SL M

SL — D S. [Group Sheet]

1. SD S
2. CL S
3. KJ S

Trevor — Betty Joan MCLEAN. Betty (daughter of Roy MCLEAN and Mary YEATES) was born 5 Aug 1940, Wallaroo SA; died 14 Aug 1982, Ardrossan SA; was buried , Ardrossan SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Tom Price WA
• Residence: Ardrossan SA

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• Biography Notes:
• Occupation: Leading Blasting Furnace Hand at Wallaroo Smelters & also at the Mt Lyell Fertiliser Smelters
• Residence: Wallaroo SA

Notes:

Biography Notes:
Roy McLean born 26/11/1909 at Wallaroo, S.A.
Occupation : Leading Blasting Furnace Hand at Wallaroo Smelters & also at the Mt Lyell Fertiliser Smelters.
Married: at the Presbyterian Church, Wallaroo, «b»Mary Yeates«/b», daughter of Frederick (Roy) Barr Yeates & his wife Margaret May (nee Thomas).
Residence: Wallaroo.
Deaths:
Mary McLean died at Wallaroo on 3/12/1967. _
Roy McLean died on 28/4/1971 aged 63 years at Wallaroo where both were interred.
CHILDREN..................:

Roy married Mary YEATES 29 Jul 1931, Wallaroo SA. Mary (daughter of Frederick Barr YEATES and Margaret May THOMAS) was born 30 Jan 1915, Wallaroo SA; died 3 Dec 1967, Wallaroo SA; was buried , Wallaroo SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Biography Notes: Wallaroo SA; Born 6th child of Hugh the Younger & his wife Margaret (nee Tannahill). Registered at Strathalbyn, on July 15th. MARRIAGE: on 1/6/1897 (on David's 27th birthday) at the residence his bride Elizabeth Emma Curnow (daughter of William & Jane (nee Noyes) Curnow) of East Moonta & born 15/7/1877) At this time David's place of residence was Paskerville, S.A. Thereafter they resided at Wallaroo S.A On the marriage certificate Elizabeth's parents were of Wallaroo Mines. Researcher never entered the registration of this 'marriage certificate' DEATHS: David died at Wallaroo on 9/11/1949 at Wallaroo. His residence was at lrwine St. He was aged 79 years. Elizabeth Emma died on 26/10/1950 aged 73 at Wallaroo. Both interred at Wallaroo Cemetery. HISTORY: David had become a blacksmith & had his business at Wallaroo-he became deaf very early in life. It has been noted in Directories that other blacksmiths at that town were named Keough so may have been related and the cause of David leaving Strathalbyn and learning the craft at this northern town.
• Occupation: Wallaroo SA; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1 Jun 1891, Wallaroo SA; After wedding moved to Irwin St Wallaroo SA
• Residence: 1 Jun 1891, Paskeville SA; Davids 21st birthday and wedding day

Notes:

Biography Notes:
Born 6th child of Hugh the Younger & his wife Margaret (nee Tannahill). Registered at Strathalbyn, on July 15th.

MARRIAGE: on 1/6/1897 (on David's 27th birthday) at the residence his bride Elizabeth Emma Curnow (daughter of William & Jane (nee Noyes) Curnow) of East Moonta & born 15/7/1877) At this time David's place of residence was Paskerville, S.A. Thereafter they resided at Wallaroo S.A

On the marriage certificate Elizabeth's parents were of Wallaroo Mines. Researcher never entered the registration of this 'marriage certificate'

DEATHS: David died at Wallaroo on 9/11/1949 at Wallaroo. His residence was at lrwine St. He was aged 79 years.
Elizabeth Emma died on 26/10/1950 aged 73 at Wallaroo. Both interred at Wallaroo Cemetery.

