Compiled by P. Davidson-Peters © 1999

Outer Background is the Arbuckle Tartan - Provided by Kenneth Arbuckle

By the year 1511, land had been purchased by a John Arbuckle in Glasgow and there was a place in Lanarkshire called Arbuckle - a shire in which the name often appears in the Parish Registers including the ancestors of Janet Arbuckle, wife of William Davidson. 

The first of this family to be traced with certainty is John Arbuckle who was born about 1744 and was a shoemaker and cordwinder by trade.  He married Mary Young in Carmunnock on 22 Dec 1769 and they lived in that area which later became a part of the town of Cambuslang which is located about five miles southeast of Glasgow on the left bank of Clyde.

1. Margaret Arbuckle - born 09 Jan 1771 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on the 20th of the same - died in infancy.
2. John Arbuckle - born 05 Jun 1773 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened 20th of the same - died in infancy.
3. Margaret Arbuckle - born 31 Dec 1775 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on 11 Jan 1776. She married James Gilmour and were the parents of five known children.
4. Janet Arbuckle - born 11 Oct 1778 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married James Pollock on 11 Oct 1807 in East Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland. James was born in 1774 in Lanark, Scotland.
5. John Arbuckle - born 16 Jul 1780 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Margaret Auchinloss on 08 Jun 1805 and were the parents of ten children.
6. William Arbuckle - born 18 Jan 1784 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on the 25th of the same; married Janet Dyer.

The Gilmour family was laid to rest in the church yard of the Parish of Carmunnock, and some of these beatuiful headstone were photographed and contributed by Ruthanne Rocha.

Parish Church of Carmunnock - Gilmour Headstones

1. Mary Gilmour - born 22 Mar 1804 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on 25 Mar 1804; died young.
2. John Gilmour - born 25 Aug 1805 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Isabella Fleming 01 Jun 1832. and listed in the 1841 census.
3. James Gilmour - born 16 Feb 1808 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married (1) Ann Haggart on 20 Jan 1832; (2) Elisabeth Pettigrew on 26 Jul 1836.
4. Mary Gilmour - born 31 Oct 1810 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on 18 Nov 1810; married John Murray on 12 Jul 1833 in Carmunnock.
5. Agnes Gilmour - born 17 Nov 1813 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on 28 Nov 1813; married Hugh Paterson on 21 Oct 1836 in Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland. Hugh was born 29 May 1814 in Old Monkland.

1. Elizabeth Arbuckle - born 01 Apr 1806 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married William Syme on 02 Jun 1843 in Carmunnock; was listed in her father's house in the 1841 census and died after 1888.
2. Mary Arbuckle - born 16 Mar 1808 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Alexander Thomson on 13 Feb 1835 and were the parents of at least Margaret, who was born 06 May 1837 in Glasgow and was listed in the 1841 census. Mary died 20 Oct 1866.
3. John Arbuckle - born 28 Feb 1810 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Isabelle Dale, daughter of David on 01 Mar 1839 in Glasgow. They were the parents of three children: Agnes, John and Margaret.
4. Angus McKeller Arbuckle - born 18 May 1812 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Margaret McDougal on 08 Sep 1839; died in 1849.
5. Margaret Arbuckle - born 07 Jul 1814 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on 14 Aug 1814. She married Robert H. Wilson on 11 Dec 1840 in Carumunnock and died 25 Oct 1888.
6. Janet Arbuckle - born 19 Sep 1816 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on 27 Oct 1816. She married Angus Murray on 12 Jun 1846 in Carmunnock.
7. James Arbuckle - born 10 Feb 1819 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Mary Bryson on 20 Jun 1845 in Carmunnock and were the parents of at least four children. He died on 27 Dec 1893.
8. Agnes Arbuckle - born 20 Jul 1821 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened September 2nd of the same; married Niel Munn 18 Nov 1843.
9. Isabelle Arbuckle - born 11 Dec 1822 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened 04 Apr 1823; married Andrew Hamilton on 27 May 1853.
10. Jean Arbuckle - born 18 Feb 1826 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on the 23rd of April the same; married James Smillie on 09 Jun 1846.

