Brief Life History of James
When James Mcfarlane was born on 25 February 1849, in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William McFarlane, was 34 and his mother, Helen Lennox, was 25. He married Annie Paton on 6 May 1870, in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1886. He died on 15 September 1908, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Mill Hall, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James Mcfarlane in household of William Mcfarlane, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- James Mcfarlane, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- James Macfarlane, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
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1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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