Chere, Both Donald and Natalie have passed away. Haven't heard from Peggy in years. I will see if my brother-in-law has any pictures, but I doubt it. Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chere Athey" <athey12@yahoo.com> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Looking for McFarlane Relatives > Oh Doris, this is great to know! Thank you so very much. I didn't know > any of this. > We would love to get hold of living relatives. They must have all moved > out of town, there are so few McFarlane's in the phone book. > Chere > > Doris Goldsborough <etilla@verizon.net> wrote: Chere, > > In Generation 3-- > Donald McFarlane married Natalie DECK. She was a first cousin of my > mother-in-law, Mary Frances Swartley. Her father and my husband's > grand-mother were brother and sister. (My husband's grandmother was Amanda > May Deck who married Oscar Melchior Swartley) > > Donald McFarlane was always a jovial person...funny as could be. He > and > his family lived on Bedford St. in Cumberland, just doors down from > George's > Confectionary...and across the street from the Baptist Church. > > Their dau., Margaret (Peggy), was a pretty girl. She went to a blind > school and eventually went blind; however, had a cornea transplant. She > was > married to a silversmith...from Sweden??....seems to me the last name was > Lundquist, although I am not certain. > > James McFarlane, son of James and Mary Gordon, went to school at > Allegany High School in Cumberland, Md. and I am told by my brother-in-law > that he played basketball while in school. > > Hope this helps in some way. > > Doris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chere Athey" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 5:42 AM > Subject: [MDALLEGA] Looking for McFarlane Relatives > > >> Cousins and I would dearly love to find living descendants and/or >> additional information for our great-granduncle, John B. >> McFarlane/MacFarlane. John had a plumbing business at 53 Baltimore St., >> Cumberland, Maryland with George W. Shaffer in 1895. >> >> Descendants of John B. McFarlane >> >> Generation No. 1 >> >> 1. JOHN B.3 MCFARLANE (WILLIAM2, JAMES1)1,2 was born May 1864 in >> Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland2, and died in Cumberland, Maryland. He >> married ELIZABETH ? MCFARLANE3. She was born Sep 1863 in Scotland imm. >> 1870. >> >> More About JOHN B. MCFARLANE: >> Residence: 1871, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland4 >> >> Children of JOHN MCFARLANE and ELIZABETH MCFARLANE are: >> i. MARY B.4 MCFARLANE5, b. Aug 1894, Cumberland, Maryland. >> 2. ii. JAMES GRANT MCFARLANE, b. 20 Dec 1895, Cumberland, Maryland. >> 3. iii. DONALD WILLIAM MCFARLANE, b. Sep 1898, Cumberland, >> Maryland. >> iv. MARGARET MCFARLANE6, b. 1902, Cumberland, Maryland. >> >> >> Generation No. 2 >> >> 2. JAMES GRANT4 MCFARLANE (JOHN B.3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1)7 was born 20 Dec >> 1895 in Cumberland, Maryland. He married MARY E. GORDON. She was born >> 1897. >> >> Children of JAMES MCFARLANE and MARY GORDON are: >> i. MARY G.5 MCFARLANE, b. 1923. >> ii. ELIZABETH L. MCFARLANE, b. 1925. >> iii. JAMES G. MCFARLANE, b. 28 Sep 1926; d. 09 Dec 1991, >> Cumberland, >> Allegany, Maryland. >> >> >> 3. DONALD WILLIAM4 MCFARLANE (JOHN B.3, WILLIAM2, JAMES1)7 was born Sep >> 1898 in Cumberland, Maryland. He married NATALIE ? MCFARLANE. She was >> born Abt. 1900. >> >> Children of DONALD MCFARLANE and NATALIE MCFARLANE are: >> i. JOHN B.5 MCFARLANE, b. Abt. 1922. >> ii. MARGARET A. MCFARLANE, b. Abt. 1926. >> >> Thanks, ~ Chere >> atheyc@earthlink.net >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >