Brief Life History of John
When John Mcfarlane was christened on 26 August 1802, in Arrochar, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, his father, Andrew Macfarlane, was 31 and his mother, Catherine McCallum, was 30.
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- John Mcfarlane, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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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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