According to the 1841 and 1851 census records and the Old Parochial Records, William was a weaver and later an agricultural laborer. In 1853 William and his family emigrated to Canada with four of their children including Robert and wife Jean (McNiven); Margaret and husband Robert Kerr; their unmarried daughter Jean; and five grandchildren. The 6th grandchild, Christena Kerr, was born at sea near Newfoundland.

William and Janet lived with their son Robert on Lot 76, Concession D, northwest of Harriston in Minto Township in Wellington County, Ontario. He died in 1867 on the 1st of March and his wife Janet died on 29 January 1875 at the home of their daughter Jean (wife of Alexander Edgar) in Hewick Township, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. Their place of burial is not known.

View 1853 Passenger Manifest contributed by Sue Edminster & Nancy Gullison

View 1784 Old Parochial Record - copied from Family History Library microfilm #1042970 by P. Davidson-Peters

Note: We are still searching for the passenger record for the Robert Kerr family, which did not appear on the eight pages of the manifest with the William Arbuckle family arriving at the port of Montreal on the Barque Cutherberts from Glasgow on 26 Aug 1853.

1. John Arbuckle - born 07 Mar 1807 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened on the 29th of March. His marriage to Mary Mc Callum was recorded 14 July 1839 in Glasgow, and also 02 Aug 1839 in Carmunnock.
2. William Arbuckle - born 03 Oct 1808 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Margaret Struthers 29 Nov 1833 in Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland, she having been born in Mearns in August of 1813. William died on 29 Dec 1883 and Margaret on 15 Jan 1894 - they were both laid to rest at Harriston Cemetery in Minto Township.
3. Andrew Arbuckle - born 13 Mar 1811 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; died 03 Jan 1833 in Scotland.
4. Janet Arbuckle - born 15 Aug 1813 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; died at age ten in October of 1823.
5. Mary Arbuckle - born 06 Feb 1816 in Carmunnock in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married William Warnock; died 20 Jan 1893.
6. Agness Arbuckle - born 08 Feb 1819 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married John Wilson in Gorbals on 20 Nov 1840. The marriage was also recorded 11 December 1840 in Carmunnock. She died 26 Sep 1847 in Scotland.
7. Robert Arbuckle - born 26 Aug 1821 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Jean Mc Niven 05 Feb 1847 and left Scotland sometime after the summer of 1852 and first settled in Canada, and later in Bluffton, Otter Tail Co., MN.
8. Margaret Arbuckle - born 16 Aug 1824 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; twin of Janet; married Robert Kerr on 09 Jun 1850 in Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland and went to Ontario, Canada in about 1853. She died in 1900 (Listed in the 1861 Minto Census)
9. Janet Arbuckle - born 16 Aug 1824 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; twin of Margaret, married Ludowick Wilson and was the mother of five children.
10. Jane "Jean" Arbuckle - born 08 Jan 1829 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; married Alexander Edgar and died in November of 1917.

1. James Gilmour - born 01 Oct 1832 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened 28 Oct 1832 and believe to have died young.
2. William Gilmour - born 15 Apr 1835 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; listed in the 1841 census as age six.
3. Agnes Gilmour - born 29 Aug 1840 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened 04 October; listed in the 1841 census as nine months.
4. John Gilmour - born 05 Feb 1844 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened 17 Mar 1844.
5. Margaret Gilmour - born 27 May 1846 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland; christened 28 Jun 1846.

It should be noted that sources other than Doreen Menzie Arbucke, list the birth of James as 21 Oct 1806, son of Matthew; and list his date of death in Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland as 12 Dec 1888. His wife Elisabeth is listed as born in Cathkin on 02 Feb 1811 with a date of death in Hamilton as 16 Nov 1884.

Dates of James and Ann's children are verified in the Old Parochial Records of Scotland.

