John Rollo MacFarlane

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

772224

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Forfarshire

Birth city:

Dundee

Address at enlistment:

335 St. Paul Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

335 St. Paul Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Freight Assistant Foreman

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX January 3, 1916

Wedding Bells – MacFarlane – Wood

The very pretty wedding was solemnized at the residence of the bride’s parents, 89 Dundas Street, on the afternoon of Dec. 31 of Mary R. Wood and Pte. J.R. MacFarlane of the 125th Brant Battalion. Rev. James Chapman of Shenstone Memorial church officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very sweet in a dress of white silk, carrying a bouquet of red and white American Beauty roses, tied with blue. The house and table decorations were also carried out in the colors of the allied forces. The bridesmaid, Miss Bessie MacFarlane, sister of the groom, was very pretty in a dress of white embroidered veil with bouquet of the prevailing colors – red, white and blue. The groomsman was Mr. William Wood, brother of the bride. After the ceremony a sumptuous supper was served, after which a very enjoyable evening was spent. The many beautiful gifts attested to the esteem in which the young couple were held, and included a linen shower given to her by the choir of Shenstone Church.

BX May 13, 1964

Rawdon Pastor, 73 Dies

John R. (Mac) MacFarlane, 73, of Glenwood Drive, and pastor of Rawdon Street Baptist Church, died in Hamilton General Hospital on Tuesday. He had been a resident of Brantford for 55 years.

Mr. MacFarlane was born in Dundee, Scotland. For 43 years he was foreman of the freight department of the CNR, retiring in 1955. A charter member of Central Baptist Church, he became superintendent of the Rawdon Street Baptist Mission and in 1952 assumed the pastorate of the newly organized Rawdon Street Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the First World War, serving with the 125th Battalion machine gun division.

Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Wood; two daughters, Rosemary at home and Mrs. Jack (Grace) Boccacclo of Hamilton; one brother, Alex of Dundee, Scotland; two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Wood of Brantford, and Jessie of Dundee and one granddaughter.

Mr. MacFarlane will be at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home until Saturday noon, thence at the Rawdon Street Church from 1 p.m. for service at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. D.A. Loveday of Central Baptist Church will officiate.