John McFadyen And His Heritage

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The biography of John McFadyen, son of Michael and Margaret (Craig) McFadyen, provided information about the family.  One important clue stated that John was born in Kilburnie, Ayrshire, Scotland (in 1849).  John's widowed mother came to Maryland with five children when he was about 7 years old.  After the Civil War the move was made to Pennsylvania where Margaret McFadyen died at the age of 65.

John attended Johns Hopkins and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and spent his life in the coal industry, perhaps influenced by the legacy of his father, who was a mining engineer.

John's 1910 death in New Jersey was noted in his biography.  It was noted that two of his siblings, James, of Wilkinsburg, and Kate Duckworth, of Connellsville, survived him.

Here's a blog of another person who is researching McFadyens from Kilburnie.