James Allen Buchanan

ID # 6676, (1854-)
FatherDan Buchanan (1822-1899)
MotherAnn Bradley (1823-1898)
BirthJames Allen Buchanan was born on 25 November 1854 at North Dorchester Twp., Middlesex County. 
MarriageHe married Isabella Matheson on 18 February 1886 at Presbyterian Manse, Harrington, West Zorra Twp., Oxford Co..
Mrge reg. 008828-86 West Zorra Twp., Oxford Co.
James Buchanan, 30, bachelor, farm implement agent, Presbyterian. Born and residing Middlesex, Ontario. Parents Daniel Buchanan and Annie Bradley.
Isabella Matheson, 26, spinster, Presbyterian. Born and residing West Zorra. Parents James Matheson and Caroline McCorquodale.
Witness Mary R. Gordon of Harrington.
On 18 February, 1886, at the Presbyterian Manse, Harrington, West Zorra Township, by Rev. D. Gordon of Harrington.

James places his birth in Middlesex County as well as his residence. The family was in North Dorchester Township by the time James was born and he was still resident there as late as the 1881 census.

 
NoteHe James Allen Buchanan was not born until a year or so after the 1851 census, which was actually taken in January of 1852. His parents with his sister Mary Jane were present in North Dorchester as of that census.

James, age 8, is present in North Dorchester with his family as of the 1861 census. He is still there with his parents as of the 1871 and 1881 censuses. It is the 1881 census that provides his middle name as Allen.

James married Isabella Matheson of West Zorra Township in 1886 and as of 1891 he and Isabella are in Ingersoll with two children, Dan, age3, and Blanche, age 1.

The 1901 census at Ingersoll has them still there with a larger family. 

Children of James Allen Buchanan and Isabella Matheson

Last Edited14 May 2021