1. Margaret Gilmour - born 21 Mar 1832 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland.
2. Mary Gilmour - christened 24 Aug 1834 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland

1. Mathew Gilmour - born 16 Aug 1837 in Cathkin, Lanark, Scotland.
2. John Pettigrew Gilmour - born 17 May 1841 in Cathkin, Lanark, Scotland.
3. James Gilmour - born 12 Jun 1843 in Cathkin, Lanark, Scotland.
4. Robert Gilmour - born 14 Dec 1846 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
5. William Gilmour - born 19 Jan 1849 in Cathkin, Lanark, Scotland.
6. Alexander Gilmour - born 21 Nov 1850 in Cathkin, Lanark, Scotland.

He came to the U.S. in 1853 with his wife Isabelle (Dale), daughter of David, whom he had married on 01 Mar 1839 in Glasgow. They were enumerated in the 1860 census residing in Paint Twp., Highland Co., Ohio with their three children. By 1870 the family was living near John's brother James' family in Page Co., Iowa.

His wife Isabelle died in 1875 in Villisca, Montgomery Co., Iowa, and in December of 1876 he married Celia Jane (Heaton) Edwards, widow of Nathan and daughter of Benjamin Heaton who was born 23 Aug 1830 in Madison Co., Illinois. In 1880 the family was listed residing in Nodaway Twp., Taylor Co., Iowa where they were located on a good farm of ninety acres, well improved, comfortable buildings, orchard, etc. Their household included John, his 2nd wife Celia "Jane" her sons Charley and Stillman Edwards, and John's granddaughter Cora Williams.

In 1885 the John and Celia were enumerated in the Iowa State census residing in Taylor county. Also dwelling with them, but head of his own household is Benjamin Edwards, his wife's son her first husband Lathan who died in 1866. John's daughter, Margaret (wife of Edwin Pierce) and family are also residing in this county with their five children.

John died on 18 Jan 1899* in Villisca, Iowa and in 1900 his widow was listed in that city as widowed and residing alone. She died on 04 Nov 1904 in Villisca and was buried beside her first husband, Lathan Edwards, at North Grove Cemetery in Page Co., Iowa.

*Note: According to Celia Jane (Heaton) Arbuckle's obituary, John died on 09 Jan 1898. Prior to her marriage to John she was counted in a census in 1850 in Greene Co., Illinois, and the 1860 and 1870 census residing in in Nodaway Twp., Taylor Co., IA.

For more on Celia Jane (Heaton) visit Moser / Frank Family Tree by Glenda Frank Moser

Headstone & Additional Photos of Celia Jane & Edwards Family by Glenda at Find A Grave

1. Agnes Arbuckle - born Dec 1840 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; married (1) Charles F. Williams and (2) Joseph Ferguson; died in 1933.
2. John Arbuckle - born 1843 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, he enlisted in Co. I of the 89th Ohio Infantry on 16 Aug 1862, listed as age 20. On 01 Jul 1863 he was promoted to Full Corporal, but according to a letter written by Capt. Barrett and published in the Highland News from Libby Prison, John had been captured and was listed as a prisoner. The successful destruction to the railroads by General Sherman, cut off all supplies to Richmond so that its own civilians could not be fed or clothed, so they tranferred many of the officers at the Libby Prison to Danville Prison in Pittsylvania Co. It was here that John died of disease and/or starvation on 30 Mar 1864.
3. Margaret Dale Arbuckle - born 07 Jul 1851 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. She married Edwin R. Pierce in Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa on 31 Dec 1870. The mother of nine children, she died on 27 Dec 1945 in Clarinda.

They first came to Kanawa Co., West Virginia, making their home there for over a year and them moved to Highland Co., Ohio. In the Fall of 1858 they, along with six other families, journeyed to Iowa. In 1860 they were enumerated in Jackson Township in Montgomery county, but shortly afterward settled in Page county, five and one-half miles southeast of Villisca.

At the time the 1870 census was taken, the family was living in Valley Township and just a few houses from William and Jane Bryson and James' brother John Arbuckle. The family resided in Page county (listed in the 1880 & 1885 census) until the spring of 1889, when they moved one mile east of Villisca where James died on either in November of 1893 or on 27 Dec 1893.

