Biography

JOHN BUCHAN

Burial register ID: 14382
Surname: BUCHAN
First name: JOHN
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 68 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 28-Apr-1926
Date of burial: 30-Apr-1926

Block: 98A
Plot: 15
Inscription:

(1)

In memory of

CHARLES BUCHAN

1830 – 1910

and Wife

JANET BUCHAN

1830 – 1915

JESSIE RITCHIE BUCHAN

1888 – 1908

JOHN BUCHAN

1858 – 1926

and Wife

JESSIE BUCHAN

1860 – 1910

Arrived in NZ on ship Rimutaka, 1893

from Peterhead, Scotland

and lie buried here.

(2)

In loving memory of

ROSEMARY ANN BUCHAN

Died 5th June 1988

Aged 41 years.

(3)

In loving memory of

ANNIE ROSS BUCHAN

Dearly loved wife of ROBERT

And loved mother of

LORELEI, ROBIN and ROSEMARY

Died 22nd March 1972.

Also ROBERT BUCHAN

Died 4th January 1995

Aged 90 years.

"Keep a green bough in your heart,

And God will send you a singing bird."

(4)

In loving memory of

Henry J.D. SCRYMGEOUR

Dearly loved husband of LORELEI

Loved father of ROSS, MURRAY & ALISTAIR

17-11-1926 – 6-1-1999

(5)

CHRISTINA BUCHAN

1894 – 1978

Bio contributor: Jeanette McQuillan

John Buchan (1858-1926)

John, known as ‘Jack’, was born in St Combs in 1858. He married Jessie Buchan (born 1860). The marriage certificate names Jack’s father as Arthur Buchan, a fisherman, and his mother as Christian (née Buchan).

When he was about eighteen, Jack had a year at sea and was reputed to have been on the crew of Nansen’s ship on one of his explorations of the polar region. There is a photo of him wearing a Russian-style hat, taken at Reykjavik in Iceland. After this he worked as a fisherman, and, until he married, he fished with his family members out of St Combs.

In the late 1880s Jack decided to go into business, aided by his wife who provided £20 made from renting rooms. Unfortunately the business failed due to a recession in the fishing industry. This could have been a factor in the decision to emigrate to New Zealand in 1893 with a large party of Buchan relatives. Charles, his son, recalled ‘Jessie never ceased to remind [my] father of the loss of their savings’.

On arrival in Dunedin, Jack and his family settled in Carey’s Bay, a settlement about a mile from Port Chalmers. He made a living by fishing with his brother-in-law Alexander and father-in-law Dade. However, when Alexander died two years after coming to New Zealand, Jack and his family moved to Dunedin. Their first home was a cottage near the Leith where Billy was born in 1896. By 1899 Alexander (Sandy) was born and in 1903 Jack became the proprietor of a fish shop at 249 Great King Street. By 1909 the family had moved to 28 St Andrews Street. Jack died in 1926.

Three of Jack’s sons were casualties of the First World War. Arthur and William were killed in the Battle of Passchendaele (1917), and Charles was wounded on the Somme (1918).

— Source: From Peterhead to Passchendaele by Roy Buchan.

— Other burials recorded at the same site:
Minnie REID d. 1887,
Jessie BUCHAN d. 1908 (daughter of John),
Jessie BUCHAN d. 1910 (wife of John),
Charles BUCHAN d. 1910 (father-in-law of John),
Janet BUCHAN d. 1915 (mother-in-law of John),
Annie BUCHAN d. 1972,
Rosemary BUCHAN d. 1988,
Robert BUCHAN d. 1995,
and Henry SCRYMGEOUR d. 1999.

There are 10 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
BUCHAN ANNIE ROSS 69 Years 22-Mar-1972 24-Mar-1972
BUCHAN CHARLES 80 Years 04-Sep-1910 06-Sep-1910
BUCHAN JANET 85 Years 26-Oct-1915 28-Oct-1915
BUCHAN JESSIE Unknown 20-Aug-1910 22-Aug-1910
BUCHAN JESSIE RITCHIE 20 Years 16-Apr-1908 18-Apr-1908
BUCHAN JOHN 68 Years 28-Apr-1926 30-Apr-1926
BUCHAN ROBERT 90 Years 04-Jan-1995 06-Jan-1995
BUCHAN ROSEMARY ANN 41 Years 05-Jun-1988 08-Jun-1988
REID MINNIE 9 Years 19-Jan-1887 20-Jan-1887
SCRYMGEOUR HENRY JOHN DAVID 72 Years 06-Jan-1999 08-Jan-1999