Joseph may have been baptised 15 Oct 1785 at Ballinrich, Little Dunkeld, Perthshire, the son of Donald Mcfarlane and Jannet Cummin (though none of his chldren were named after his siblings, which seems to be the tradition in this family).
He was living in Moneydie, Perthshire, in 1804, and his occupation was given as 'wright' and as 'master cooper'.
There was a Jean McFarlane baptised in Moneydie 19 February 1802, with parents Joseph McFarlane and Margaret McFarlane, and there is no trace of another Joseph McFarlane in the area at that time.
Did our Joseph father a child out of wedlock? And was the mother related to his future wife?
Grizal McFarlane ( - 1833)
Grizal was living in Redgorton, Perthshire, at the time of her marriage.
She is also referred to as Grace (at burial and after her death). 'Grizal' is probably the Gaelic 'Griseal' (pronounced 'gree'shul'), and is associated with the English name 'Grace'.
They were married 16 May 1804 at Moneydie, Perthshire. They were living at Clockie Mile, Findo Gask, Perthshire in 1811 and 1813 and at Chapelbank, Findo Gask, in 1815 and 1818.
Presumably they were Gaelic speakers as their first two children were baptised by Mr. Duncan McFarlane, the Gaelic minister at Perth. This is recorded in the register of baptisms at Findo Gask in 1811,
but it was not found in the Perth register.
They were living in the parish of Blackford in 1821 and in Auchterarder from at least 1823 onwards. Grizal (Grace) died there 23 May 1833 and Joseph on 22 March 1843. The address in 1841 was the Feus, Auchterarder.
They had nine children:
John McFarlane was baptised in Moneydie 23 July 1805.
Peter McFarlane was born in Findo Gask 7 October 1807.
Grizal MacFarlane *** was born in Findo Gask 21 May 1809. She was also known as Grace. In 1833 she married Duncan Stalker who is recorded as being a teacher, a gardener and a clerk. They had four children,
Peter (1836), John *** (1838), Margaret (c1840) and Catherine *** (c1842). Duncan was transported to New Norfolk, Tasmania, in 1844, for falsifying a deed in his employment.
Grace died in Auchterarder in 1846, all four children still under the age of ten. John, emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania, in 1857, aged 19.
Ann McFarlane was born in Findo Gask 14 May 1811.
John McFarlane was born in Findo Gask 26 September 1813. He died aged 18, 24 May 1832.
James McFarlane *** was born in Findo Gask 19 December 1815. See next.
George McFarlane was born in Findo Gask 12 March 1818. He died 5 February 1835 aged 17.
Margaret McFarlane was born 5 May 1821 in Blackford, Perthshire. She died aged 25 and unmarried in 1846.
Robert McFarlane *** was born in Auchterarder 24 October 1823. He married Mary Nicol in Arngask, Perthshire, 7 December 1845. Their children were Catherine (1846), William (1848),
George (1849), Isabella *** (1851), Grace (1853), James (1855), John (1857)
N.B. The spelling of McFarlane has several variations at this stage: MacFarlane, McFarlen, McFarling, McFarline, McFarland.
James McFarlane *** (1815 - 1897)
James was baptised 19 December 1815 at Chapel Bank, Findo Gask. He also lived in Auchterarder.
Margaret was baptised 30 December 1815 in Auchterarder.
They were married 3 January 1835 in Auchterarder, both aged 19. They were living at Greenbank in 1841, Powhillock in 1845 and the Feus in 1846 and 1851. James was a hand-loom weaver.
Margaret died 25 February 1852 aged 36.
Their children were all born in Auchterarder:
James McFarlane *** was baptised 25 August 1835. See next.
John McFarlane was baptised 23 July 1837. He was a hand-loom weaver at 13. He married Jane Horn 28 December 1860.
Their children were unnamed (1862), James (1864), Margaret (1866), Catherine (1870), Peter (1872), Georgina (1873), John (c.1875) and Jane (1881).
Andrew McFarlane was baptised 15 August 1839. He became a coachpainter in Dundee, at 118 Hawkhill in 1867 and 1868, at 154/8 Lochee Road in 1874 and 1883, 5 Temple Lane in 1891 and 1897,
and at 51 Small's Wynd in 1904. He had at least three children, Robert, Christina (c.1868) and Mary (c.1875).
Catherine McFarlane was baptised 30 October 1841.
George McFarlane was baptised 26 October 1843 and died 3 February 1844 aged 4 months.
Grace McFarlane was baptised 29 March 1845 and died 25 January 1846 aged 10 months.
Ann McFarlane was baptised 14 December 1846 and died 26 December 1847 aged 12 months.
Peter McFarlane *** was baptised 9 January 1849. He married Amelia Valentine in Dundee in 1874. Their children were Peter (1974), Albert David *** (1877) and Ada Jane (1881).
After Margaret's death, and some time between 1852 and 1857, James moved to Dundee where he became a labourer. At the age of 41 he remarried.
His bride was 25-year-old jute-worker, Mary Ann Reid, who was born in Ireland about 1833, the daughter of Robert Reid, labourer, and Hannah Glover. She had a sister, Agnes, and a brother, John.
