was born in 1836 in Paisley Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 29 Sep 1893 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | John McLaren (7.Peter3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 19 Nov 1844 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 May 1922 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Prestonvale Cemetery, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Gallinger. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Gallinger) was born on 1 Apr 1848 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Jun 1911 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Prestonvale Cemetery, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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33. | Margaret McLaren (7.Peter3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born on 15 Apr 1848 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Oct 1898 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: Margaret married David McLaren on 16 Jun 1868. David (son of Big Peter McLaren and Jannet Stewart) was born on 10 Apr 1844 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Apr 1926 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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34. | "Duncan" McDonald McLaren (7.Peter3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) 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. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: FindaGrave Memorial ID: "Duncan" married Margaret "Maggie" Bowes on 24 Jul 1882 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of John or James Bowes and Jannet McLaren) was born about 1862 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Sep 1890 in Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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35. | Mary McLaren (7.Peter3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Andrew1) was born about 1854 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 May 1871 in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Lanark Village Cemetery, Lanark, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
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