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Alexander Carlisle Buchanan

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Alexander Carlisle Buchanan

Birth
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Death
2 Feb 1868 (aged 59)
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada
Burial
Sillery, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
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BUCHANAN, ALEXANDER CARLISLE, public servant; b. 25 Dec. 1808 at Common Green, a large farm near Omagh in County Tyrone (Northern Ireland), son of James Buchanan and Elizabeth Clarke; m. 3 Nov. 1840 to Charlotte Louise Caldwell, daughter of Edward Bowen, chief justice of the Superior Court of Lower Canada, and they had four sons and two daughters; d. 2 Feb. 1868 at Quebec City.

In 1825 Alexander Carlisle came to Canada, while his parents and other family members were residing in New York, where his father was British Consul to America.

Buchanan's uncle, also named Alexander Carlisle Buchanan, was the British agent for emigration at Quebec from 1828 until 1838. At least as early as 1833 the younger Buchanan (who sometimes added Jr to his signature) looked after the immigration office during the winter while his uncle took a leave of absence for his health. He did so regularly from 1835 to 1838, when the elder Buchanan resigned because of illness. In that year the British government appointed Buchanan chief agent "for the Superintendence of Emigration to [Lower and Upper] Canada." He had lived in Quebec perhaps from 1833 and continued to reside there until his death.

More information is available at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
BUCHANAN, ALEXANDER CARLISLE, public servant; b. 25 Dec. 1808 at Common Green, a large farm near Omagh in County Tyrone (Northern Ireland), son of James Buchanan and Elizabeth Clarke; m. 3 Nov. 1840 to Charlotte Louise Caldwell, daughter of Edward Bowen, chief justice of the Superior Court of Lower Canada, and they had four sons and two daughters; d. 2 Feb. 1868 at Quebec City.

In 1825 Alexander Carlisle came to Canada, while his parents and other family members were residing in New York, where his father was British Consul to America.

Buchanan's uncle, also named Alexander Carlisle Buchanan, was the British agent for emigration at Quebec from 1828 until 1838. At least as early as 1833 the younger Buchanan (who sometimes added Jr to his signature) looked after the immigration office during the winter while his uncle took a leave of absence for his health. He did so regularly from 1835 to 1838, when the elder Buchanan resigned because of illness. In that year the British government appointed Buchanan chief agent "for the Superintendence of Emigration to [Lower and Upper] Canada." He had lived in Quebec perhaps from 1833 and continued to reside there until his death.

More information is available at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.

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