William Proudfoot

Abt 1823 -

• Name	William Proudfoot  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1823	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	1825  [1]
  Person ID	I19447	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann McFarland, MaAM01,   b. Abt 1839, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland d. 25 Dec 1916, Mount Hope, Grant, Wisconsin, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1858	Brodhead, Green, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Margaret Proudfoot,   b. 1859, Louisiana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Robert Proudfoot,   b. Abt 1862, Rock Co., Wisconsin, USA d. Jul 1934, Minnesota, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  His Obituary claimed he left Scotland at the age of 28, about 1853, where he first stayed in Toronto, Canada for two years before making his way to Wisconsin. My best guess is they could've met in Canada and traveled together to Wisconsin or met i n Wisconsin when he arrived there. An interesting note is that the same 1860 Census does not show William Proudfoot (Proudfit) but Mary already had her married name then and their first born child Margaret born in late 1859 when they were in Louisiana working on a steamship going up and down the Mississippi river befo re the outbreak of the Civil War to which they traveled back to Wisconsin. [It is suspected that William was in error the William McFarland shown on 1860 census.-Ed.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Clan MacFarlane Worldwide Genealogy Form, for Shawn Proudfoot rec: 18 Dec 2017.