The following spring Mary, along with her family moved to Villisca where she was enumerated in the 1900 and 1910 census records. She died at the age of eighty-eight years, two months and six days on 15 May 1910. According to family notes, she became a Christian, uniting first with the Presbyterian Church in Scotland and after coming to Iowa she united with the Christian Church of which she was a faithful and devoted member. Her life was one of devotion to her family and she left to them the blessed memory of a mother's love and devotion. She never thought of herself but spent her life in service for others and was ever ready to help those in sickness or distress. She and James were laid to rest at North Grove Cemetery, Valley Twp., Page Co., Iowa.

1. John Arbuckle - born about 1847 in Scotland and came to Iowa with his parents.
2. Jeanetta Isabelle Arbuckle - born 25 Nov 1853 in Ohio; married John Stitt Kendrick on 14 Mar 1877; resided in Iowa and was the mother of eleven children.
3. William Arbuckle - born about 1856 in Ohio; resided in Iowa.
4. James Arbuckle - born 29 May 1858 in Ohio; died 03 May 1874 in Valley Twp., Page Co., IA and was laid to rest at North Grove Cemetery.
5. Maggie Arbuckle - born Dec 1867; residing with her widowed mother in 1900.
6. Mary "Eva" Arbuckle - born Aug 1869; residing with her widowed mother in 1900.

Shown in 1851 census in Cambuslang with 5 children. He died before the 1861 census in which Mary is a widow and has dressmaker as an occupation and is living with daughters Mary, age 12, and Agnes, age 9. In the 1871 census she is living on own in Carmunnock, 1881 census she is living with her daughter Margaret and her family. Margaret's husband is a master baker and they have six children and a servant. In the 1891 census Mary Arbuckle is living on her own, but either in the same building or next door to her son David Warnock and his family of six, in Blantyre. Mary died 20 Jan 1893 from a stroke (apoplexy) at Springfield Place, Blantyre.

Note: Information on Mary and her descendants contributed by Aileen Salway of Scotland (Nov 2008).

1. David Warnock - born abt 1841 in Cambuslang or Cambusnethan.
2. Janet Warnock - born 11 July 1842 in Cambuslang; christened 07 Aug 1842 also in Cambuslang. Enumerated in the 1861 census as a farm servant at Sergeantlaw Farm, SW of Paisley. She married James Robertson on 03 Apr 1863 at the Church of Scotland, Carmunnock. He was a farm servant in Carmunnock parish when they married and then they moved around a lot with records of him as a ploughman at Kirkmichael Farm, Helensburgh in the 1871 census, 1876 a ploughman at Tollcross in Glasgow and in the 1881 census an agricultural labourer at Slacks, Galston near Ayr. Janet died of pulmonary phthisis and diarrhoea at Old Farm, Rutherglen on 13 Aug 1884, at the age of 42. Both Sergeantlaw and Old Farm still exist today although Old Farm is no longer a farm and is located between the River Clyde and an industrial estate. When she lived/died there it was located next to a colliery, so was similarly industrial. She and James were the parents of at least six children: Jane Robertson - born abt 1865 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire
   James Robertson - born abt 1870 in Kirkintiilloch, Lanark
   Mary Robertson - born abt 1872 in Kilmacolm, Renfrew
   Jessie Robertson - born abt 1874 in Barony Parish, Glasgow
   Margaret Robertson - born 19th June 1876 at West Farm, Tollcross, Barony, Glasgow
   William Robertson - born abt 1879 in Barony Parish, Glasgow.
3. William Warnock - born 08 May 1844 at Bushyhill or Busbyhill, Cambuslang; married Jane.
4. Margaret Warnock - born abt 1846 in Cambuslang; married Matthew Watson.
5. Mary Warnock - born abt 1849 in Cambuslang.
6. Agnes Warnock - born at 1852 in Cambuslang.

Robert Arbuckle - son of William and Janet (Dyer), was born 26 August 1821 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland.  He married on 5 Feb 1847 in Carmunnock, Jean McNiven who was born 17 Sep 1827 in Carmunnock, and was the daughter of Daniel McNiven and Jean Rennie. 

Sometime between 1852 and 1855, Robert purchased land in Minto, Wellington County, of Ontario. and was listed in the 1861 census. He owned land adjacent to Joseph and William Davidson who had left Aberlemno, Scotland sometime after 1861. Both families were enumerated in the 1871 Canadian census records.