HISTORY: David had become a blacksmith & had his business at Wallaroo. It has been noted in Directories that other blacksmiths at that town were named Keough so may have been related and the cause of David leaving Strathalbyn and learning the craft at this northern town. His grand-daughter Joyce Williams recalls that he was a quiet person and bent over with constantly shoeing horses, being in a farming district. All transport and deliveries in his time were by wagon and huge draught horses. Over time trucks of grain would arrive on the jetty to load on ships. Much work on the horses would have come David's way.

A letter from Elizabeth to her husband's sister Elizabeth Ann (Annie) of W.A. has been preserved by the Johnston family:

lrwine St. Wallaroo, Sunday, April 28th. (1943)

Dear Annie,
I received your letter and I hope this you and all your family in the best of health, we are well. l received a cable from Hugh (note, son of Elizabeth & David) from England It took only three days to come over and it was quite a thrill to hear from him in such a short time He was quite well when he sent it, and I received an aerograph letter from him on Friday. The aerographs take about one month to come over. Our youngest girl works in town (Adelaide) and she was home over Easter and my eldest grand-daughter Jean Kempster was home also. Jean is in the W.A.A.Fs. She is stationed in Adelaide.
Dave is quite well. We had three inches of rain at Easter time. Things are very quiet over this way, there is a clothing factory started in the old hospital and my granddaughter Margaret works there. Margaret is Jean's sister and was called Margaret after your Mother, so I will close, hoping you will come over to see us as soon as you can travel. - With love from your sister-in-law, Elizabeth McLean.

Only a portion of a second (& perhaps earlier letter) has been preserved :-

.............. was up here Christmas time. Eva has been working in Sydney for nearly two years now, she would have been home Christmas time but wasn't allowed to travel. Our youngest girl is a nurse, she works in Adelaide. If your son-in-law can come this way we will put him up for a few days and would be pleased to meet him. We have the oldest boy at home, he is a butcher. The eldest girl is married and one of her girls is in the W.A.A.F. and is stationed in Adelaide.

I have had some lovely letters from different people who have had Hugh to stay at their place, one letter was from a lady of the Presbyterian Church in New York.

Dear Annie, we would be pleased to see you if you could come with your son-in-law and stay with us and have a good holiday, Dave is 73 and still shoes horses. l begged him to give it up but he won't. l am 66 but Hugh told me before he left home that l am only a kid yet so l will close with love, from Elizabeth McLean.

Maggie's address - Mrs H. Clarke, Harriet St. West Croydon, South Australia. (Note: from grand-daughter Joyce Williams of Perth. As she recalls her grandfather David McLean from her childhood he was profoundly deaf due to his work as a blacksmith.)

«b»Nine children ............................................«/b»

Residence:
Moved to Wallaroo after their wedding.

David married Elizabeth Emma CURNOW 1 Jun 1897, Moonta SA. Elizabeth (daughter of William CURNOW and Jane NOYES) was born 15 Jul 1877; died 26 Oct 1950, Wallaroo SA; was buried , Wallaroo SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Biography Notes:

Frederick — Margaret May THOMAS. Margaret was born Yes, Date Unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Biography Notes: Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; For inheritance of part of 57 Hindley St - see E51 in Small Print.
• Biography Notes: STRATHALBYN: Our oldest resident, Mr Hugh McLean had the misfortune to stumble, whilst approaching his home on Saturday afternoon last, falling heavily and breaking an arm He was attended to by Dr Formby, and is getting on well. Mr. McLean is very advanced in years, being one of the earliest settlers here, his family, with that of the Rankines, pioneering this district. (Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser, 6th May 1921, p3
• Biography Notes: There were a couple of court cases - in 1855 & 1858:- In 1855 - Local Courts, Mount Barker: Wednesday, February 14, 1855 Full jurisdiction before Francis Davison, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate; Robert Davennort and Frederick May, Esqs. * "Christine McLean, a septnagenerian wife of Donald McLean, appeared to answer the complaint of Annie Macbean and Catherine Macbean, of the same place for having violently assaulted them with a stick. Mr Andrews defended; and in cross-examination elicited that one of the ladies was enciente by a son of the defendant, and that the defendant on becoming aware of the fact ordered the frail one never to come on her premises again. That the evening in question the lady did, in defiance of the defendant's injunctions, come on her premises. The charge was, however, clearly proved, and the defendant was fined £2 and costs." (South Australian Register, 21st February 1855, p3) In 1858 - Local Courts - Strathalbyn, Wednesday 31st March 1858, before F Davidson, John Walker and EG Sealey esqs: * "Affiliation case - A case of this description brought by Anne McBean against Hugh McLean jun, was dismissed in consequence of an informality in the information. Mr Price for the defendant" (South Australian Register, 2nd April 1858, p3). * "McBean Vs McLean - Information for neglecting to support an illegitimate child. The information was dismissed, on account of an informality in laying it" (Adelaide Times, 10th April 1858, p2). COMMENTS by Don Gordon on 8th Nov 2018: * The 1855 newspaper item has Christina in her 70s (ie born between 1775 and 1785) whereas we have a possible OPR for a birth on 28th April 1787 which would make Christina 67 years at the time of the court. The BRB (p7) had her born in 1791 in which case she would have been born about 64 years old at the time of the court. But maybe the reporter was just using the term septuagenerian as another way of saying that she was old. * Donald was 75 years old and he died 8 months later. * At that time, all of the children of Donald and Christina had married and only Hugh (19 years old) was unmarried and still living at Auchananda's with his parents. * Annie McBean (McBain) - was a live-in servant at Auchananda's and was born in 1838 (BRB p532) so was 16 or 17 years old. * Catherine was probably Annie's sister (they migrated together in 1853). * The reference to being 'enciente' by a son of the defendant indicates that she was pregnant to Hugh - thus their child, Donald, must have been born sometime in 1855. The reference to 'frail one' indicates that the pregnancy was well advanced, so Donald might have been born in the first half of that year. * Christina was probably against the relationship between Annie and Hugh - certainly she was against the pregnancy. Maybe she was blaming Anne more than Hugh. She had made Ann leave the house, but Ann and her sister came back, and so she hit them with a stick. It must have been quite a scene. * GUESSTIMATE ONLY; Ann probably raised Donald herself because the 1858 court case indicates that Hugh was neglecting to help financially. However there must have been a strong continuing connection with Christina as evidenced when she made special provisions for him in her Will. Maybe she had an important role in his care despite her initial opposition to the pregnancy. He was about 12 years old when she made her Will in April 1867, and 14 yrs when she died two years later. * In the 1858 newspaper item, Ann unsuccessfully tried TWICE (legal process rejected:not heard) to get Hugh to contribute to the support of their illegitimate child. * Subsequently, Annie married Charles McSween in 1859 and Hugh married Margaret Tannahill in 1862. There is no mention of adapting or adopting in either the the birth parents marriage records.
• Biography Notes: 00 Oct 1855, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; Extensive,evidence,persuasive narrative in SMALL PRINT MENU on HOME PAGE MENU
• Biography Notes: 11 Oct 1855, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT ; DETAILS of Hugh the Younger, entitlement, from Donald McLean G91 & G92 at Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT
• Residence: 30 Apr 1862, Strathalbyn SA; Ancestry report 29/5/2019 Australian Marriage Index. Identifies marriage or Hugh McLean and Margaret Tannahill on 30 Apr 1862Reg Strathalbyn Page No284/ Volume No50.
• Biography Notes: 9 Dec 1920, Strathalbyn SA; (JOTTINGS; From JW Elliott's Jottings in Southern Argus on 9th December 1920, p3) Amongst those of the 'old hands' Mr Sloan asked me about was Mr Hughie McLean, and while I was writing the beginning of this sheet of paper that very old resident actually passed by my window, reminding me that he is now the 'last link' left of the strong chain of sturdy pioneers who formed the settlement of Strathalbyn, the only one left of all who held the first Xmas festival, humble though it was, where now this nourishing and beautiful town bears witness to their fine work of blazing , the way for civilization in the south. The Rankines came here in 1837, Glenbarr, then Blackwood, then Meadowbank being the first holdings established, the McLeans owning the latter, arriving here soon after the Rankines. Their holding was a large one, and for many years they were leading men in advancing the growth and prosperity of the settlement. Of the McLean sons, Allan retained Meadowbank, Hugh had a holding where Mr Allison now resides, and John went to Angas Plains (later named Maplemore after warboat), Hughie, who alone survives giving up farming many years ago. In 1838 or 39, I can't find out which year it was, but it was one of these two, Little Hughie, then a tiny prattler, took his part, if a small one, in what was doubtless a wonderful affair to his childish mind, if indeed that mind was old enough to observe anything at all, for near where the school room now stands there was conducted with all ceremonial rites the feast of Hogmany, the welcoming of the new year a ceremony observed in far-off 'Auld Scotland' amid the ice of snow and winter but in this 'new land of Australia' in the fierce heat of a semi-tropical summer day and night, everything in utter contrast. Of all who gathered at that historic event, over which Dr. John Rankine presided, not one is left to tell the tale save old Hughie McLean and what he can tell is naturally only hearsay, for he was too young to retain any lasting impressions of the memorable event, at which were gathered practically all the residents within many miles of this centre. And, alas, the time must inevitably come when he too will pass on to join the band of those fine old colonists to whom we of to-day owe so much! Well, it must come, nothing can avert the blow when it falls, but for though the old pioneers is 'stricken' with the years and his strength, is but a little, he is mentally bright as ever, apparently good for a few more years yet, and I hope that in the coming Xmas festivities he may be able to have his part and be able to tell those around him something of that first Xmas of his in Australia eighty odd years ago. (From JW Elliott's Jottings in Southern Argus on 9th December 1920, p3)

