Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mason
• Alt. Birth: 1830, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland

John married Mary Forbes on 18 Jun 1869 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. Mary was born on 5 Aug 1845 in Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Aug 1845 in Kilmadock parish, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 5 Apr 1930 in Bridgend, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Kilmahog Graveyard, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Catherine Macfarlane was born on 10 Jul 1863 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 Oct 1917 in Teithside Cottage, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried on 16 Oct 1917 in Callander Cemetery, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
2. Margaret Macfarlane was born on 7 Nov 1869 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
3. Malcolm Macfarlane was born on 24 Jun 1871 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
4. William Burns Macfarlane was born on 21 Mar 1873 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died after 1901.
5. Francis Macfarlane was born on 21 Dec 1874 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1875 in Infancy.
6. Daniel James Macfarlane was born in 1877 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1955 in Lochlee, Liff & Benvie, Angus, Scotland.
7. John Macfarlane was born on 19 Sep 1878 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 9 Dec 1965 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
8. Marion Elizabeth Macfarlane was born in 1880 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 6 May 1962 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was buried in Kilmahog Graveyard, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
9. Helen 'Nellie' Macfarlane was born in 1883 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.
10. Mary Forbes Macfarlane was born about 1888 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland.

Notes:

1 - 54 Malcolm McFarlane, slater Callendar 12.12.1866 70, wife Catharine Ferguson 1.9.1888 75
[M.I.- Kilmahog graveyard]

2 - Malcolm MACFARLANE , slater was born on 20 May 1796 at Callander. He married Catherine FERGUSON, daughter of Duncan FERGUSON and Margaret CAMERON, on 14 Dec 1827 at Callander. He died on 12 Dec 1866 at Callander aged 70.
(Andrews Ancestors Direct.rtf on file)

3 - Kilmahog - Stirling
A hamlet, situated on the River Leny a mile (1½ km) to the west of Callander at the junction of the Trossachs and Lochearnhead roads. It was the site of an early 19th century toll house and later a tweed mill.
Kilmahog, a village in Callander parish, Perthshire, on the northern head-stream of the river Teith, ¾ mile SE of the Pass of Leny and 1 W by N of Callander town. It once had a chapel, dedicated to St Chug; and it retains the chapel's cemetery.
St Chugs Chapel, after which Kilmahog is named is sited to the west of the Aberfoyle Rd at Kilmahog. This little burial ground surrounds the just visible foundations of the pre reformation chapel and is thus probably of great antiquity. Most of the legible stones are of the 19th century although some of the older stones, badly weathered, appear to date from the late 1600s.
Above the gate hangs a bell. The bell was brought from Lake of Mentieth where it was used at one time to call the ferryman when a visitor wanted to cross over to Inchmahome Priory on the island!

4 - "The first Macfarlane recorded in Callander, was factor ("Tackman" to the Duke of Perth). He stayed in what is now The Roman Camp Hotel. When Prince Charles Edward (The Young Pretender) was defeated in 1740, the Duke was banished to the West Indies and his estates forfeited to the Crown. The Macfarlan (sic) was ousted by the Crown commissioners as he was known to sympathise with the Jacobite cause.
Scotland at this time was in such a state, between Hanoverians, Jacobites, Episcopals and Presbyterians, plus the terrible cruelties of Bloody Cumberland, that there was little or no recorded births, deaths etc. The record was in the church records, i.e. the removal of the church from St Kessog's yard and the first church in the square in Callander, most of the tradesmen employed were Macfarlanes.
There is a gravestone in Kilmahog which has fallen on its face, erected to the memory of Challum Nam Schloter, in English "Malcolm the Slater". He would be a grandson of Macfarlane the Factor. I cannot mind the date on the stone and am trying to have it re-erected.
The stone has now fallen on it's face and as it is a considerable [time] since I saw it I cannot remember its exact date and name of his wife etc., but, as far as I remember, he married a Ferguson of Balquhidder or Balmlaig a crofting township on the south side of the Balvaig.
[ notes by family historian and Malcolm's great-grandson Archie Macfarlane ]
As this is obviously the Malcolm the slater who married the Ferguson of Balquhidder, (as can be seen from the gravestone there is no Gaelic on the inscription,).

Malcolm married Catherine Ferguson on 14 Dec 1827 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. Catherine was born about 1807 in Erisquchey Farm, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 1 Sep 1881 in Bridgend, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Kilmahog Graveyard, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Macfarlane
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1808, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1810, Drumlich, Balquhidder, Perth, Scotland
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1810, Tomnadroching, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
• Alt. Birth: 1813, Erisquchey Farm, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

1 - 1881 British Census
Dwelling: Bridge End Street Census Place: Callander, Perth, Scotland
Name Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Catherine MACFARLANE(Fergusson)W 74 F Balquhidder, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Slaters Wife
Helen FERGUSON U 68 F Balquhidder, Perth, Scotland
Rel: Sister
Occ: Dressmaker
Source: FHL Film 0203503 GRO Ref Volume 336 EnumDist 4 Page 2

2 - Malcolm MacFarlane married Catharine Fergusson, 14 Dec 1827, Callander, Perthshire

3 - Catherine FERGUSON was born circa 1807 at Balquhidder. She married Malcolm MACFARLANE , slater, son of Duncan MACFARLANE , shoemaker and Margaret FERGUSON, on 14 Dec 1827 at Callander. She died on 1 Sep 1881 at Callander.
(Andrews Ancestors Direct.rtf on file)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Duncan McFarlane
• Occupation: Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; Shoemaker

Notes:

1 - Duncan MACFARLANE , shoemaker was born on 7 Mar 1746 at near Callander. He married Margaret FERGUSON on 10 Aug 1779 at Callander.
(Andrews Ancestors Direct.rtf on file)
2 - Son Malcolm's birth in Callander Parish Register. Parents noted as "of Claish".
[Pat Macfarlane]
Our professional researcher suggested a Duncan b.7 Mar. & bapt. 9 Mar. 1746 s/o Duncan Mcfarlane & Margaret McFarlane in Clash as possibles for Duncan's parents from OPR records.

3 -This Duncan is as far back as we have been able to get with a confirmed lineage in this line. A professional researcher seemed to think Duncans fathers name was probably John as he had two sons of that name. Another researcher suggests his parents may have been Donald McFarlane and Catherine MacGregor whose marriage is shown in Callander parish register.
Naming pattern would seem to suggest that as Margarets parents names are to found in children 3 & 4, that Duncan's parents names would be those of children 1 & 2 i.e. John and Catharine. However LDS Family search shows no Duncan born to parents of those names +/- 20yrs of 1750.
However yet another researcher of this line maintains his parents were Malcolm and Effie McPherson, based I think on Archie's history of the family [following] which records a Malcolm the Slater gravestone at Kilmahog. There is a "Malcolm the Slater" gravestone at Kilmahog but it is not in Gaelic, is currently standing [Aug 2006] and is the stone for Duncan's son Malcolm a slater.

