When Peter McFarlane was born on 28 August 1819, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James McFarlane, was 33 and his mother, Agnes Bryson, was 24. He married Mary Clark on 27 December 1846, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 23 July 1883, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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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).
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Possible Related NamesPeter married Mary Clark in Greenock, Scotland. He was from Glasgow and she was from Johnstone. Peter and Mary had 8 children. They lost two sons and their only daughter in Scotland. They al …
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