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MacKinnon Line

Janet McLaren

1830 – 28 Jul 1913

Probable
Kyle DerryWyn DerryBeverly J. (Hartle) DerryCatherine A. MacKinnon HartleJohn MacKinnonJanet McLaren

Life

Janet McLaren is the wife of Neil McKinnon. She was born in Perthshire, Scotland — a detail from family genealogy research that has not yet been checked against a record. Perthshire is a large inland county in central Scotland, historically known for the McLaren clan (also spelled MacLaren). She emigrated to Bruce Township, Ontario, where she and Neil farmed Lot 11, Concession 1. FamilySearch profiles for their daughter Christina (b. 1862) list her as the mother, and she is named in the Bruce Township "Migrants" compilation alongside Neil.

Timeline

  1. 1830
    Born1830 — Scotland (Perthshire is from family records, not confirmed)
  2. 1913
    Died28 Jul 1913 — Bruce County, Ontario; buried Lovat Cemetery (her stone is transcribed '1896, aged 83 years 5 months', which fits 1913, not 1896)

Claims in the record

1830 — Scotland (Perthshire is from family records, not confirmed)
Neil McKinnon
Bruce Township, Ontario (emigrated from Scotland)
Annie (1858), Christena (1860), Archie and Catherine (1866), John (1868), Mary (1869), Donald (1872)
McLaren — Perthshire, central Scotland
28 Jul 1913 — Bruce County, Ontario; buried Lovat Cemetery (her stone is transcribed '1896, aged 83 years 5 months', which fits 1913, not 1896)

Places

Bruce Township, Tiverton and Inverhuron, Ontario

Research next

The Ontario marriage registration for Neil McKinnon + Janet McLaren will confirm her parents and exact Perthshire parish. Also search the Perthshire Old Parish Registers on ScotlandsPeople for McLaren baptisms in the 1820s to find Janet's specific parish of origin.