Brief Life History of John Barclay
When John Barclay Meldrum was born on 21 March 1849, in Kettle, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, George Meldrum, was 18 and his mother, Jean Barclay, was 24. He married Sarah Ann Barker Forsyth on 2 December 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and lived in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 12 July 1892, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- John Meldrum in household of George Meldrum, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Barclay Meldrum, "Find A Grave Index"
- John B. Meldrum in entry for John Forsyth Meldrum, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1853
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, firstrecorded in 1291 as Melgedrom, from an obscure first element +Gaelic druim ‘ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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