Notes:

Birth:
Kilmallie Parish is in Argyllshire in Scotland. Argyllshire and Inverness boundaries altered in 1888

Name:
The BRB (p8) states "As can be seen from this list there are two Ewens but no Hughs yet both are the children of Donald and Christina, (nee McPhee). It would seem that to Donald, the name Ewen and Hugh were the same, as in his Will of 1846 he refers to his son-in-law Ewen McDonald as Hugh McDonald of Finniss."

Ewen married Margaret TANNAHILL 13 Apr 1862, Strathalbyn SA. Margaret (daughter of Robert TANNAHILL and Jemima MUIR) was born 15 Sep 1839, Paisley Scotland; died 6 Apr 1891; was buried , Strathalbyn SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Emigration: Newark New Jersey USA; Margaret nee Tannahill=24yoa and Hamish Tannahill=4yoa Departed on ship California on 31 May 1909 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland for Newark New Jersey USA to join her husband Jno Tannahill in USA. Transcribd from a passenger list. on My Heritage. Source information: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957 (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, roll 1277); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85.

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Birth:
The BRB (p532) has the birth year as 1836 in England, however now Patricia LONG (nee Loder) on 19.7.2016 has offered this complete date (15.9.1839 at Paisley Scotland) and location of MARGARET TANNAHILLs birth. To be followed up for documented evidence. Author Lorna McLean 04/12/2016.



Buried:
Grave 1/82 Strathalbyn SA SOURCE ljm alexandrina burial register. April 2016

clearly my heritage have difference records of DEATH to SA Strathalbyn Burial register....TBC

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• Residence: Wallaroo SA

William married Jane NOYES 1866, Adelaide SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Wallaroo SA

