Archibald McFarland

Archibald McFarland is the son of William McFarland and Margaret McCormick. He was born 17 Dec 1832 in Dyart Fifeshire, Scotland. He was married to Isabella Mitchell on 3 Aug 1854. Not long after they were married, the young couple prepared to travel with Archibald's family to the Americas and eventually settle down in Utah. They were going to depart on the ship "Helios" from Liverpool, but some damage was dealt to the ship due to a storm. All the passengers had to wait for the ship to be repaired. It was scheduled to set sale a month after the incident. However, things didn't work out as planned. The McFarlands got on the ship "Charles Buck" instead with the rest of their company (they were travelling with a group of Mormons who were making the trek to Utah). The ship left in January of 1855.

The McFarlands traveled in the Richard Ballantyne Pioneer Company. The company consisted of 402 individuals and 45 wagons. They departed from Mormon Grove, Kansas at the beginning of July 1855. They arrived in Salt Lake on 25 Sept 1855.

Archibald and Isabella had twelve children.

William McFarland
Born 25 Jan 1856
Died 26 Jan 1856

Robert McFarland
Born 2 Jan 1858
Died 13 Dec 1862

James Rankin McFarland
Born 20 Dec 1859
Died 15 Feb 1932

Charles Blair McFarland
Born 8 Apr 1862
Died 16 Oct 1909

Isabella McFarland
Born 25 Sept 1864
Died 31 Oct 1955
Married Name: Hogge

Archibald McFarland Jr.
Born 15 Jan 1867
Died 25 Dec 1936

John McFarland
Born 31 Dec 1868
Died 3 Jun 1956

Albert Rae McFarland
Born 1 May 1871
Died 6 Oct 1934

Margaret Elizabeth McFarland
Born 13 Oct 1873
Died 30 Jun 1921
Married Name: Nilsson or Nelson

Mary Ann McFarland
Born 6 Mar 1877
Died 28 Mar 1877

Janet McFarland
Born 29 Jun 1879
Died 18 Nov 1905
Married Name: Faddis

Daniel Archibald McFarland
Born 17 May 1882
Died 21 Jul 1914

Archibald died 14 Dec 1915. He is buried in the West Weber Cemetery in Utah.

To view an account written by his own hand concerning the immigration of his family, click here.

To read more about the Richard Ballentyne Company, click here.

William McFarland

William McFarland is the son of Archibald McFarland and Mary Blair. He was born 8 Jun 1795 in Dromore, Ireland. On 20 Aug 1820 he married Catherine Boyd in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Together they had two children:

Archibald McFarland

Born: May 1820

Charles McFarland

Born: 23 Apr 1823

On 14 Jan 1832, he was married to Margaret McCormick in Scotland. Together they had 6 children:

Archibald McFarland

Born: 17 Dec 1832

James McFarland

Born: 25 Oct 1835

William McFarland Jr.

Born: 14 May 1838

Mary Ann McFarland

Born: 22 Oct 1841

Married Name: Petterson

Robert McCune McFarland

Born: 19 Sep 1844

Janet McFarland

Born: 8 Sep 1846

William died 27 Jan 1890 in West Weber, Weber, Utah. He was buried 29 Jan 1890 in the Ogden City Cemetery.

Robert McCune McFarland

Robert McCune McFarland is the son of William McFarland and Margaret McCormick. He was born 19 Sep 1844 in Boreland, Fifeshire, Scotland. He was married 7 Aug 1864 to Mahala Jane Wilson in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Together they had 11 children:

William Wilson McFarland
Born: 25 Jan 1865

Robert McCune McFarland Jr.
Born: 20 Mar 1868

Lucy Agnes McFarland
Born: 3 Sep 1870

Jeanette McFarland
Born: 17 Feb 1872
Married Name: Fowler

Margaret Ann McFarland
Born: 5 Dec 1873

Mahala Jane McFarland
Born: 20 Feb 1875

Henry McFarland
Born: 17 May 1877

Mary Ann McFarland
Born: 24 May 1880

Parley Pratt McFarland
Born: 5 Jan 1881

Emily Louise McFarland
Born: 1 Oct 1883

Hans Petterson McFarland
Born: 23 Aug 1885

Robert remarried after the death of Mahala. He married Josephine Christina Mattson on 22 Jan 1890 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Together they had 9 children:

Catherine "Carrie" McFarland
Born: 8 Nov 1890
Married Name: Simpson

Josephine Jane McFarland
Born: 24 Oct 1892

Eliza Ramona McFarland
Born: 16 Aug 1894

Abram Mattson McFarland
Born: 22 Nov 1896

Charlotte McFarland
Born: 9 Jul 1899

Mabel McFarland
Born: 15 Aug 1901

Oscar Leroy McFarland
Born: 27 Mar 1906

Seth Blair McFarland
Born: 17 Sep 1908

Clyde Robert McFarland
Born: 28 Apr 1911

Robert died 1 Jul 1921 in West Weber, Weber, Utah. He was buried 5 Jul 1931 in the Ogden City Cemetery.

Jeanette McFarland

Jeanette McFarland is the daughter of Robert McCune McFarland and Mahala Jane Wilson. She was born 17 Feb 1872 in West Weber, Weber, Utah. She was married to Frederick Richard Fowler on 29 May 1897 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Together they had 8 children:

Frederick Donald Fowler
Born: 4 Dec 1898

Henry Leroy Fowler
Born: 20 Feb 1901

Florence Jane Fowler
Born: 2 Nov 1902

Margaret Hazel Fowler
Born: 15 Jun 1904

Jessie Agnes Fowler
Born: 7 May 1906

Jeanette (Jean) Fowler
Born: 29 Nov 1908

Estella Winifred Fowler
Born: 27 Mar 1912

Jack Carroll Fowler
Born: 26 Feb 1916

Jeanette died on 5 Nov 1953 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. She is buried on 7 Nove 1952 in the Rosehill Memorial Park in Whittier, Los Angeles, California. Her headstone can be viewed here.