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Person
Authorized form of name
Buchanan, William
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Description area
Dates of existence
1800-1874
History
William Buchanan was born in 1800. He became a tenant farmer at Ardcheanochrochan in the Trossachs district of Perthshire. He also served as a land agent for the extensive holdings of David and Robert Stewart in this area. He also was apparently recruiting for the Stewarts for persons to emigrate to Prince Edward Island where they also had extensive land holdings. For his services he was awarded 100 acres in Prnce Edward Island which he never took up. He died in 1874.
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RAD 22.12A
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
22 May 2001. Copied from PEIAIN 7 July 2015.
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Acc3023