Brief Life History of Robert Samuel Malcolm
When Robert Samuel Malcolm McFarlane was born on 6 July 1922, in Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand, his father, Robert William McFarlane, was 47 and his mother, Winifred Annie Aldridge, was 35. He died on 17 June 2012, in Waikato, New Zealand, at the age of 89, and was buried in Te Kūiti, Waikato, New Zealand.
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- Robert Samuel Malcolm McFarlane, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robert Samuel Malcolm (Bob) McFarlane, "BillionGraves Index"
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1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica
The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations.
1939
WWII. Troops from New Zealand see action in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II.
1947
New Zealand gains full independence from Britain.
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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