Brief Life History of Harry Ross
When Harry Ross McFarlane was born in 1910, his father, Robert John McFarland, was 46 and his mother, Margaret Jane Moore Anderson, was 45. He married Laura May Kay on 22 November 1933, in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada. He immigrated to New York, United States in 1938. He died on 25 May 1962, at the age of 52, and was buried in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada.
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- Henry R Mc Farland in household of Robert Mc Farland, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Harry Ross McFarlane, "Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
- Harry Ross McFarlane, "Find A Grave Index"
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1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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