Buchanan European Genealogy in Geographic Context

This shows the European geography of the ancestry of Archie Earl Buchanan and Florene Davis. Not all lines have been followed from early America to Europe, but it is assumed that those early New Englanders came from Great Britain also. This document shows the relative location of some of the places where our ancestors came from. It is interesting to note how small of an area is covered, approximately the size of the state of Utah when you exclude Germany and Denmark (see lower map), which places are approximately 600 miles the the east of these locations. Both maps are of the same scale: 1 inch = 79 miles at 72 dpi resolution

The Buchanan family lived in Scotland for over 600 years (from 1016 to 1674), generally in the area of Loch Lomond, just under 20 miles from Glasgow. There is a castle in the area called Buchanan Castle. In 1674, George Buchanan moved to Ireland, in a town in Donegal called Ramelton. His 3rd-great-grandson, John Buchanan, moved to America sometime around 1800. (The pictures of the Buchanan Castle are found the web pages at http://www15.pair.com/buchanan/clancast.htm)

Nancy Ann Bache married John Buchanan. Her grandfather, Hermann Bach, came from Freudenberg, Germany about 1737 (see lower map).

Their son, Archibald Waller Overton Buchanan, married Caroline Sorensen, whose family came from Orslev, Denmark in the late 1860's (also lower map).

Their son, Archie Earl Buchanan, married Florene Davis, whose grandfather and grandmother, John Johnson and Mariah Davies, emigrated from Carmarthen, South Wales in the 1850's.

Florene's other grandfather, Lorenzo Wesley Roundy, is descended from Philip Roundy or Rounde who came from the Isle of Guernsey, a British Island off the coast of France.

Florene's other grandmother, and wife of Lorenzo Wesley Roundy, was Prisella Parrish, whose mother, Fanny Dack came from Wicklow, Ireland with her parents.

Prisella Parrish's father descended from Thomas Parrish who was born in Nayland, England. There were many others of Lorenzo Wesley and Prisella Parrish Roundy's ancestors who came from England, including Samuel Bass who was born in Saffron Walden, England.


 Buchanan:
- Loch Lomond area, Scotland (1016-1674)
[Near Buchanan Castle]
- Ramelton, Ireland (1674-about 1800)
Davies:
- Carmarthen, South Wales
Dack:
- Wicklow, Ireland
Parrish:
- Nayland, Suffolk
Bass:
- Saffron Walden, Essex
Roundy:
- Isle of Guernsey

Distances of places in Great Britain from Buchanan Castle compared with comparable distances from Logan, Utah:
Place and Ancestor Distance from
Buchanan Castle, Scotland		 Equivalent distance in Utah
Ramelton, Ireland 142 Miles Logan to Wendover
Wicklow, Ire. (Dack) 222 Miles Logan to Joseph, south of Richfield
Carmarthen, Wales (Davies) 289 Miles Logan to Cedar City
Nayland, Suffolk (Parrish) 355 Miles Logan to four corners
Saffron Walden, Essex (Bass) 338 Miles Logan to St. George
Isle of Guernsey (Roundy) 462 Miles Logan to Flagstaff, Arizona
Other Places: - -
London England 360 Miles Logan to four corners
Preston England Temple 187 Miles Logan to Aurora, north of Richfield
Orslev, Denmark
to Freudenberg, Germany
(see lower map)		 352 Miles Logan to four corners
Sorensen:
- Orslev, Denmark
Bach:
- Freudenberg, Germany