4 - "The first Macfarlane recorded in Callander, was factor ("Tackman" to the Duke of Perth) in the early 1700s. He stayed in in the original part of what is now the Roman Camp Hotel. After the Rising in 1746 by Prince Charles Edward (The Young Pretender) was defeated, the Duke was banished to the West Indies and his estates forfeited to the Crown. The running of the estates was taken over by government commissioners, (i.e. Roman Camp Charters).The Macfarlan (sic) was ousted by the Crown commissioners as he was known to sympathise with the Jacobite cause.
Scotland at this time was in such a state, between Hanoverians, Jacobites, Episcopals and Presbyterians, plus the terrible cruelties of Bloody Cumberland, that there was little or no recorded births, deaths etc. The record was in the church records, i.e. the removal of the church from St Kessog's yard and the first church in the square in Callander, most of the tradesmen employed were Macfarlanes.
There is a gravestone in Kilmahog which has fallen on its face, erected to the memory of Challum Nam Schloter, in English "Malcolm the Slater". He would be a grandson of Macfarlane the Factor. I cannot mind the date on the stone and am trying to have it re-erected.
The next generation were the main contractors of demolishing the church in St Kessog's graveyard, and building the first established church in the Square. The present church is the second, (ref: church centenary account.)
In the church statistical account, where [Macfarlanes] are recorded as being concerned in the building of the first established church in the Square 1760s - 1770s.
At this time there was no compulsory records kept, so the first real record of this particular family is a gravestone in Kilmahog graveyard of a grandson of the first Macfarlane, inscribed in Gaelic "Challum nam Schloter" - Malcolm the Slater. The stone has now fallen on it's face and as it is a considerable [time] since I saw it I cannot remember its exact date and name of his wife etc., but, as far as I remember, he married a Ferguson of Balquhidder or Balmlaig a crofting township on the south side of the Balvaig.
[notes from family historian and Malcolm's descendant Archie Macfarlane in Callander]

5 - 1772 What we know as the Visitor Centre in the square of Callander was St Kessogs Church and was built for the cost of £210.
[ http://www.cyp.org.uk/heritage_project/1740_1790/history/index.htm ]

6 - National Archives throw doubt on Archies assertion that the first Callander Macfarlane was factor for the Duke of Perth prior to the uprising as E777/40 Forfeited Estates: Perth: Petitions and memorials from John Stewart of Boggs, factor prior to the forfeiture 1756-1762
However he may have been factor immediately after the uprising and dismissed during the ten years from 1746-1755 that the estates were under the control of the Lords of the exchequer in Scotland before they were formally annexed to the Commisioners of the forfeited estates in 1755, at which time the above John Stewart was factor.

7 - CLAISH FARM, MOLLANDS ROAD, CALLANDER FK17.
At Claish Farm, evidence the area has been farmed since around 4000 BC was unearthed in 2001. The site at Claish Farm was discovered as a cropmark from the air in 1977, when it was photographed by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland It lies on an upper terrace of the River Teith, a tributary of the River Forth, in central Scotland. A massive farmhouse, dating back 6000 years to the New Stone Age, has been found by archaeologists in Perthshire. The timber building was uncovered near Claish Farm, Callander. Among the discoveries at Claish Farm, Callander, was evidence of ancient living-rooms, bedrooms and a cooking area.
By 2007 Claish Farm includes an area known as Ben Ledi Park.

(Research):Only birth of a Duncan in Callander OPR's for 1710-1749 Batch # C113362
Name Duncan Mcfarlane
Gender Male
Christening Date 10 Aug 1749
Christening Place CALLANDER,PERTH,SCOTLAND
Birth Date 08 Aug 1749
Father's Name Malcom Mcfarlane
Mother's Name Elsie Mcphearson
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C11336-2
System Origin Scotland-ODM
GS Film number 1040071, 0102696

IGI results for Name: Duncan McFarlane, Event: Birth, Event Range: 1740-1760, Father Name: John, Country:Scotland, State or Province:Perthshire
Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 3 December 1758 ABERFOYLE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Janet Mclauchlen

Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 1 March 1747 COMRIE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Mary Mcleran

Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 1 March 1747 COMRIE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Margt. Mclaren

Duncan Mcfarlane
christening: 3 August 1743 KINCARDINE BY DOUNE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlane
mother: Mary Fergusone

Duncan Mcfarland
christening: 4 July 1760 LOGIERAIT,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarland
mother: Els. Ferguson

Duncan Mcfarlan
christening: 14 April 1741 ABERFOYLE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
father: John Mcfarlan
mother: Christian Mcfarlan

Duncan married Margaret Ferguson on 10 Aug 1779 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret was born on 1 Apr 1750 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 1 Apr 1750 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Macfarlane
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1754

