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Robert George Buchanan

Birth	:	21 Sep 1867 Amaranth, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada
Death	:	1 Oct 1954 Laurel, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada
Burial	:	Laurel Cemetery, Laurel, Dufferin County, Canada
Coordinate	:	43.9579300, -80.2106700
Description	:	ROBERT BUCHANAN: The Laurel community was saddened by the recent sudden illness and death of Mr. Robert Buchanan. On Monday morning, Sept. 27, he suffered a severe stroke and without ever fully regaining consciousness, passed away on the following Friday, October 1. Mr. Buchanan was the son of a pioneer family of Amaranth. His father and mother, James and Elizabeth Buchanan, came to Amaranth from Lanark County about 1852. The last part of their journey from Cooksville to Orangeville was made by stage. Then from Orangeville, a village of two stores and two taverns, they came to their new location, a distance... Read More	ROBERT BUCHANAN: The Laurel community was saddened by the recent sudden illness and death of Mr. Robert Buchanan. On Monday morning, Sept. 27, he suffered a severe stroke and without ever fully regaining consciousness, passed away on the following Friday, October 1. Mr. Buchanan was the son of a pioneer family of Amaranth. His father and mother, James and Elizabeth Buchanan, came to Amaranth from Lanark County about 1852. The last part of their journey from Cooksville to Orangeville was made by stage. Then from Orangeville, a village of two stores and two taverns, they came to their new location, a distance of ten miles, on foot. Mrs. Buchanan remained with her brother, who already had established a home nearby, while her husband felled trees and built their cabin on the West Half, Lot 9, Concession 5, Amaranth. Robert George, born Sept. 21, 1867, was the seventh child of a family of ten and grew up on the parental farm. On February 4, 1896, he married Mary Melinda Davison, of Mono Centre, in a ceremony conducted by Rev. J. R. Bell. They established their home first at Laurel, later on the east half Lot 23, Con. 6, and for a short time were members of the Black's Corner's community. About 1904 they purchased the Fields farm, West Half Lot 15, Concession 6, where Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan made their home until they retired to Laurel village eleven years ago. Only last spring they purchased the former Stevenson residence at the north end of the village and spent a happy summer making some changes and improvements to their liking. Mr. Buchanan was a member of Laurel United Church. For many years he was also a faithful member of the Laurel Orange Lodge and two years ago was made a life member of that organization. He was a quiet, retiring man, patient and even in temperament, fond of home and family. Besides his wife he leaves to mourn his passing one sister, Mrs. T. Johnston, Toronto; one son, James, Laurel; one daughter Olive, Mrs. Alex Cruikshank, Toronto, and four grandsons. Funeral services were held at his late residence on Monday, October 4, and were conducted by the Rev. F. G. Stotesbury. Interment was made in the Laurel cemetery under Orange auspices. The pallbearers were Milford Platt, Percy Root, Wm. Ewing, Louis Hamilton, John Farquhar and Elwood Nelson. The flowerbearers were the four grandsons - Lloyd and Bruce Buchanan, Jim and Douglas Cruikshank; four nephews, George Johnston, Murray Young, Locke and Percy Bryan; and two neighbors, Richard Bensch and Harold Pratt. The many beautiful floral tributes and the large attendance of friends and neighbours bore testimony of their high esteem for a life well lived. Source: Dufferin County Museum & Archives Orangeville Banner, October 14, 1954

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Robert George Buchanan's memorial is located at: Laurel Cemetery, Laurel, Dufferin County, Canada.
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Robert George Buchanan death on 1 Oct 1954 in Laurel, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada
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Latitude: 43.9579300
Longitude: -80.2106700

Family Members:

Parent

James Buchanan

(1822 - 1910)

Elizabeth Hamilton Buchanan

(1833 - 1917)

Spouse

Mary Melinda “Minnie” Davison Buchanan

(1877 - 1963)

Siblings

Maria Buchanan Dennison

(1854 - 1879)

Ann Buchanan

(1856 - 1858)

Jane Ann Buchanan Young

(1859 - 1950)

Robert George Buchanan

(1865 - 1866)

John James Buchanan

(1868 - 1918)

Hamilton Buchanan

(1870 - 1870)

Mary Frances Martha Buchanan

(1873 - 1952)

Children

Robert James Buchanan

(1907 - 2003)

Flowers:

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