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    Lt. Colonel Henry McLaren

    Lt. Colonel Henry McLaren[1, 2, 3]

    Male 1847 - 1904  (57 years)

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    • Name Henry McLaren  [4, 5
      Prefix Lt. Colonel 
      Birth 2 Jun 1847  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
      Gender Male 
      Death 5 Sep 1904  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
      Burial Hamilton Cemetary, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
      Person ID I72  Heddle fam tree
      Last Modified 9 Jan 2019 

      Father William Paterson McLaren,   b. 6 May 1810, Stirling, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1866, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
      Mother Jane Evatt,   b. 2 Nov 1822, Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1898, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
      Marriage 8 Mar 1843  Christ's Church, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
      Family ID F21  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Mary Gates,   b. 2 Jul 1851, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1901, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
      Marriage 19 Jul 1870  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8
      Children 
       1. Capt. William Frederick "Willy" McLaren,   b. 21 May 1871, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1937, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
       2. Henry Evatt "Harry" McLaren,   b. 10 Jul 1872, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1945 (Age 72 years)
       3. Archibald Kerr "Archie" McLaren,   b. 31 Oct 1875, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1947, Seattle, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
       4. Lt. Col. George Hagarty "Georgie" McLaren,   b. 29 Dec 1877, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1947 (Age 70 years)
       5. Mary Gates McLaren,   b. Abt 1874   d. 21 Jan 1879, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)
       6. Major Richard Juson "Dickie" McLaren,   b. 13 Dec 1880, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1917, Ypres, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
       7. Captain Frederick Gates "Freddie" McLaren,   b. 27 Sep 1882, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1916, Le Havre, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
       8. Jean Marjory McLaren,   b. 8 Nov 1884   d. Yes, date unknown
      Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
      Last Modified 30 Jul 2018 

    • Photos
      photo head - henry mclaren 1847-1904.jpg
      photo head - henry mclaren 1847-1904.jpg
      Taken when he was 24.
      photo group - henry and mary mclaren 1871.jpg
      photo group - henry and mary mclaren 1871.jpg
      Photo taken in 1871 when she was 20 and he was 24. Source: The Diary of Mary McLaren, by Audrey McLaren - see the source list for her.
      memorial - henry+mary mclaren window in Church of the Ascension.jpg
      memorial - henry+mary mclaren window in Church of the Ascension.jpg
      Memorial stained-glass window in the Church of the Ascension, Hamilton Ontario Canada. Photo taken by John Bosomworth.
      photo indiv - lt. col. henry mclaren in RHLI officers mess in Hamilton.jpg
      photo indiv - lt. col. henry mclaren in RHLI officers mess in Hamilton.jpg
      Photo of Lieutenant Colonel Henry McLaren, located in the Officers Mess of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (to the left of the cows head), John Foot Armories, 200 James St. North, Hamilton Ontario Canada. Provided by John Bosomworth. I need a better photo - if you can help, please let me know!

    • Notes 
      • Note that his memorial in Hamilton Cemetary states that he was born at Oak Bank, Hamilton.

    • Sources 
      1. [S198] Census - Canada1881 - Henry McLaren family plus Jane McLaren (widowed) family in Hamilton, (Online at: http://www.familysearch.org Image from Collections Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html Page: 40 Microfilm: C-13256 Reference: RG31).

      2. [S419] Census - Canada1851 - William Paterson McLaren family in Hamilton, (Ancestry.com. 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada.).

      3. [S728] Edward Marion Chadwick, Book - Ontarian Families, Vol 2, (Published by Rolph, Smith & Co., 1898 Volume 2 online here: http://books.google.com/books?id=_sQOAAAAYAAJ), Page 66 (Reliability: 3).

      4. [S8] Personal - John and Judy Heddle.

      5. [S446] Memorial - Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Richard Juson McLaren 1917, (Online here: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/145917/McLAREN,%20RICHARD%20JUSON).

      6. [S17] Rootsweb Ontario Marriage Registrations, (Holdsworth page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/tor01p2.htm Charles Heddle page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/peter05.htm Holdsworth page 2: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/tor93p2.htm McLaren page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/wentw70.htm Strickland - Pearce page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/brant74.htm McArthur page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/vic1862.htm Main page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/thisisit.htm).

      7. [S444] Memorial - McLaren family memorial in Hamilton Cemetary, Ontario, (Images from FindAGrave: Richard Juson McLaren: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21193330 Henry Evatt McLaren: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21180883/henry-evatt-mclaren Lt. Col Henry McLaren: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21181042/henry-mclaren Mary McLaren: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21181046/mary-mclaren).

      8. [S185] Marriage record - Henry McLaren + Mary Gates 1870, (Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. MS932_3.).

      9. [S186] Death record - Henry McLaren 1904, (Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1934. MS 935, 496 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. MS935_118).

      10. [S208] William D. Reid, Book - Reid's Marriage Notices of Ontario 1813-1854, (Published 1980 by Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ), Page 177-178 (Reliability: 3).

      11. [S561] Jane Evatt, mother of Colonel Henry McLaren who established Norway Point., Memoire - Recollections of a Rattlepate, (Unpublished; digitized and compiled by the McLaren family (I believe Jane Hamilton McLaren).).