Arbuckle Family of Lanark, Scotland

The Arbuckles of Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland
Compiled by P. Davidson-Peters ©2001-2007

Outer Background is the Arbuckle Tartan - Provided by Kenneth Arbuckle

Of the Clan Macnab, the Arbuckle name is said to have derived from one who is a maker of brass bucklers - these being a small round shield which was part of the armour worn by warriors in the Middle ages and which buckled on the arms.

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 1745 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.

CHILDREN OF
John Arbuckle & Mary (Young)
Born in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland

1. Margaret Arbuckle - born 09 Jan 1771 and christened on the 20th of the same - died in infancy.

2. John Arbuckle - born 05 Jun 1773 and christened 20th of the same - died in infancy.

3. Margaret Arbuckle - born 31 Dec 1775 and christened on 11 Jan 1776. She married James Gilmour and were the parents of five known children.

4. Janet Arbuckle - born 11 Oct 1778; married James Pollock on 11 Oct 1807.

5. John Arbuckle - born 16 Jul 1780; married Margaret Auchinloss on 08 Jun 1805 and were the parents of ten children.

6. William Arbuckle - born 18 Jan 1784 and was christened on the 25th of the same; married Janet Dyer.

Generation II

Margaret Arbuckle - daughter of John and Mary, was born on 31 Dec 1775 in Carmunnock. She married James Gilmour in Carmunnock on 28 May 1803. They were listed in the 1841 census in which James was listed as a Cotton Hand Loom Weaver residing in the Village of Carumunnock. In 1851 Margaret was listed as a widow, her occupation a wash woman where she was listed in District III of Cambuslang. She died on 21 Jul 1859.

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

CHILDREN OF
Margaret (Arbuckle) & James Gilmour
Born in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland

1. Mary Gilmour - born 22 Mar 1804; christened on 25 Mar 1804; died young.

2. John Gilmour - born 25 Aug 1805; married Isabella Fleming 01 Jun 1832. and listed in the 1841 census.

3. James Gilmour - born 16 Feb 1808; married (1) Ann Haggart on 20 Jan 1832; (2) Elisabeth Pettigrew on 26 Jul 1836.

4. Mary Gilmour - born 31 Oct 1810; christened on 18 Nov 1810; married John Murray on 12 Jul 1833 in Carmunnock.

5. Agnes Gilmour - born 17 Nov 1813; christened on 28 Nov 1813; married Hugh Paterson on 21 Oct 1836 in Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland.

John Arbuckle - son of John and Mary, was born in 1780 and married Margaret Auchinloss on 08 Jun 1805 in Carmunnock. It is believed that Margaret was born in Glasgow in 1784 and died in Carumunnock in 1835. John, who was a weaver, was enumerated in the 1841 and 1851 census residing in Carmunnock and listed as a widower. He died on the 3rd of Jan 1859.

CHILDREN OF
John Arbuckle & Margaret (Auchinloss)
Born in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland

1. Elizabeth Arbuckle - born 01 Apr 0806; she 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; 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; 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; married Margaret McDougal on 08 Sep 1839; died in 1849.

5. Margaret Arbuckle - born 07 Jul 1814 and 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 and christened on 27 Oct 1816. She married Angus Murray on 12 Jun 1846 in Carmunnock.

7. James Arbuckle - born 10 Feb 1819; 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 and christened September 2nd of the same; married Niel Munn 18 Nov 1843.

9. Isabelle Arbuckle - born 11 Dec 1822 and christened 04 Apr 1823; married Andrew Hamilton on 27 May 1853.

10. Jean Arbuckle - born 18 Feb 1826 and christened on the 23rd of April the same; married James Smillie on 09 Jun 1846.

William Arbuckle, son of John and Mary, was born born 18 January 1784 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland and married on 07 June 1806 in Carmunnock, Janet Dyer who was born in Cambuslang parish on 05 Aug 1785 and was the daughter of coal miner William Dyer and his wife Janet Robertson. Some of the old handwritten parochial records state the name as Dyet.

According to the 1841 and 1851 census records and the Old Parochial Records, William was a weaver and later an agricultural laborer. In 1853 at the age of 69 the 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.

CHILDREN OF
William Arbuckle & Janet (Dyer)
Born in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland

1. John Arbuckle - born 07 Mar 1807 and 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; 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; died 03 Jan 1833 in Scotland.

4. Janet Arbuckle - born 15 Aug 1813; died at age ten in October of 1823.

5. Mary Arbuckle - born 06 Feb 1816.

6. Agness Arbuckle - born 08 Feb 1819; 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; 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; 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; twin of Margaret, married Ludowick Wilson and was the mother of five children.

