Louise McFarlane

19 May 1880–18 November 1964 (Age 84)
Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of Louise

When Louise McFarlane was born on 19 May 1880, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, James McFarlane, was 32 and her mother, Martha Ann Smuin, was 32. She married Gilbert Mears on 17 May 1906, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 18 November 1964, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Gilbert Mears
1879–1976
Louise McFarlane
1880–1964
Marriage: 17 May 1906
Martha Louise Mears
1907–1986
Clifford Gilbert Mears
1910–1985
Ruth May Mears
1914–1915
Douglas Lynwood Mears
1916–2001
Wallace Deane Mears
1921–2010

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 May 1906Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 1
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1896 · Utah becomes a state
    Age 16
    After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
    1902 · So Much Farm Land
    Age 22
    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 4599;2007: 9473; 2010: 13924)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.

    Possible Related Names

    McFarland
    McPartland
    McFarlin
    Partlow
    McFarlain
    Bartholomew
    McFarlen
    McFarling
    McFarlan

    Sources (30)

    • Louise Mcfarlane in entry for Ruth May Mears, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
    • Louise McFarlane Mears in household of Gilbert Mears, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
    • Louise Mcfarlane, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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