Brief Life History of Margaret
Margaret Buchanan was born on 2 June 1837, in Van, Marshall Islands as the daughter of William Buchanan and Mary Marshall. She married James Lees on 23 August 1855, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 25 May 1913, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 75, and was buried in Kinfauns, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Margaret Lees in household of James Lees, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- Margaret Buchanan, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Jane M in entry for John Lees, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
Spouse and Children
1829–1901 Male
1837–1913 Female
Children (10)
1854–1890 Female
1856–1856 Female
1857–1944 Female
1859–1861 Male
1861– Male
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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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