10. Jane (Jean) Arbuckle - born 08 Jan 1829; married Alexander Edgar and died Nov 1917.

Generation III

John Gilmour - son of Margaret (Arbuckle) and James Gilmour, was born 25 Aug 1805 in Carmunnock and christened September 1st. He married Isabella Fleming in that village on 01 Jun 1832. They were listed in the 1841 census which included six year-old William and baby Agnes who was listed as nine months.

Children of
John Gilmour & Isabella (Fleming)
Born in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland

1. James Gilmour - born 01 Oct 1832; believe to have died young.

2. William Gilmour - born 15 Apr 1835; listed in the 1841 census as age six.

3. Agnes Gilmour - born 29 Aug 1840; christened 04 October; listed in the 1841 census as nine months.

4. John Gilmour - born 05 Feb 1844

5. Margaret Gilmour - born 27 May 1846; christened 28 Jun 1846.

James Gilmour - son of Margaret (Arbuckle) and James Gilmour, was born 16 Feb 1808; married (1) Ann Haggart on 20 Jan 1832 in Carmunnock. She may have died shortly after the birth of their last child. He married (2) Elisabeth Pettigrew on 26 Jul 1836 in Carmunnock.

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.

Children of
James Gilmour & Ann (Haggart)

1. Margaret Gilmour - born 21 Mar 1832 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland.

2. Mary Gilmour - christened 24 Aug 1834 in Carmunnock, Lanark, Scotland

Children of
James Gilmour & Elisabeth Pettigrew
Not Verified - Extracted from Family Search IGI Records
If you can verify or add more information - please feel free to contact Patricia

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.

John Arbuckle - son of John Arbuckle & Margaret (Auchinloss), was born 28 Feb 1810. According to family papers provided by Ruthanne Rocha, John was a farmer, a canny Scot, and a man of few words. He had a thick brogue and piercing blue eyes and gave an impression of sterness and unquestionable obedience. He was a well read man, a man of integrity, industry and saving habits, but a man who lived close unto himself.

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 son - he being the son of Celia by 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.

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

Children of
John Arbuckle & Isabelle (Dale)

1. Agnes Arbuckle - born 1841 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; married (1) Charles F. Williams on 30 Aug 1867 in Highland Co., OH and had Maggie, Cora & Agnes Williams. She married (2) Joseph Ferguson and had son Joseph. She 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.

James Arbuckle - son of John Arbuckle & Margaret (Auchinloss), was born in Carmunnock on 10 Feb 1819. He married Mary Bryson at Strathaven, Scotland on 20 Jun 1845 and lived in Glasgow, Scotland for five years. They sailed from that city on 23 Aug 1850 and were the first of either family to leave for America. After six weeks, they landed at New York on 02 Oct 1850, and during the voyage across, the infant son died and they buried him in the bosom of the broad Atlantic.

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.

Children of
James Arbuckle & Mary (Bryson)

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.

Robert Arbuckle - son of William, 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

Children Of
Robert Arbuckle & Jean (McNiven)

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; wife of William A. Bolden.

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 17 Nov 1868 in Canada.

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.

Margaret Arbuckle - daughter of William and Janet, was born 16 Aug 1824 and was a twin of Janet. She married Robert Kerr on 09 Jun 1850 in Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland and went to Ontario, Canada in about 1853. They settled among other Scots in the dense woods along the colonization road north of Harriston on Concession D, Lot 76.

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.

Children Of
Margaret (Arbuckle) & Robert Kerr

1. Janet Kerr - born 1851 in Scotland and married George Bennett. She died in 1876 and was buried in Harriston Cemetery in Minto Township.

2. Christena Kerr - born 1853 at sea near Newfoundland, she died in Toronto in 1942.

3. John Kerr - born 1856 in Minto Twp., Wellington, Ontario, Canada; he married Jessie Dryden on 23 Dec 1885 and 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.

4. William Kerr - born in Minto Twp. in 1858.

5. Robert Kerr - born in Minto Twp. in 1860; married Lil Slemon.

6. Margaret Kerr - born in Minto Twp. in 1866; married Walter Cairns Dryden on 22 Apr 1886. she died in 1949 and was 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.

Janet Arbuckle - daughter of William, was born in 1824 and was the twin of Margaret. She married Ludowick Wilson on 28 Nov 1845 in Carmunnock. They were enumerated in the 1851 census residing in District III of the S.W. Village of Carummnock, Ludowick working as a wood sawyer and his wife as a laundress. At the time their household included two small children: Janet and James.

Children of
Janet (Arbuckle) & Ludowick Wilson

1. Janet Wilson - born 29 Apr 1846 in Carmunnock, Scotland.

2. James Wilson - born 16 Jul 1848 in Carmunnock, Scotland.

3. William Wilson - born 1852.

4. Margaret Wilson - born 1854.

5. Mary Wilson - born 1858.

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