Dr. Archibald Meredith Peck MacGachen

1876 - 1940  (63 years)

• Name	Archibald Meredith Peck MacGachen
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	13 Jul 1876	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18553738
  Occupation	dentist
  Residence	1881	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-100518
  Died	8 Feb 1940	Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, USA
  Buried	Warsaw Cemetery, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA
  Person ID	I100518	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Major Frederick Stewart "Stewart" MacGachen,   b. 1826, Cheltenham, , Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 18 Oct 1880, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Louisa Thompson,   b. 14 Dec 1842, Oakville, Halton, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1926, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1862	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F262817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. MacGachen Long III, Dies at 64 Illness of five years, recently aggravated by a fall in which he sustained a fractured hip, proved fatal to Dr. Archibald M. MacGachen, 64, retired dentist, of 704 E. State St., Thursday evening, Feb. 8, 1940. Dr. MacGachen was born in Galt, Canada, and studied dentistry at Buffalo and Philadelphia dental colleges. He came to Ithaca shortly after graduation and practiced with the late Dr. J. R. Crawford for a short time before opening his own office. He had practiced nearly 40 years when he was forced to retire because of ill health after a stroke. During the Christmas holidays he fell in his home and fractured a hip. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Esther Bucklin MacGachen; three daughters, the Misses Caroline, Esther, and Lucy, all of Ithaca; two sisters, Miss Annie MacGachen of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Frank Norris of Toronto, and one brother, Frederick, of Montreal. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m., Monday, Feb. 12. at the Baldwin-Davis funeral home, 421 N. Aurora St., with the Rev. Frederick H. Allen, associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Temporary burial will be made in a Lake View Cemetery vault until spring when burial will be made in the family plot at Warsaw. Dr. MacGachen was a member of Hobasco Lodge and of the national, state and county dental associations. He was also active in Democratic County Committee affairs and served as an alderman from the Second Ward. He was sworn in Nov. 24, 1911. The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, New York Fri, Feb 9, 1940 Page 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 1 Page 36. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892). MacGachen, F.S. Newspaper Date: 22 Oct 1862 MacGachen, F.S. married 15 Oct 1862 to Charlotte Thompson At Berlin, by Rev E R Stinson. Frederick Stewart, barrister-at-law, Waterloo Village. 2nd son late John MacGachen, Cheltenham, England; Charlotte Louisa, eld dau of Colonel Thompson, Arthur, Wellington Co.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jul 1876 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Feb 1940 - Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth