Brief Life History of Archibald McMurrin
When Archibald McMurrin Buchanan Senior was born on 19 September 1854, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Archibald Buchanan, was 30 and his mother, Sarah McMurrin, was 28. He married Caroline Salisbury on 2 January 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 December 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Archibald Buchanan in household of Archibald Buchanan, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Archibald McMurrin Buchanan, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
- Archibald M Buchanan in entry for Carl Walter Buchanan, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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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