William McLachlan^{[1, 2, 3]}

Cal 1793 - 1882  (~ 88 years)

• Name	William McLachlan
  Born	CALC 11 Jul 1793	Buchlyvie, , Stirling, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188244748
  Interesting	story
  Occupation	Tailor
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	United Presbyterian
  Occupation	1881	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tailor
  Residence	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-255612
  Died	11 Mar 1882	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7, 8, 10]
  	Cause: General Debility
  Buried	14 Mar 1882	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I255612	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	McLaughin
  Family ID	F39722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Neilson,   b. Sep 1799, , Scotland ,   d. 12 Mar 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1838	Kippen, , Stirling, Scotland   [11]
  Children	1. William McLachlan,   b. 1815, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret McLachlan,   b. 1840, Buchlyvie, , Stirling, Scotland ,   d. 13 Mar 1931, New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States  (Age 91 years)   3. John McLachlan,   b. 26 Sep 1841, Bucklyvie, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 27 Jan 1915, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F229174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In Memory of a Worthy Old Couple There has lately been erected in Galt Cemetery a massive and handsome monument to the memory of those worthy old residents of Galt, Mr. Wm. McLachlan and his wife. The monument is of granite throughout, the polishing and lettering being finely executed. It will be in the memory of our readers that Mr. and Mrs. McLachlan, after a residence in Galt of many years, passed away on the same day - the husband dying a few hours before the wife, he in the 90th year of his age and she in the 86th. The monument now erected to their memory is the work of "The Smith Granite Co.," of Westerly, R.I., and was ordered from that firm by the son of the old couple, Mr. Robert McLachlan, of Cleveland, Ohio. The agent of the Smith Co.'y in Cleveland, Mr. R.A. Young, superintended the erection of the monument in the Cemetery, and the manner in which it is done shows he has carried out the son's instructions, and spared neither trouble nor expense in the work. At the foot of the graves stand two circular-topped stones with the simple words "Father," and "Mother" thereon. Galt Reporter Mar 17 1882 pg 1 _________________________ Death of an Aged Couple Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLachlan, of Galt Foremost in all the good work in our town for nearly thirty-five years, this aged couple passed to their well-earned rest within a few hours of one another on Saturday and Sunday last. In Galt, it is not necessary to say aught of the lives of these two old friends. Earnest, helpful, Christian, in its fullest sense, they held the affection, respect and esteem of all with whom they were brought in contact. For the past month it had been known that the illness with which Mr. McLachlan was afflicted precluded the possibility of recovery, and while the inevitable had to be accepted there were but few in our town but felt and expressed the greatest regret. His, certainly, since taking up his residence in Galt, was a well spent life. Quiet, unassuming, yet sufficiently prominent in all good work to bring him into contact with all classes, not an organization, temporal or spiritual, but held him in the highest esteem and honored him for his efforts for the good of all. He had a worthy helper in his wife, and while the aged couple enjoyed the esteem of their fellow townsmen they also enjoyed the warmest affection of their children, now grown to men and women, and had the all sufficient satisfaction of knowing that they left behind them worthy descendants in whose hands the reputation of their parents was not likely to suffer. Mr. McLachlan came to Galt in 1847, accompanied with his late wife and two children, leaving behind him five grown-up sons and daughters by a former marriage. These children subsequently followed and are all, if we mistake not, settled in the United States. Before emigrating, Mr. McLachlan was an elder in his native church and almost immediately on his arrival here he was also selected as one of the elders of the late Revd. James Strang's Church, and Superintendent of the Sabbath School of the Church. In later days becoming a member of Knox Church, he was …?... also elected an elder, retaining that honorable position as long as his health permitted him to attend the church. On the Temperance question Mr. McLachlan gave no uncertain sound, and in all the various organizations in the town was ever foremost in the fight against intemperance. Honestly and conscientiously he fought the evil. Nothing damped his efforts in this direction, and whatever standing or effect these organizations have ever had amongst us was very largely due to him. Of the family, during his last illness one son and two daughters were present by his bedside, while of the other members of his family one son is in North Carolina, a daughter in Racine, Wis., and one near Topeka, Kansas. The funeral on Tuesday afternoon was a fitting testimonial to the respect in which the aged couple, together in life and together in death, were held in the town. All classes joined in attendance and thus paid their last tribute to those whose names were long "household words" amongst us. Galt Reporter Mar 17 1882 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Downey b. Scotland res: Cleveland, OH Age: 24 born abt 1840 father: John mother: Janet Parker married Margaret McLachlan Age:: 23 born abt 1841 b. Scotland Spouse res: Galt father: William mother: Margaret Wilson married 23 Sep 1864 county: Waterloo [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of William and Margaret McLachlan - 17 Mar 1882. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of Margaret Neilson - McLachlan - 17 Mar 1882, pg 8. [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 2 Page 75. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.24. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 5 Page 61. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Death of an Aged Couple - Galt Reporter Mar 17 1882 pg 1. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In memoriam/ William McLaughlan/ died March 11, 1882/ in his 90th year/ Margaret Neilson/ his second wife/ died Mar. 12, 1882/ aged 82 years/ McLaughlan [S2697] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge, Mount View Cemetery Internet Link. [East] In memoriam/ William McLAUGHLAN/ died March 11, 1882/ in his 90th year/ Margaret NEILSON/ his second wife/ died Mar. 12, 1882/ aged 82 years/ McLAUGHLAN/ [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 018160 (1882). Name:William McLachlan Gender:Male Age:88 Religion:Presbyterian Birth Date:abt 1794 Birth Place:Buckyore, Scotland Death Date:11 Mar 1882 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:General Debility [S2181] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910. NameWilliam McLachlan GenderMale Marriage Date16 Dec 1838 Marriage PlaceKippen, Stirling, Scotland SpouseMargaret Nielson

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 11 Jul 1793 - Buchlyvie, , Stirling, Scotland Married - 16 Dec 1838 - Kippen, , Stirling, Scotland Occupation - Tailor - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Presbyterian - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: General Debility - 11 Mar 1882 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 14 Mar 1882 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth