Person:Archibald Cattanach (1)

Archibald was the second child and eldest son of James Catanach and Christian Farquharson Sherrat. Archibald would have been named after the late Archibald Farquharson, laird of Finzean estate, who was his mother's uncle (or perhaps his son the present laird, also named Archibald).

Archibald grew up in Woodend, until about age 15, when he emigrated with his family to Wellington, Ontario, Canada, where they were early settlers of Nichol Township.

1.   Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Birse. Old Parish Registers, Parish of Birse (1758-1854). (Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
   4 Jun 1818.

   "James Cattanach in Woodend and his wife Christian Sherrat had a son baptised named Archibald. Shaw Catanach in the Forest and Jas Findlay in Wester Clune witnesses." (Shaw Catanach is the child's grandfather.)