Walter Clark Buchanan

1838 - 1924  (86 years)

• Name	Walter Clark Buchanan
  Born	20 Jun 1838	Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK
  	born Achaderanbeg
  Christened	1 Jul 1838	Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK
  Gender	Male
  Alias	Clark Walter
  Died	19 Jul 1924	Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
  	Cause: heart failure after a car accident
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Duncan Buchanan,   b. 17 Jan 1829, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 16 May 1905, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   m. Mary Black
  2. Donald Buchanan,   b. 10 Nov 1830, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 20 May 1910, Ohangai, South Taranaki, New Zealand ,   m. Mary White (1861)
  3. Anne Buchanan,   b. 7 Apr 1833, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 26 Oct 1838, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK
  4. Robert Buchanan,   b. 23 Sep 1835, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  5. Mary Ann Buchanan,   b. 29 Jul 1840, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 20 Apr 1905, Kilchamaig, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   m. Archibald Turner (1875)
  Ancestors
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Donald Buchanan   (Grandfather)  Mary Iver,   d. 27 Feb 1755, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK   (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Notes	Walter Clarke Buchanan was born on 20 June 1838 at Auchenbreck in the parish of Kilmodan, Argyllshire, Scotland, the son of Donald McChananich, a farmer, and his wife, Janet Clarke. (He was baptised under his father's name, McChananich, the Gaelic version of Buchanan.) Walter was educated at the parish school of Glendaruel and at Greenock Academy. At the age of 18 he emigrated to Australia and spent six years as a stockman in Victoria. After moving to Otago, New Zealand, about 1863, Buchanan and a partner, John Ferguson, found work carrying and stock-dealing on the Otago goldfields. In 1865 they moved to Canterbury and rented a farm, but the gold discoveries of that year lured them to the West Coast where they engaged in packing and ran a store in Hokitika. Two years later Buchanan returned to Canterbury and used a Halswell farm largely as a base for further stock trading. About 1871 Buchanan shifted to the North Island. In 1873 he raised a
  Person ID	I7317	Clark
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Donald Buchanan,   b. 15 Jun 1797, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 23 Mar 1853, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Janet Clark,   b. 30 Aug 1799, Inverchaolain, Argyll, Scotland, UK ,   d. 11 May 1880, Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyll, Scotland, UK  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F1982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart