Robert
James
(James)
McLaren
Born about in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Robert McLaren
and Margaret McLaren
Brother of
Catherine McLaren, Janet McLaren, John McLaren, Donald McLaren, Son McLaren, Isabel McLaren, Robert McLaren, Margaret McLaren [half], Malcolm McLaren and Peter McLaren [half]
Husband of
Catherine McLaren
— married
[date unknown] in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
James McLaren, Mary McLaren, Robert McLaren, Elizabeth McLaren, Donald McLaren, Margaret McLaren, John McLaren, William McLaren, Duncan McLaren, Malcolm McLaren and Christina McLaren
Died
at about age 66
in Horton Township, Renfrew, Canada West
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jan 2017
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Biography
He was baptized on 14 November 1794 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland and his parents were Margaret and Robert McLaren. [1]
(Robert) James McLaren married about 1819 in Scotland to Catherine (maiden surname Latimor or possibly McLaren also).
About 1825 he emigrated from Perthshire, Scotland under the guidance of Chief McNab, and settled on a farm near Sand Point, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada West. He apparently was one of the "independent-minded men who would not bend the neck before the autocratic old Chieftain" [2] and "cast his eye about for a less irritating place of abode". About 1837 moved to a farm on the 2nd line in Horton Township, Ontario. [2]
He died on 05 May 1860 in Horton Township, Renfrew, Canada West and was buried at McLaren Cemetery in Renfrew, Ontario with his wife and some of their children. [3]
Canada was formed by confederation on 01 July 1867.
Research Notes
A source is needed to confirm his marriage location ...
- m: Perthshire, Scotland ? OR
- m: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ?
Sources
- ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950 on FamilySearch.org with Margret McLaren in entry for James McLaren, 1794
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Story of Renfrew" by W. E. Smallfield in 1919 p14
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #213816112 for James McLaren
- 1851 Census of Horton, Renfrew County, Canada West (Ontario) on FamilySearch.org citing Library and Archives Canada; Public Archives, Ontario; film#C_11751; p41; line#14; for James Mclaren
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=101667566&pid=204 Ancestry Family Tree submitted by ancestry.com member
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
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