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William McFarland Sr.

Born: 8 Jun 1795, Trillick, Tyrone, lreland

Parents: Archibald and Mary Blair McFarland

Died: 27 Jan 1890, West Weber, Weber, Utah

Arrived in Valley: 25 Sep 1855, Richard Ballantyne Co.

 

Married 1st: Catherine Boyd McDonald (widow)

Date: 16 Aug 1819, Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Scotland

Parents: Thomas Boyd

Died: 28 Dec 1826, Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland

 

Married 2nd: Margaret McCormick

Date: 14 Jan 1832, Hawkleymuir, Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland

Born: 11 Apr 1804, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland

Parents: James and Janet Mitchell McCormick

Died: 10 Jan 1886, W. Weber, Weber, Utah

 

William went to Scotland with his mother following the death of his father. After his marriage, he apparently served some time in India in the service of the British Army, as his second son died there. Six years after his wife's death, he remarried and they settled in Boreland, Fifeshire, where William worked in the colliery and was also overseer of the mine.

When the missionaries came into the area, William said it was what he had been looking for for 30 years. He was baptized in the sea in 1842. He wanted to join the saints in America but due to the advanced age of his mother, he waited.

He and his family finally left Scotland and arrived in the Valley in 1855. William, his wife and younger children went on to American Fork. They remained there until after the coming of Johnston's Army. They had heard of the area in Weber Valley and moved there.

William, as the oldest member, acted as president of the branch of the church until William Kay was appointed. William held the position of Justice of the Peace for 12 years. He held other church and community positions all his life. He remained true to the church all his life and was ordained a patriarch in 1880, and served until his death at the age of 96.

 

Children of 1st wife:

ARCHIBALD, b. May 1820, Edinburgh, Scotland. D. 22 Sep 1821, Edinburgh, Scotland. Infant.

CHARLES, b. 23 Apr 1823, Edinburgh, Scotland. D. 1842, Calcutta, India. Unmarried.

 

Children of 2nd wife:

ARCHIBALD, b. 17 Apr 1823, Hawkleymuir, Dysart, Fife, Scotland. Md. 1st, 3 Aug 1854. Md. 2nd, 8 Dec 1866, Janet Mitchess. Md. 3rd, 10 Oct l870, Catherine E. Jones. Md. 4th, 3 Apr 1876, Elizabeth Hay. D. 14 Dec 1915, W. Weber, Utah.

JAMES, b. 25 Oct 1835, Boreland, Fife, Scotland. Md. 1st, 6 Apr 1856, Hannah Boyack. Md. 2nd, 3 Jun 1867, Matilda Pool. D. 12 Nov 1915, Wilson, Weber, Utah.

WILLIAM, b. 14 May 1838, Boreland, Fife, Scotland. Md. 16 Oct 1863, Rose Cole. D. 18 Sep 1909, W. Weber, Utah.

MARY ANN, b. 22 Oct 1841, Boreland, Fife, Scotland. Md. 1 Jan 1861, Hans D. Petterson. D. 4 Mar 1917, Ogden, Utah.

ROBERT McEWAN, b. 19 Sep 1844, Boreland, Fife, Scotland. Md. 1 st, 7 Aug, 1864, Mahala Jane Wilson. Md. 2nd, 22 Jan 1890, Josephine Mattson. D. 1 Jul 1931, W. Weber, Utah.

JANET, b. 8 Sep 1846, Boreland, Fife, Scotland. D. 27 Nov 1859, W. Weber, Utah, Child.

 

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