Richard
Louis
McLachlan
Born in Thames, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Henry Alexander McLachlan, Anne Catherine (McLachlan) Spraggon, John James McLachlan, Elizabeth Mary (McLachlan) Donovan, Janet Isabella McLachlan, Mary Christina (McLachlan) White, Margaret Ewena (McLachlan) Cate and Janet Scott (McLachlan) Stent
Husband of
Clara Gertrude (Lemos) McLachlan
— married
20 Aug 1910 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 56
in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jan 2016
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Biography
Richard, son of Alexander McLachlan and Mary Ann Naysmith.
He attended Waio-karaka school in Thames.
Richard never settled in New Zealand and left to become a Seaman.
On 20 August 1910 at Bedford, MA, he married a widow, Clara Sylvia Lemos of Boston, Massachusetts. Richard was 46 and Clara 37.
Clara Gertrude was the daughter of Samuel and Annie Lemos. She married Francisco Silva (Slyvia).in 1893 in Bedford, MA. By 1900 Clara was living in the family home again. Francisco Silva (Sylvia) was the son of Francisco Brown and Isabel Silva. He was employed as a Glass Blower at the time of his marriage to Clara.
Richard continued working as a Seaman and in 1912 was serving aboard the ship Germania sailing from the Azores to New York.
He died in 1919, aged about 57.
Clara never remarried and remained in Bedford where she died in 1942.
Sources
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4DF-GRP MARRIAGE + IMAGE McLachlan/Sylvia
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD7-H7J MARRIAGE + IMAGE Silva/Lemos
- New York Passenger & Crew Lists
- Massachusetts Death Index Vol 78 Pg 25 Richard McLachlan
- Massachusetts Death Index Vol 64 Pg 331 Clara McLachlan
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95T-PC3 US CENSUS 1900
- L Bidwell
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Richard:
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~3.12%
Kay Naysmith
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Mike Shone :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Graeme White :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A561476 [compare]
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~1.56%
Sandy Scown :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Katrina (White) Gray :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A300967 [compare]
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