The following year, Robert Arbuckle's daughter Janet married the neighboring Scotsman, William Davidson and remained living in Minto a year longer than Janet's family who had left Canada in 1880 and settled in Bluffton, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.

The following year, William and Janet Davidson also left Canada and settled in Wadena County, Minnesota, just across the county line from Bluffton. At the time of their arrival in the U.S., they had five children: Alexander about age ten; William age seven; Jane age six; Margaret age four; Mary Christine age two; and baby Robert who had been born that February.

Robert Arbuckle's naturalization papers indicate he landed at the port of Detroit on or about the month of May 1880. His family is listed in the 1880 Otter Tail Co., MN Federal Census with his wife and children: Daniel, Mary, Robert, Agnes, Margaret, Isabella, Peter, and John. They later moved to Wadena County where they were listed in the 1885 Minnesota State Census residing in Wadena.

A year earlier on July 28, 1884, Robert became a citizen of the United States, swearing on on oath and renouncing the Queen of Great Britian. His wife Jean died in Wadena on 21 June 1890. According to his obituary in the Wadena Pioneer Journal, Robert tragically took his own life by swallowing a dose of strychanine on the 27th of February in 1895. He and Jean are buried in the Wadena City Cemetery.

Photo of Robert & Jean

1. Jean Arbuckle - born 23 Jul 1847 in Carmunnock, Scotland; died 19 Jan 1907 in Bemidji, Minnesota; Wife of William Alexander Walker. [View Headstone].
2. William Arbuckle - born 2 May 1849 in Carmunnock, Scotland; husband of Ellen Bannerman. 
3. Janet Dyer Arbuckle - born 6 Jun 1851 in Carmunnock, Scotland; died 11 Nov 1914 in Bottineau, Bottineau Co., MN; buried in Wadena City Cemetery, MN; wife of William Davidson.
4. Mary Arbuckle - born 19 Jun 1852 in Carmunnock, Scotland; died 11 Jan 1930 in Lynden, Whatcom Co., WA; Wife of Edwin M. Philo.
5. Daniel Arbuckle - born 11 Aug 1855 in Canada; died 7 Jun 1927 in Lynden, Whatcom Co., WA; buried in Richlca, Saskatchewan, Canada. His wife's name was Harriet Chapman.
6. Robert Arbuckle - born 4 Nov 1857 in Canada; died after 1900.
7. Agnes Arbuckle - born 20 Apr 1860 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Oct 1945 in Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington; was wife of (1) Charles Crabtree; (2) Albert Hinckley.
8. Margaret Arbuckle - born Jun 1862 in Canada; died 19 Jun 1912. She married William A. Bolden on 16 Dec 1882 in Wadena, Minnesota. Prior to her marriage, she was counted in a census in 1871 in Minto, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; and in 1880 was residing in Bluffton, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota.
9. Isabella Arbuckle - born 16 Nov 1864 in Canada; died after 1880.
10. Andrew Arbuckle - born 4 Jan 1867 in Canada; died after 1900. He married Mina Soule.
11. Peter McNiven Arbuckle - born 16 Nov 1869 in Ontario, Canada. He died on 25 Dec 1949 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, MN. The cause of death was Bronchial Pneumonia, Arteriosclerosis, due to senility & psychosis. He was counted in a census in 1871 in Minto, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; in 1880 in Bluffton, Otter Tail Co., MN. In 1885 and 1895 he was listed in the Minnesota Sate census residing in Wadena County; and in 1900, 1910, and 1920 listed in the federal census in Wadena. His will was probated on 09 Jun 1950 in Wadena, and he was buried on 27 Dec 1949 in Wadena City Cemetery.
12. John Alexander Arbuckle - born 19 Feb 1874 in Minto, Wellington, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Oct 1934 in Glacier, WA; husband of Freda Adelaide Bergman.

The family was listed in the census in 1861 residing in Minto, and Robert in the 1867 Directory for Minto. According to the Wellington Atlas of 1906, Robert Kerr was considered one of Minto's most respected pioneers and their descendants remain in that area today.

