Arquivo F2132 - MacFarland family fonds

Rev. John F. Macfarland, a Presbyterian Minister, was born in Pittsburg, Ontario ca. 1870. He attended Kingston Collegiate Vocational Institute, then Queen's University, obtaining his BA in 1887 and M.Div. in 1898. He had two sons, Foster Murray and Maxwell Theodore, and three daughters, Phrone, Agnes and one other.

Foster Murray Macfarland was born in 1897. He attended Queen's University in pursuit of a BA in 1916-1917, then enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps. He attained the rank of Lieutenant by the end of 1917, just prior to being killed in action in France.

Maxwell Theodore Macfarland graduated from Queen's University with a BA in 1928 and an MD and CM in 1930. He interned at Ottawa Civic Hospital ffrom 1932 to 1933, then moved to Cold Lake, Alberta where he worked at Bonnyville General and John Neil Hospitals. He completed his postgraduate work in Boston, where he married Janet Allan. He enlisted as a Captain with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in November 1940 and attained the rank of Major prior to his discharge. He then moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1948, where he remained until his death on August 30, 1996.

Janet Louise (Allan) Macfarland graduated from Queen's University with a BA (Hons) in 1930. She was Assistant Dean of Women from 1930 to 1935, when she married Maxwell Macfarland. After moving to Winnipeg, she remained involved with the Winnipeg Branch of the Queen's University Alumni Association, and served as a Councillor with the Queen's University Alumnae Association. She died in 1988.