William Floyd McFarlane

Brief Life History of William Floyd

When William Floyd McFarlane was born on 18 June 1892, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Alan Napoleon Neel McFarlane, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Baughman, was 15. He married Bessie L Billiter on 11 November 1911, in Hocking, Monroe, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Sidney, Routt, Colorado, United States in 1950. He died on 24 March 1965, in Steamboat Springs, Routt, Colorado, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Steamboat Springs Cemetery, Steamboat Springs, Routt, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Floyd McFarlane
1892–1965
Mary Smith
1899–1991
Marriage: 5 April 1920
Mary Maxine McFarlane
1921–1991
Gladys Mae McFarlane
1922–1973
Calvin Kenneth McFarlane
1925–1999
Edna Darlene McFarlane
1927–2011
Norma Jean McFarlane
1930–1956

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  • Floyd W. McFarlane, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: William Floyd Mcfarlane - Published information: birth-name: Floyd William Mcfarland
  • Floyd M. Mcfarlane, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"

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Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin, a patronymic from the personal name Parthalán, which is most probably from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). Parthalán, regularly shortened in speech to Parlán, has also been Anglicized as Bartlett . Compare McPartland .

History: McFarlane is a Scottish clan originally associated with Arrochar on Loch Long. — Robert McFarlane came to NY in 1835 and was editor of Scientific American magazine (1848–65).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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