John Macfarlane

1810 - 1846  (37 years)

• Name	John Macfarlane  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Alt. Birth	1808  [1]
  Birth	Between 1809 and 1810	Killin, Perthshire, Scotland   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Oct 1846	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	11 Oct 1846	Holy Rude Churchyard, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I14552	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	John Macfarlane,   b. 1768   d. Between 1845 and 1848, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katharine Fraser,   b. 18 Dec 1766, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland d. Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Jan 1793	Killin, Perthshire, Scotland   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annabella Sinclair,   b. 2 Apr 1812, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland d. 10 Feb 1888, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1833	Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  Children	1. John Menzies Macfarlane,   b. 11 Oct 1833, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 4 Jun 1892, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ann Macfarlane,   b. 6 Feb 1835, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 10 Apr 1867, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, USA (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Daniel Sinclair Macfarlane,   b. 21 Jun 1837, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 23 Oct 1914, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  John Macfarlane Coachman 1811 - 1846 The douce locality of Stirling's Old Town Cemetery seems an unlikely spot in which to find a connection with the infamous Butch Cassidy, but connection there is, albeit somewhat tenuous. In 1825, the custodian in Doune Castle was Daniel Sinclair. He brought up his family in the village, where one of his daughters married Robert Gillies. When in 1840 the first missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) arrived in Scotland, one of them, Robert Menzies, found himself in Doune. Such was Menzies' enthusiasm and persuasiveness that the entire Sinclair family (including the young Mrs Gillies) was converted to the new faith. A second Sinclair daughter married John Macfarlane; he died in Stirling and his widow emigrated with her children to the United States of America, home of Mormonism. Ten years later the Gillies family, including their 12-year-old daughter, also left for America and in due course this daughter became the wife of Maximillian Parker. Their son Robert Leroy Parker was born in Utah in 1866; he changed his name to Butch Cassidy and became renowned as a horse thief, cattle rustler, and bank robber. The date of his death is unknown. Descendants of Butch Cassidy's great- uncle, John Macfarlane, erected this stone. [http://www.oldtowncemetery.co.uk/history/macfarlane.html]

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] E-mail, Liz Christiansen tree to Terrance forwarded to me 7 Mar 2017. [S68] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, International Genealogical Index, Submission Search: 2005860-0925104131024. [S68] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, International Genealogical Index, Submission Search: 1532640-1222101095652. [S2050] EM. [S2094] Davie, Killin Marriages - MacFarlane, (Name: Name: Name: Name: http://www.irishclans.com forum post 10.05.2002;;;;).