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The Journey

Scotland & the Voyage

• Voyage from Scotland
• Reasons for the Voyage
• Sailing to Quebec
• Quebec to Lanark

Lanark, Ontario

• Lanark, Ontario
• The First Year
• Clearing the Trees
• Old District Lumber Days
• Family of Farms
• Time to Move On

Vienna, South Dakota

• Vienna, South Dakota
• The Vienna Homestead
• A Family Timeline
• Some Reasons to Move

California

• California
• California Timeline
• City of Dreams

The Family

• Our McLaren Ancestors
• Direct Line McLaren Ancestors
• Scottish Naming Protocols
• Lanark McLaren Families
• Our Other Ancestors
• A McLaren Family Tree
• Robert Arthur Dixon
• Robert Dixon Pension Synopsis

Stories

• Printing the Name McLaren
• Lanark Village Cemetery
• Consanguineous Relationships
• Remembering Elsie McLaren
• No Smiles in Early Photographs
• The Importance of Music
• A Pronunciation Guide
• Very Small Houses
• The McLaren Distillery
• Boys in Dresses
• If Grandpa Was a Better Shot
• South Dakota Census
• Researching Scottish Ancestry

Photographs

• McLarens in Vienna — 15 photographs
• Robert Dixon Family — 13 photographs
• McLarens in California — 11 photographs
• John D. McLaren — 16 photographs
• Martha “Tookie” McLaren — 11 photographs