They were married 2 October 1857 at 3 Windsor Street, Dundee. James was now a rag warehouseman or "broker" at 144 Overgate, Dundee (1860, 1861), a waste-dealer at 51 Seagate (1866), at 39 Seagate (1869, 1870) and at 70 Blackness Road (1871, 1872).
He is also recorded as being a wincy weaver. He died a pauper at the Parochial Hospital, Dundee, 8 August 1897 aged 81.
There were ten children from his second marriage:
George Reid McFarlane was born in 1858.
Robert McFarlane was born 10 March 1860.
Mary Ann Mcfarlane was born 7 January 1862.
Agnes McFarlane *** was born in 1863.
Janet McFarlane was born 12 August 1864.
Joseph McFarlane *** was born 23 March 1866 and died 31 July 1933.
William George McFarlane was born 26 January 1868.
Eliza Low Mcfarlane was born 18 February 1870.
Martha McFarlane was born 6 January 1872.
Charles McFarlane was born 3 May 1874.
James McFarlane *** (1835 - 1904)
James was born 25 August 1835 at the Feus, Auchterarder. He was a hand-loom weaver in the cotton industry there at 15.
Isabella was born 10 August 1836 at Langshot, Muthill, Perthshire. Her familiy lived at Blackford for some time before moving to Auchterarder in the 1850's.
They were married in Auchterarder 10 July 1857 and lived in the main street or Feus. James was a cotton-weaver, Isabella a cotton-winder. About 1861 they moved to Dundee where James' father was already living.
They were living at 198 Overgate in 1862 and 1863, Edwards Land, Cherryfield (or Walton and Wellington Street) in 1867 and 1871 and at 23 Lawrence Street from about 1876.
James worked as a labourer at first (1862 and 1869), but is also described as a domestic coachman in 1863 and mill-worker in 1867. He was a mill foreman in 1871, 1881 and 1886. He is also described as a foundry labourer, a calender worker and an auctioneer's porter.
James was no longer living with his family after 1877. He was at 3 Lawrence Street in 1878 and 1883, and at 1 Lawrence Street in 1884 and 1887. He died at Dundee Royal Infirmary 19 June 1904 aged 68. His home address then was given as 2 Westfield Avenue.
Isabella was a laundress in 1881. She lived alone at 23 Lawrence Street from about 1890, took in lodgers for some time, and died there 1 June 1903 aged 66.
Their first three children were born in Auchterarder, the others in Dundee:
James McFarlane *** was born 9 November 1857. See next.
Peter McFarlane was born 27 December 1858. He died 9 October 1863, aged 4.
Catherine McFarlane was born 12th September 1860. Her married name was Orchard and she was a jute weaver. They spent some time in Calcutta but returned to Dundee. They had one son.
John McFarlane *** was born 2 November 1862. He was a mill-worker at 18 but is also believed to have worked in the Dundee fish market. He married Catherine McMahon and had 7 children,
Catherine, Isobel, Margaret, John, Robina, Elizabeth *** (1909) and Mary Ann.
Peter McFarlane *** was born 2 May 1867.
He was a cloth lapper living at 29 Ryehill Lane, Dundee, when he married Christina Matthew, a jute weaver, 13 October 1886.
They had five children, Catherine (1888), William Matthew (1890), George Matthew (1892) ***, Lily (1894) and Christina Matthew (1898).
Margaret McFarlane was born 15 March 1869. Her married name was Paterson.
James McFarlane *** (1857 - 1912)
James was born 9 November 1857 at the Feus, Auchterarder. He moved to Dundee when he was about 4 and was a message boy at 13.
Ann was born 16 May 1858 at Donald's Land, Lochee. Her mother was only 18. She was living at Johnstone Land, Lochee in 1861, and in 1881 she was a sack machinist, living in lodgings at 12 Kinloch Street, Dundee, where her first child was born.
Three weeks after the birth of their first child they were married at 12 Kinloch Street, 12 October 1881. In 1884 and 1886 they were living at 13 Lawrence Street.
Their address was 2 Balgay Street in 1889, 12 Balgay Street in 1891, 2 City Road in 1895 and 12 City Road in 1896 and 1900.
James was a calender worker in 1881 and a cloth lapper in 1881 and 1886. He then trained as a taxidermist or birdstuffer with J.R. Gow & Sons of Union Street, Dundee. He is also described as a naturalist.
It is believed that he had a disagreement with his employer about 1896 and set up his own business at 32 Barrack Street. He is reputed to have stuffed animals and birds for the Dundee museum and also for the British Museum in London.
He was also a dog-breeder and a rat-catcher.
Ann died of TB. at 12 City Road 17 march 1900 aged 41. The family were living at 11 Milnbank Road in 1903 and 20 Pole Street in 1912. James became an alcoholic and died of TB. 22 February 1912 aged 54.
Their children were all born in Dundee:
Margaret Munro McFarlane was born 22 September 1881. Known as Maggie, she had an illegitimate son, Thomas (McFarlane). She married Robert Borland and had another son, James.
Their address in 1912 was 10 Pole Street. Later they lived at 38 Polepark Road. Margaret died 26 August 1955.
Isabella McDougall McFarlane was born 9 February 1884. Known as Bella, she married Patrick McIntyre. They had no children.
