Brief Life History of James
When James Buchanan was born on 25 April 1855, in Forteviot, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, George Buchanan, was 30 and his mother, Anne McCormick, was 32. He lived in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871.
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Sources (2)
- James Buchanan in household of George Buchanan, "Scotland Census, 1871"
- James Buchanan, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1826–1899 Male
1822– Female
Siblings (4)
1847– Male
1850–1933 Female
1851– Female
1855– Male
World Events (8)
1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
Age 2
1884
Age 29
1890 · Opening of the Forth Railway Bridge.
Age 35
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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