John Buist

John was born in 1906 in Forfar.¹ 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 5 in 1911, born Forfar, Mains

John's father was James Buist and his mother was Isabella Farquharson  Mearns.  His paternal grandparents were <Unknown> and Magdalene Matthewson. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Richard, George, David, Annie and Magdaline.  He was the third youngest of the six known children. He had a half-brother and five half-sisters, named James, Mary, Jane, Jessie, Williamina and Betsy.