Duncan BUCHANAN
1819 - 1890 (71 years)-
Name Duncan BUCHANAN Birth 1819 Glendaruel, Argylshire, Scotland 
Christening 24 May 1819 Strathlachlan, Argyllshire, Scotland [1] Gender Male Census 1841 Greenock, Scotland [2] Death 30 Jan 1890 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia [3] - OBITUARY.
The Late Mr. Duncan BUCHANAN.
- One of the oldest residents of the district passed away on Thursday, Jan. 30 (says the South-Eastern Star of February 1), when Mr. Duncan Buchanan, farmer, died at his residence, Gambier East.
Mr. Buchanan was born at Glendaruel, Argyleshire, Scotland, on May 26, 1819, and when scarcely twenty years of age he showed he was possessed of an adventurous spirit by emigrating to Soutb America, where he engaged in pastoral pursuits near Buenos Aries and Monte Video. He found the Spanish laws and customs, however, very unjust to English people : Indeed, to every nationality but Spanish. For fourteen years he endured them, and then left the country without even disposing of all his property. He returned to Scotland, but after so long a residence in a warmer region, found the rigorous climate of the old land too much for him, and having spent a year there, sailed for Australia.
That was about 1856. He went direct to the South-East, where his first occupation was that of a stockkeeper for the late Mr. Neil Black. Mr. Buchanan had become an accomplished horseman in South America, and was able to perform feats at Mr. Black's cattle station that few, if any, even in those pioneer days, could rival. He could, for instance, lasso horses or cattle when riding at full gallop, or riding barebacked at full speed lean over and pick up a stock-whip from the ground. No fences that his steed could take daunted him, and the way in whioh he could at high speed thread his way through the dense forests ot that day was wonderful. After a two years' stay at Neil Black's, Mr. Buchanan married a daughter of Mr. P. MacArthur, sen., and took up the farm in Gambier East, about two miles south-east of the town, on which he remained till his death. For some years Mr. A. MacArthur, his brother-ln-Iaw, was a partner with him in the farm. The deceased gentleman leaves a widow, five sons, and an equal number of daughters. Two of the latter are married, one to Mr. H. H. Barrett. J.P., and the other to Mr. H. Gaillard. Mr. Buchanan, who was a member of the Mount Gambier Presbyterian Church, was much respected by all with whom he was acquainted, or who had business dealings with him, his conduct being at all times courteous and unassailable in its honesty.
[South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA: Mon 17 Feb 1890 Page 2, OBITUARY.]
Burial Cemetery, Mt Gambier, South Australia, Australia Person ID I680 Squire Family History Last Modified 25 Jun 2023
Father John BUCHANAN Mother Janet WEIR, b. 1783, Stirling, Stirlingshire, scotland Marriage 11 Mar 1803 Strathblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland [4] Family ID F1265 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Christina MCARTHUR, b. 3 Dec 1838, Iona, Skye, Scotland d. 11 Aug 1923, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 84 years) Marriage 12 Oct 1857 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia [5] Children 1. John BUCHANAN, b. 26 Aug 1858, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia d. 2 Jan 1936, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 77 years)+ 2. Flora BUCHANAN, b. 15 Feb 1860, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia d. 10 Oct 1947, York, South Australia, Australia (Age 87 years)+ 3. Jessie BUCHANAN, b. 30 Jan 1862, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia d. 26 Mar 1936, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 74 years)4. Mary BUCHANAN, b. 25 May 1866, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia d. 30 Apr 1957, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 90 years)+ 5. Archibald BUCHANAN, b. 28 Mar 1869, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia d. 22 Jun 1936, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 67 years)6. Peter BUCHANAN, b. 24 Jul 1871, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia d. 8 May 1936, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 64 years)7. Walter BUCHANAN, b. 10 Oct 1871, Mount Gambier East, South Australia, Australia d. 16 Jul 1938, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 66 years)8. Duncan BUCHANAN, b. 17 Nov 1873, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia d. 26 Dec 1898, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 25 years)9. Agnes Bertha BUCHANAN, b. 23 Jan 1876, O B Flat, South Australia, Australia d. 20 Aug 1942, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 66 years)10. Elsie Maud BUCHANAN, b. 28 Oct 1879, Green Vale, South Australia, Australia d. 20 Jan 1947, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia (Age 67 years)Family ID F224 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Jun 2021
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Event Map 
Birth - 1819 - Glendaruel, Argylshire, Scotland 
Christening - 24 May 1819 - Strathlachlan, Argyllshire, Scotland 
Census - 1841 - Greenock, Scotland 
Marriage - 12 Oct 1857 - Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia Death - 30 Jan 1890 - Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia 
Burial - - Cemetery, Mt Gambier, South Australia, Australia = Link to Google Earth
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Histories 
Duncan BUCHANAN narrative.
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Sources - [S33] Scotlands People, 3 Mar 2018.
On 24 May 1819, in the Parish of Strathlachlan, Duncan BUCHANNAN, male.
Father John BUCHANNAN.
Mother Janet WEIR.
Transcribed from Parish Register Indexes, Scotlands People website. - [S3] 1841 Census, 25 Jun 2023.
East Shaw Street, Greenock, Scotland.
Janet BUCHANAN, age60 years.
Dugald BUCHANAN, age 23 years, occ mason.
Duncan BUCHANAN, age 22 years, occ Carpenter.
Charles BUCHANAN, age 18 years, occ carpenter.
Jean BUCHANAN, age 48 years.
Elizabeth CLARK, age 46 years.
Transcribed from a census index (Scotland's People on-line record). - [S12] Deaths South Australian Civil, 26 Jun 2021.
On 30 January 1890, near Mt Gambier, Duncan McARTHUR, male, age 70 years, married. Residence near Mt Gambier.
Transcribed from a death index (Genealogy SA on-line record). - [S46] Old Parish Registers, Scotland, 11 Jul 2021.
On 11 March 1803, at Strathblane.
Groom - BUCHANAN.
Bride Janet WEIR.
Banns read 7 February 1803.
Transcribed from an OPR index (Scotlands People record). - [S13] Marriage South Australia Civil, 26 Jun 2021.
On 12 October 1857, at the residence of Peter McARTHUR, Mt Gambier.
Groom Duncan BUCHANAN, age 38 years, single, father John BUCHANAN.
Bride Christina McARTHUR, age 19 years, single, father Peter McARTHUR.
Transcribed from a marriage index (Genealogy SA on-line record).
- [S33] Scotlands People, 3 Mar 2018.