Ann McLachlan was born on 31 January 1826, in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom as the daughter of George McLachlan and Ann Marshall. She married John Carlin on 16 March 1846, in Kilmonivaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 18 June 1884, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lachlainn ‘son of Lachlann’, from the personal name Lachlann, earlier Lochlann, which means ‘stranger, Norseman’, from a term denoting Scandinavia (possibly ‘land of lakes/fjords’). See also Laughlin and compare Irish McLaughlin .
History: Clan Lachlan is a Scottish clan with traditional lands on the eastern shores of Loch Fyne. They claim descent from Lachlan Mor, a 13th-century chieftain of Irish ancestry.
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