Robert Samuel Malcolm McFarlane

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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Family Time Line

Robert William McFarlane
1876–1966
Winifred Annie Aldridge
1888–1974
Daisy Jean MacFarlane
1908–1992
Loughie McFarlane
Hazel Nancy McFarland
1910–1990
Edward Philip McFarlane
1913–
Ivy Mary McFarlane
1915–2001
Olive Hilda McFarlane
1916–1987
May Alice McFarlane
1919–2002
Myrtle Winnefred McFarlane
1920–1990
William James McFarlane
1921–2001
Robert Samuel Malcolm McFarlane
1922–2012
Verbena Caroline Isabella McFarlane
1923–2007
Rachel Azalea McFarlane
1927–2015
Gordon Ross McFarlane
1930–2012
Douglas Irwin McFarlane
1930–2012
Ngaire Elm McFarlane
1931–2006

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  • Robert Samuel Malcolm McFarlane, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Robert Samuel Malcolm (Bob) McFarlane, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

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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