Brief Life History of William
When William Buchanan was born on 7 January 1862, in Elma Township, Perth, Ontario, Canada, his father, Andrew Buchanan Jr., was 37 and his mother, Mary Jane Booth, was 27. He married Margaret Ann Morrison on 5 September 1883, in Milverton, Perth, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in San Juan, Washington, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 March 1928, in Friday Harbor, San Juan, Washington, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Friday Harbor, San Juan, Washington, United States.
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- William Buchanan, "United States Census, 1920"
- Wm Buchanan, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- William Buchanan, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish (western Scotland): habitational name from Buchanan in Stirlingshire, perhaps named with Gaelic buth chanain ‘house of the canon’.
Irish: adopted for Ó Buadhachanáin, see Bohannon .
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan associated with lands on the eastern shores of Loch Lomond and in the Lennox. — The name Buchanan was brought independently to North America from Scotland by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. George Buchanan came to MD in 1698. — James Buchanan (1791–1868), 15th President of the US (1857–61), was born near Mercersburg, PA, the son of a successful land speculator and store keeper, who had emigrated to PA from Scotland in 1783.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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