Margaret and her husband were buried in Harriston Cemetery. A memorial is inscribed on the other side of the stone of her brother William and his wife Margaret (Struthers). It reads: "In Loving memory of Robert Kerr 1824-1895; Margaret Arbuckle 1824-1900; Their Beloved Daughters Janet 1851-1876; Christena 1853-1944.

1. Janet Kerr - born 1850 in Scotland and married Robert Bennett. She died in 27 Mar 1876 and was buried in Harriston Cemetery in Minto Township.
2. Christena Kerr - born 1853 at sea near Newfoundland, she died in Toronto on 23 Apr 1942 and was buried in Harriston Cemetery in Minto Twp.
3. John Kerr - born 1856 in Minto Twp., Wellington, Ontario, Canada; he married Jessie Dryden on 23 Dec 1885. She was the daughter of Walter K. Dryden and Charlotte (Green), and was born on 21 Dec 1863 in North Dumfries Twp., Ontario. They were the parents of at least Luvern Arbuckle Kerr, and John R. Kerr. John was killed in a logging accident on 21 Mar 1895 and was laid to rest at Harriston Cemetery in Minto Township. Jessie died on 13 Mar 1951 in Galt, Ontario and was buried in Mount View Cemetery.
4. William Kerr - born in Minto Twp. in 1858. He was employed as cheesemaker, and married Harriett E. Kenney on 16 Mar 1887.
5. Robert Kerr - born in Minto Twp. in 1860; married Lil Slemon on 22 Apr 1891.
6. Margaret Kerr - born in Minto Twp. in 1866; married Walter Cairns Dryden on 22 Apr 1886. Walter was the son of Walter K. Dryden and Charlotte (Green) and was born in Scotland on 07 Jan 1862. Margaret died in 1949 and Walter, who owned a grist mill known as "Dryden's Mills" died in 1946. Both were laid to rest at Harriston Cemetery.
7. Thomas Kerr - born 14 May 1869 in Minto Twp.; married Mary "Priscilla" Broughton, daughter of George and Sarah (Mathewson) who was born on 12 Mar 1870. Thomas died on 21 Aug 1930 and Priscilla on 09 Mar 1949, and both were laid to rest at Harriston Cemetery. They were the parents of Gordon Robert; George; and Norman John.

1. Janet Wilson - born 29 Apr 1846 and christened on 08 Jun 1846 in Carmunnock, Scotland and enumerated in the 1851 census.
2. James Wilson - born 16 Jul 1848 and christned 13 Aug 1848 in Carmunnock, Scotland and enumerated in the 1851 census.
3. William Wilson - born 1852.
4. Margaret Wilson - born 1854.
5. Mary Wilson - born 1858.

1. James Wallace Edgar - born in 1858; died in 1915. He resided in C. Line, Howick Tp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada and married Mary Ellen McClement. Mary was born in 1863 and died in 1940.
2. William Edgar - born in 1860; he married Jean "Jane" Hutchinson on 19 Dec 1887. Jean was born in 1865 and died in 1941.
3. Alexander Edgar - born on 18 May 1862. He died on 20 Oct 1949. He married (1) Florence who died on 22 Feb 1910; married (2) Sarah, who had been born in 1864.
4. Janet E. Edgar - born in 1864; married David F. Stewart who was born in 1860 and died in 1927.
5. Jane Ellen Edgar - born in 1866; died on 08 Sep 1889. She married Hugh Hutchison who was born in 1856 and died in 1923.
6. Thomas D. Edgar - born in 1868 and died in 1926. He married Margaret Brown on 22 Apr 1896. Margaret was born in 1872 in Grey Twp., Ontario, Canada and died in 1956.

By 1880 Agnes was re-married and was living in Villisca, Montgomery Co., Iowa with ther three daughters from her first marriage. Her second husband was Joseph L. Ferguson, a harness and shoemaker who was born in Ohio in about June of 1844, and the family was enumerated in 1900 residing in Bellair Twp., Appanoose Co., Iowa. Her daughter Agnes, wife of Isaac Lindsay, was living in nearby Taylor Twp.

