William Buchanan III
William Buchanan III
Parents:William Buchanan II, Mary Fox
Born: August 27, 1832, Colchester Township, Essex County, Canada
Married: 1 Mary Wheatley, January 21, 1851, Essex County, Canada
Died: before September 12, 1896
Buried: Fox Family Cemetery, Mersea Township, Essex County, Canada
Mary Wheatley
Parents: Richard Wheatley, Elizabeth Stewart
Born: 1834, Mersea Township, Essex County, Canada
Died: June 22, 1870, Mersea Township, Essex County, Canada
Buried: Fox Family Cemetery, Mersea Township, Essex County, Canada
Mary Wheatley, William Buchanan III
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Children:
1. Richard W. Buchanan, born March 12, 1853, died February 20, 1856, Mersea Township, Essex
County, Canada, buried Kimball, Fox Family Cemetery, Mersea Township, Essex County, Ontario
Canada
2. George Henry Buchanan, born March 15, 1856, christened May 18, 1856, died September 12, 1862,
Mersea Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada, buried Kimball, Fox Family Cemetery, Mersea
Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
3. Arthur Buchanan
4. Mary Eliza Buchanan
5. Jane Buchanan
Wiliam Oscar Buchanan IV
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7. Gorden Buchanan
Married: 2 Emma Annie Buchanan born abt. 1854, Colchester Township, Essex County, Canada West, abt. 1871
Emma Annie Buchanan
Parents: Samuel T. Buchanan, born 1830, Mary Ann McCormick, born 1832
Born: abt. 1834, Colchester Township, Essex County, Canada West
Origin: English
Resided: 1871, Anderdon Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Name: Anne Buchanan
Children:
1. David Buchanan
William Buchanan III, Emma Annie Buchanan
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Emma Annie Buchanan Married: 2 James Charles Carr September 12, 1896, Amherstburg, Malden Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
Emma Annie Buchanan Married: 3 ? Thrasher before 1908
Notes: All children of William Buchanan III, Mary Wheatley were born and christened in Mersea Township, Essex County, Canada.
William Buchanan III was responsible for the name change of Pegtown to the Town of Wheatley and acquiring the first post office.