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• Biography Notes: 26 Sep 1779, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; A persuasive, narrative, biography of evidenced information covering all of Donalds life, wife and more
• Marriage/Wedding: 00.00.1811, Kilmallie Scotland; the first born son, Allan OPR b.bapt offers event 12 Feb early in 1811. Likely parents handfasted or "blessed" at time of baptism of first born. Guesstimate only ....Lorna Mclean OPR READS "1811, Feb 12, Allan son to Donald McLean in Blaich & Christian McPhee in Blaich" Seemingly the parish priest did 3 baptisms on 5th Feb and then Allen on 12th and not documented until AFTER the next baptism: where it was recalled that Allens record had not been entered. Hence it is squashed in between (though legible) in date order between the other baptisms.
• Biography Notes: 3 Aug 1837, Strathalbyn SA; Donald and whole family emmigrated from Scotland, departure on "Navarino" at London to South Australia arriving on 9 Dec 1837. Arrival location initially named Holdfast Bay (due to sticky mud to pass through) later renamed Glenelg. Ewen/Hugh, the youngest child at the time was in his second year born 1836 back 'home'.
• Biography Notes: 00 Dec 1838, Strathalbyn SA; 'Mr McLean ... was one of the first men to grow wheat on the (Strathalbyn) plains. He had some grain ground at Mr Ridley's so-called flourmill while I was at work there. We began to upbraid him for his foolhardiness in taking up land so far away in the unknown wilderness, where he would suffer much privation and - if he escaped being eaten alive by savage beasts or savager men - would probably starve to death. He began to dance a Scotch reel, but not to the sound of the bagpipes but to song and words of his own making. As far as I could make out he was crooning, "I'll nae starve, plenty cows, plenty milk, plenty butter, plenty hens, plenty eggs, plenty pigs, I'll nae starve. And so on through another long list of eatables. He had a jolly day and was not disposed to look at the dangers of the expedition. It was more than probable that whisky had something to do with the elevation, for in after-life he was a slave to it." (Source: Memoirs of John Dunn who knew Donald personally - 'A Miller's Tale' was edited by Anthony Stuart in 1991).
• Biography Notes: 1841, Strathalbyn SA; The third family to purchase blocks in Strathalbyn district to the Rankine and Dawson families. Built a stone building on Section 2603 near the banks of the Angas River.
• Residence: 1842, Strathalbyn SA; The family moved from Adelaide's suburb of Marleston (previously named Hilton) to establish their new home and outbuildings named 'Auchananda's'. It was built on the river's edge of the Angas River which winds through Strathalbyn SA. It is a short walk, south-west of the Strathalbyn township. 2020 Today: The original house has been demolished however the outbuilding that was referred to as a barn, has now been restored as a residence and privately owned (inaccessible). It can be viewed from the other side of the River Angas.
• Biography Notes: 26th Apr 1869, Strathalbyn SA; SALE OF DONALD'S PROPERTIES * "Land Sale at Strathalbyn - Mr Close held a sale of land at the Terminus Hotel, Strathalbyn, on Monday, by instruction of the executors of the late Mrs McLean, when a fine section lying between the tramway terminus and the cemetery was bought by Mr R Hooper, whose land it adjoined, at £8/2/6 per acre. A paddock adjoining the Murray Road was bought by Mr Archibald McLean at a little over £6 per acre, and a two-acre block near the brewery, foundry and gasworks was purchased by Mr Allan McLean for £145." (South Australian Register, 30th April 1869, p2) * "The sale of land under the will of the late Mr D. McLean, advertised to take place at the Terminus Hotel, was held by Mr James Close on Monday last, when there was a very good attendance, and the bidding was spirited. The 84 acres, being Section 2602, lying between the Limestone Hill and Mr Hooper's property, was knocked down to Mr Richard Hooper at £8 2s 6d per acre. The 40 acres (more or less), being portion of Section 2603, and having a frontage to the river, was sold to Mr Archibald McLean at £6. 0s 6d per acre. Mr Allan McLean was the purchaser of the two acres of Section 2612, on Cheriton road, at the south-east corner of the town, the price being £141." (Southern Argus, 1st May 1969, p2) * Comment: This auction was held on 26th April 1869 which was just 17 days after Christina's death and 14 years after Donald's death.