As noted in family notes, Joseph moved the family around often. They lived in small towns across central Iowa, Kansas City and evidently Oklahoma where they were enumerated in the 1910 census residing in Kay County. Joseph is said to have gone to California where the died, but when it is not known. In 1920 Agnes is residing with her married daughter Agnes in Lime Creek Twp., Washington Co., Iowa and listed as widowed, age 79. She died in 1933, her place of death and specific date not yet known.

1. Margaret "Maggie" J. Williams - born Sep 1868 in Ohio; married Charles E. Crags in Iowa in about 1885, he having been born in Iowa in December of 1873. In 1900 they were counted in a census in the 2nd Ward of Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa, and in 1910 were residing in Corydon Twp., Wayne Co., Iowa. She was the mother of at least Hazel, Earl, Bernie, Edna, Pauline & Fern Crags. The 1910 census indicates she was the mother of ten children, seven living at the time.
2. Cora Williams - born Sep 1872 in Iowa; married Eugene A. Westcott in New York in 1888 and was was counted in the 1910 and 1920 census residing in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY. Her husband Eugene was born on 15 Apr 1869 in New York and died on 23 Sep 1957. She was the mother of at least Eugene and Pauline Olive Williams.
3. Agnes Williams - born Jan 1874 in Iowa; married Isaac Lindsay in Monroe Co., Iowa on 14 Mar 1895, he having been born in Mar 1872 in Tennessee. They were counted in a census in 1900 in Taylor Twp., Appanoose Co., Iowa, and in 1910 and 1920 census records residing in Lime Creek Twp., Washington Co., Iowa. She was the mother of at least Lena M., and Cecil Lindsay.

1. Joseph Ferguson - born Oct 1881 in Iowa; counted in a census in 1900 in Bellair Twp., Appanoose Co., IA.
2. John Ferguson - born Dec 1886 in Iowa; counted in a census in 1900 in Bellair Twp., Appanoose Co., IA.

On 31 Dec 1870, she married Edwin Ruthven Pierce in Clarinda. He was born 07 Mar 1835 in Aurora, Erie Co., NY and was the son of Willard and Sophrona (Waters). They appear to have lived in Iowa up until about 1879 and in 1880 were living in Gaylord, Smith Co., Kansas. Their youngest child, Edwin, was then listed as five months old and born in Iowa. In 1885 the family was listed in Nodaway Twp., Taylor Co., Iowa but moved back to Clarinda, shortly anfterwards, and there they remained the rest of their lives. Here they were listed in the 1900 and 1910 census. Edwin died on 27 Jul 1913, and Margaret in 1920 she was listed as widowed, head of household. In the 1930 census she was residing with her daughter Isabelle. She died on 27 Dec 1945, and both were laid to rest at the Clarinda Cemetery.

1. Julia Dale Pierce - born 01 Dec 1870 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA; married Joe Sevier and died Nov 1904 in Eaton, Weld Co., CO.
2. John Arbuckle Pierce - born 25 Jan 1874 in Hawleyville, Page Co., IA; married Nellie May (Humphrey) on 30 Jun 1898; and died 18 Jul 1942 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA. Nellie was born in Hawleyville on 16 Apr 1874 and died 22 Oct 1935 in Clarinda. They were the parents of at least Loren John Pierce, born in 1911.
3. Claude Emmons Pierce - born 17 Jul 1877 in Winchester, Adams Co., OH; married Maybelle Claire Chambers in Loveland, Colorado in 1906; and died 04 Aug 1920 in Loveland, Larimer Co., CO. Maybelle was born on or about 04 Jul 1884 and died 15 Sep 1937. They were the parents of at least James Edwin Pierce who was born in 1913.
4. Roy Edwin Pierce - born 24 Dec 1879 in Winchester, Adams Co., OH; married Elizabeth and was the father of at least: Thelma, Margaret, Clarence, Helen, Alice, Walter, and Roy. He died Jun 1924 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA.
5. Willard Pierce was born 1883 in Taylor Co., IA; burned to death at about age three or four from playing in the burning coals of the cook stove.
6. Mary Frances Pierce - born 10 Nov 1885 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA; married Earl Raymond Turner on 21 Jun 1911; died 1964.
7. Isabelle Agnes Pierce - born 21 Sep 1888 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA; married Carl Albert Linquist on 20 Jun 1916. She was the mother of at least W. Donald and Mary Frances. She died 1977 in Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA.
8. William Dale Pierce - born 01 Sep 1891 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA; married Minnie Frisch on 17 Apr 1919 in Billings, Montana; died 1957 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., CA.
9. Ralph Mortimer Pierce - born 03 Apr 1894 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA; married (1) Louise Troup, (2) Lillian Henderson. He died 27 Apr 1969 in Clarinda, Page Co., IA.

