{"id":1554,"date":"2014-07-04T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2015-02-19T18:12:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T23:12:06","slug":"john-farquhar-travel-journal-scotland-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/john-farquhar-travel-journal-scotland-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"John Farquhar Travel Journal: Scotland to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would love to track down the travel journal of John Farquhar who emigrated from Scotland to the U.S. via Canada. Here is an excerpt from a letter that mentions the journal. This John is not in my direct line, but he traveled with members of his family who were my direct ancestors.<\/p>\n

Joseph and Margaret came from Aberdeen, Scotland, (where the name Farquhar is familiar) in 1832, with their son John, my father, aged 11, and another John, his cousin, somewhat older (who settled in Boston and prospered, leaving a considerable progeny. He kept a journal of the voyage, which is in the possession of his only surviving child, Nellie, Mrs. Charles H. Furber, 35 Maple Street, Milton, Massachusetts. Strangely the journal makes no mention of the other members of the party. The immigrants landed at Montreal and entered the United States by way of Prescott, on the St. Lawrence opposite Ogdensburg.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the entire letter on my John Wilson Farquhar page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you have a copy of this diary, please leave a comment below – I would love to read it. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would love to track down the travel journal of John Farquhar who emigrated from Scotland to the U.S. via Canada. Here is an excerpt from a letter that mentions the journal. This John is not in my direct line, but he traveled with members of his family who were my direct ancestors. 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