• Biography Notes: 7 Dec 1922, Strathalbyn SA; Southern Argus, 7th Dec 1922, p 3 THE FIRST WHEAT Controversy has furiously raged about the claims of the first wheat crop in South Australia, and a vast amount of research work has been put in to establish various claims. So far as we know, there has never been a satisfactory claim to this honor, since a confusion of dates and localities and hazy memories has usually led up to the proverbial Scotchman's 'doots.' We give another claim in which, we understand, dates and family records have been checked and counter-checked and every thing possibly done to establish beyond doubt a genuine claim to the first wheat grower in this State. The particulars which have been supplied to us by a well-known resident of Murrayville ? a relative of the late D McLean, are as follows: ? The very first wheat grown in SA, without a shadow of doubt, was grown by the late Donald McLean in 1838. Mr McLean, who was a relative of the late Hon. Allan McLean, a former Premier of Victoria, hailed from Argyleshire, and left Gravesend with his wife and family of ten on August 6, 1837, landing by the "Navarino" at Holdfast Bay on December 6. At that time there were no houses in Adelaide, and the Governor was living in a reed hut on the banks of the River Torrens. Equipped with a fair amount of capital he quickly sized up the conditions, and sent two sons to Tasmania, who were then 22 and 24 years of age, providing them with £300 to purchase seed wheat, which, at that time, was only procurable in Van Dieman's Land, two teams of bullocks, horses and drays and other necessaries ? which by the way, included a cat for his wife. A land order entitled Mr McLean to select land, but as the surveying had not been done, it was necessary to wait till June 6, 1838, the date of the ' first land meeting in SA for selecting blocks around Adelaide. Thirty applicants attended, and Mr. McLean selected section No. 50, one and a half miles from the GPO, now known as the suburb of Marleston; better known as Hilton. The two eldest sons, Allan and John, started cultivating operations at once with a plough brought from the old country. Twenty acres of cleared land was fenced and put in seed, a good crop being hand reaped towards the end of 1838. The records in the Government office substantiate the claim that no wheat was grown in SA, before 1838, but the first was the 20 acres by Mr. McLean. In 1839 120 acres were cultivated, and 816 acres in 1840. It is also recorded in the Government office that Mr McLean was granted this land on June 6, 1838. It is believed that the first wheat was ground into meal and eaten after the manner of oaten cake or bannocks, which was a common Scotch fare in those days. A few years ago, a Mr Calaly, of Mount Barker, an old pioneer, claimed to have eaten bread made from the first wheat grown by the McLean, and a Mr W. Greig, a shipmate of the McLean's, testified that he saw the wheat put in and that no other wheat was grown in SA in that year. The remains of the homestead still stand near Hilton. The land was sold later to Mr. John Marle's father. Further evidence was given by a very early pioneer who held land near the McLean's, in which it is recorded in a book, that Mr. McLean was the first wheat grower in the State. Later on, Mr McLean purchased a large area of land at Strathlbyn adjoining the township, and other blocks along the Angas and Bremmer Rivers. The old homestead of Mr. McLean was situated close to Strathalbyn, a solid two-storey house which still stands.