Janet died of pulmonary phthisis and diarrhoea at Old Farm, Rutherglen on 13 Aug 1884, at the age of 42. Both Sergeantlaw and Old Farm still exist today although Old Farm is no longer a farm and is located between the River Clyde and an industrial estate. When she lived/died there it was located next to a colliery, so was similarly industrial. She and James were the parents of at least six children.

1. Jane Robertson - born abt 1865 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire.
2. James Robertson - born abt 1870 in Kirkintiilloch, Lanark.
3. Mary Robertson - born abt 1872 in Kilmacolm, Renfrew.
4. Jessie Robertson - born abt 1874 in Barony Parish, Glasgow.
5. Margaret Robertson - born 19th June 1876 at West Farm, Tollcross, Barony, Glasgow. She was a farm servant at Cartsbridge Farm, Greenbank in Busby, Glasgow when she married John Sally, the son of Irish immigrants from Co. Tyrone. They married at the United Presbyterian Church, Auchenairn, Glasgow on 06 Dec 1895. He was a farm servant at Drumbottie Farm, Cadder when he married. He is later recorded as being a ploughman. Margaret died in 1946 in that same area of Glasgow (Cadder Western) Lanarkshire. They had four children, including John who was cut off from the family for marrying a Roman Catholic. The family story is that Margaret was a staunch supporter of the Orange Order.
6. William Robertson - born abt 1879 in Barony Parish, Glasgow.

1. Old Parochial Birth/Christening & Marriage Records of Carmunnock, Scotland; Batch #C116312; #C116314; #M116312; #M116314
2. Old Parochial Marriage Records of Eastwood, Renfrew Scotland; Batch #M11625
3. OPR - Gorbals, Lanark, Scotland Marriages, Batch #M119356.
4. OPR- Fettercain, Kincardine, Scotland Births & Christenings, Batch #C112575.
5. OPR - Glasgow, Lanark Scotland Birth and Christenings, Batch #C119672.
6. 1841, 1851, 1861 Census Records of Lanark, Scotland.
7. Doreeen Menzies Arbuckle, The Arbuckles of East Wawanosh, A History with Genealogies of the Arbuckle, Bannerman, McKenzie & Robertson Families; FHL Film #1035690 Item 5.
8. Family papers & research of Mark S. Pierce
9. The Highland News 24 Dec 1863 - Extracts of Capt Barrett Letter from Libby Prison (Including info on John Arbuckle)
10. Family Bible & Research & Headstone Photos of Glenda Frank Moser
11. State of MN Death Certificate.
12. Otter Tail, MN County Birth Records
13. Otter Tail County History, Volume I
14. Beltrami County Birth & Marriage Records.
15. Wadena City Cemetery Inscriptions, 6050884
16. Pioneer Journal Obituary.
17. Minnesota Historical Society Web Site.
18. 1900 Wadena, MN Federal Census, 1240795.
19. Clerk of District Court, Wadena County Marriage Records 1873-1955, FHL #1940339.
20. Clerk of the District Court, Register Of Births, Cherokee Co., IA, FHL #1428634
21. Death Certificate."Minnesota Dept. of Health - Rec #028217."
22. Norman Co., MN Index (Newspaper), May 12, 1965.
23. Family Papers & Research of Ruthanne Rocha
24. Family Papers of Nancy Gullison
25. Death Records - Harriston, Wellington Co., Ontario

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