Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Mcfarlane was born on 4 November 1816, in Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Archibald McFarlane, was 26 and her mother, Cecilia Balfour, was 27.
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- Christian Mcfarlane, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1789–1844 Male
1789–1851 Female
Siblings (9)
1811– Male
1816– Female
1819– Male
1821– Male
1823– Male
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World Events (3)
1817 · Dryburgh Abbey Bridge
Age 1
1823
Age 7
1830
Age 14
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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