Notes:

Birth:
Edwin MacLean in 2016 stated Donald was born in Fort William. This had long been surmised: evidence pending.

Scotland, births and baptisms, 1564-1950. Born Allan Mclean gender male birth date 26 Sep 1779 birth place kilmallie argyll scotland, father Allan mclean mother Rachel Ranken. FHL Film Number 1041070.

Name:
Donald signed his name variously as - McLane - MacLean - McLean - McClean and Mac (ref p13 BRB)


Buried:
SOURCE: RANKINE FAMILY OF STRATHALBYN
On bottom of the page 93. In the section labelled "Matthew Rankine, 2nd. son" reads...."About this time he [Matthew Rankine, 2nd. son] went to the funeral of a Mr. McLean who was buried close to his house in pouring rain. There was a large attendance and all stayed to hear the will read afterwards.....This seems that it was not dated. However since Donald died on the 11 Oct 1855 and the next paragraph opened with...."On October 13th. 1855 he was asked to be secretary to the newly formed Agricultural Society at Strathalbyn which met regularly so he took the opportunity...." so it can be assumed to be the 11th, 12th, and maybe 13th October 1855.

Although Donald was buried near his homestead, "whether Donald was re-interred at the present cemetery or left in his original grave is not now known? (BRB p16).

Matthew Rankine, who was then of "Woodburn", Angas Plains, attended the funeral and he noted this in his diary. ?On 11/10/1855 he received a letter informing him of the death of Donald McLean. In those days people were invited to funerals. Matthew wrote that he rode his horse Blossom to the Donald McLean house, starting at noon on the 13th and that many people had gathered for the funeral and that Donald was buried near his house and on his own land and that afterwards the Will was read." (BRB p16) [Research: Get a copy of the actual diary entry ? it is on microfilm in the State Library, Adelaide]


Died:
"Died: 0n the 11th instant, at this residence, Auchananda (sic), Strathalbyn SA. Mr Donald Mclean senior aged 75 years. The deceased was an old colonist, highly respected by a numerous circle of relations and friends." - The Adelaide Observer, 13th October 1855, page 5




Did Donald die on 10th or 11th? A quote from text accompanying a sketch of Donald McLean's cottage at Hilton held in the Mortlock Library stated that, "He died at his home on October 10th, 1855, aged 84 years, leaving his wife, Christina, five sons and five daughters and was buried in Section 1 of the Strathalbyn Cemetery" (BRB p9)

