Mary Jane Buchanan
ID # 6674, (1848-1929)
| Father | Dan Buchanan (1822-1899) |
| Mother | Ann Bradley (1823-1898) |
| Birth | Mary Jane Buchanan was born on 8 November 1848 at New Brunswick. |
| Christening | She was christened on 5 May 1851 at North Dorchester Twp., Middlesex County. |
| Marriage | She married Foster Johnson on 25 April 1877 at North Dorchester Twp.. Mrge reg. 006329-77 North Dorchester Twp., Middlesex Co. Foster Johnson, 27, bachelor, blacksmith, English Church. Born Canada, residing Iona. Parents Reubin and Mary Johnson. Mary Buchanan, 27, spinster, C. Methodist. Born New Brunswick, residing North Dorchester. Parents Daniel and Ann Buchanan. Witnesses Humphrey Johnson of St. Thomas, and Mary Myrick of Mossley. On 25th April, 1877, at North Dorchester, by Thos. Crews. |
| Death | She died on 8 July 1929 at London, Middlesex Co., Ontario, at age 80. |
| Burial | She was buried on 11 July 1929 at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, London, Ontario. |
| Note | Death reg. 023587-29 London, Middlesex Co. Mary Johnson died July 8, 1929, at 423 Horton Street. Age 80 yrs., 8 mos., 1 dy. Married. Born New Brunswick on Nov. 7, 1848. Housewife. Residence at place of death 28 years. Parents Daniel Buchanan, born Ireland, Ann Bradley, born United States. Physician Dr. Melville A. Platt, 371 Wellington St. Informant Foster Johnson, 423 Horton St., husband. Burial Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, July 11, 1929. Mary's gravestone shows her date of birth as Nov. 8, 1848. The 1901 census appears to show Mary's date of birth the same, though it is ill written. There is one document that rather throws us a curve and that's the Wesleyan Methodist Baptism record for Mary Jane. This is a page for North Dorchester and it presents us with a baptism for two children for Dan and Ann Buchanan, and one is Mary Jane. The parents are said to be resident in North Dorchester and Mary Jane's place of birth is said to be New Brunswick. Also, her date of baptism by Rev. J. Carroll is said to have been on 5 May 1851. All of which is reasonable. The problem comes when Mary Jane's date of birth is entered as 8 Mar., 1851. It's tempting to at least make 8 November out of this until we remember that she was baptized in May of the same year. What happened with this entry we do not know, but we must believe it to be a transcription error of some sort. |
| Last Edited | 17 May 2021 |