Notes:

Margaret FERGUSON was born circa 1754. She married Duncan MACFARLANE , shoemaker, son of Duncan MACFARLANE and Margaret MACFARLANE, on 10 Aug 1779 at Callander.
(Andrews Ancestors Direct.rtf on file)

(Research):Name Margaret Fergusson
Gender Female
Christening Date 01 Apr 1750
Christening Place PORT OF MONTEITH,PERTH,SCOTLAND
Father's Name Peter Fergusson
Mother's Name Elizabeth Mcgreggor
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X13J-V7Q
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C11388-2
System Origin Scotland-ODM
GS Film number 1040201

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Duncan McFarlane
• Residence: Claish (Clash) Farm, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes:

1 - Following the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, the lands of the Duke of Perth, including the Barony of Callander, were annexed to the Crown. Subsequently the various farms of the Barony were divided up, and a Surveyor's Report of 1774 mentions that they had formerly been cultivated on a 'runrig' basis, particularly on the farms of «b»Clash,«/b» Ballivichlachlan and Greenock. 'These the surveyor......has laid off in a regular manner in 14 divisions and which at present goes under the name of the 14 Lots of Callander; adjacent to these farms was a Muir which was pastured in common by them and the farms of Gartehonzie and West Mains.'
These divisions have long since disappeared, through amalgamation, and the current pattern has reverted to The Mollands (formerly Lot 1), the much expanded «b»Clash«/b» (formerly Lot 3), Balvalachlan (formerly Lot 9) and the Braes of Greenock (formerly Lot 11), leaving a small portion of Lot 7 to the current 'The Lots' and similarly a portion of Lot 14 to Cockhill Cottage. The collective name 'Lots of Callander' now appears on the Ordnance Survey maps as referring only to the ex-farmhouse of Lot 7. In earlier days, Balvalachlan was known as 'Boglots'.
[http://www.callanderheritage.co.uk/]

2 - "The first Macfarlane recorded in Callander, was factor ("Tackman" to the Duke of Perth) in the early 1700s. He stayed in in the original part of what is now the Roman Camp Hotel. After the Rising in 1746 by Prince Charles Edward (The Young Pretender) was defeated, the Duke was banished to the West Indies and his estates forfeited to the Crown. The running of the estates was taken over by government commissioners, (i.e. Roman Camp Charters).The Macfarlan (sic) was ousted by the Crown commissioners as he was known to sympathise with the Jacobite cause.
[notes from family historian Archie Macfarlane in Callander]

3 - Hearth Tax 1694 [for Callander]
Figures are number of hearths«u»«b»
«/b»Earl of Perths interests:«/u»
Jon & Duncan M' Farlands 3

[This is probably the Roman Camp Hotel which was originally the Earl of Perth's Hunting Lodge. If Archie's research is correct it would indicate that this Duncan was descended from either the John or Duncan shown in the hearth tax return.]

4 - Connection to John the Jacobite rebel extremely tentative but his participation would certainly have been sufficient to have him dismissed as factor after the '45, & his name tallys with that of one of the Duke of Perths hunting lodge occupants at the 1694 hearth tax survey.-Ed.

Duncan married Margaret McFarlane on 21 Dec 1744 in Callander, Perth, Scotland. Margaret was born on 27 Feb 1723 in Easter Kirktown, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 7 Mar 1723 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margaret McFarlan

Notes:

1 - In the Callander PRs I found a Margaret Macfarlane born 27 Feb 1723 at Easter Kirktown, bap 7 Mar 1723 Callander. She is the only Margaret Macfarlane born between 1714 and 1731. Daughter of Duncan Macfarlane and Elison McInnes which ties up nicely with the family naming pattern. Sadly the records start a year or two too late to find Duncan.
[E-mail message from Pat Macfarlane (Mum) rec: 24 Mar 2010]

2 - Callander Parish Registers commence 1710.