Donald — Christina b1787 MCPHEE. Christina (daughter of John Oag MCPHEE and Christian (Christ'n) CAMERON) was born 28 Apr 1787, Crieff Scotland; died 9 Apr 1869, Strathalbyn SA; was buried , Strathalbyn SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Biography Notes: 28 Apr 1787, Crieff Scotland; See biography of Christina McPhee'S PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS on HOMEPAGE SMALL PRINT
• Biography Notes: 1819, Corriebeg Loch Eil Scotland; At the same time that John Macmasters and Mary MacMillan were at Corriebeg, Christina McPhee and Donald McLean, were just across the Loch at Duisky. It was a six km walk around the eastern end of Loch Eil, or four km in a row-boat. Mary and Christina were first cousins - their mothers were sisters - so there was probably some contact between the families. At the time of Mary's and John's wedding in 1819, Christina and Donald had five children (but one had died).
• Biography Notes: 14 Feb 1855, Mt Barker SA; Local Courts, Mt Barker: Wednesday, February 14, 1855 Full jurisdiction Before Francis Davison, Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate; Robert Davennort and Frederick May, Esqs. "Christian McLean, a septuageniarian wife of Donald McLean, appeared to answer the complaint of Annie Macbean and Catherine Macbean, of the same place for having violently assaulted them with a stick. Mr Andrews defended; and in cross-examination elicited that one of the ladies was enciente [pregnant] by a son of the defendant, and that the defendant on becoming aware of the fact ordered the frail one never to come on her premises again. That on the evening in question the lady did, in defiance of the defendant's injunctions, come on her premises. The charge was, however, clearly proved, and the defendant was fined £2 and costs." (South Australian Register, 21st February 1855, p3) COMMENTS by Don Gordon on 8th Nov 2018: * This newspaper item has Christina in her 70s in 1855 (ie born between 1775 and 1785) whereas we have her christening OPR on 28th April 1787 which would make Christina 67 years at the time of the court. The BRB (p7) had her born in 1791 in which case she would have been about 64 years old at the time of the court. But maybe the reporter was just using the term septuagenarian as another way of saying that she was old. * Donald was 75 years old and maybe frail - he died 8 months later. * At that time, except for Hugh the younger, all of the children of Donald and Christina had married. Only Hugh the younger, 19 years old, was unmarried and still living at Auchananda Homestead, Strathalbyn with his parents. * Annie McBean (McBain) probably had been a live-in servant at Auchananda. She was born in 1838 (BRB p532) so was 16 or 17 years old. This doesn't align with information of shipping records which made her 21 on arrival to SA. * The newspaper item refers to her as enciente (pregant), 'the frail one'. * Catherine was Annie's sister. Catherine might also have been living at Auchananda's because she was 'of the same place'. Their mother was Margaret (BRB p532). * Christina was apparently blaming Annie for becoming pregnant with her son. She had made the sisters leave the house, but they had come back, and so she hit them with a stick. * If we assume that she was at least three months pregnant (otherwise it would not have been such a public issue), the baby must have been born less than six months after the court - ie born before August 1855. It was a boy called Donald. His surname could have been McLean or McBean. * We don't know who raised Donald, but there must have been a strong continuing connection with Christina as evidenced when she made special provisions for him in her Will in 1869. Maybe she had an important role in his care. He was about 12 years old when she died. * Subsequently, Annie married Charles McSween in 1859 and Hugh married Margaret Tannahill in 1862.
• Biography Notes: 11 Oct 1855, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; For inheritance of part of 57 Hindley St - see E51 in Small Print.
• Biography Notes: 11 Oct 1855, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; Husband's Will - see Donald McLean's profile for details in Donald's will in which Christina was a beneficiary.
• Biography Notes: 26th Apr 1869, Strathalbyn SA; SALE OF DONALD'S PROPERTIES * "Land Sale at Strathalbyn - Mr Close held a sale of land at the Terminus Hotel, Strathalbyn, on Monday, by instruction of the executors of the late Mrs McLean, when a fine section lying between the tramway terminus and the cemetery was bought by Mr R Hooper, whose land it adjoined, at £8/2/6 per acre. A paddock adjoining the Murray Road was bought by Mr Archibald McLean at a little over £6 per acre, and a two-acre block near the brewery, foundry and gasworks was purchased by Mr Allan McLean for £145." (South Australian Register, 30th April 1869, p2) * "The sale of land under the will of the late Mr D. McLean, advertised to take place at the Terminus Hotel, was held by Mr James Close on Monday last, when there was a very good attendance, and the bidding was spirited. The 84 acres, being Section 2602, lying between the Limestone Hill and Mr Hooper's property, was knocked down to Mr Richard Hooper at £8 2s 6d per acre. The 40 acres (more or less), being portion of Section 2603, and having a frontage to the river, was sold to Mr Archibald McLean at £6. 0s 6d per acre. Mr Allan McLean was the purchaser of the two acres of Section 2612, on Cheriton road, at the south-east corner of the town, the price being £141." (Southern Argus, 1st May 1969, p2) * Comment: This auction was held on 26th April 1869 which was just 17 days after Christina's death and 14 years after Donald's death.

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Birth:
The BRB has her birth as 1791 whereas we have concluded with an OPR that it was 28th April 1787 - see D50.

Died:
"McLEAN, Christina nee McPhee, (b 1791) - Died on the 9th April 1869, at Strathalbyn, Mrs Christina McLean widow of the late Donald McLean, aged 78 years - a colonist for 32 years. Buried in Strathalbyn Cemetery." (South Australian Advertiser, 16th April 1869, p2 & South Australian Register on 24th April 1869)

Some sources (which ones?) have the death as 4th Sept 1869.

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Married:
Assumed handfasted or/&...12months and one day as was the practise....see https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2016/11/handfasting-in-scotland.html
Summary cc
Handfasting rituals, especially in Scotland, has long been surrounded by mythical images of couples binding their hands and even drawing blood to form a trial marriage that would last one year, after which, the couple could in mutual consent, stay together or part. The real ritual.... There was no need for witnesses (ONLY STRENGTHENED the proof) or the consent of the parents. There was no need for a priest. .... Two people could exchange vows and that was enough. There was no need for banns or a mass to bless the marriage, just two people consenting. It wasn?t even necessary to have sexual intercourse, the marriage was binding. This legal position was made from about 1200 onwards with the support and direction of the Church.
In Scotland there was a third type of marriage called ?marriage by habit and repute.? This was a marriage established when a couple lived together as if married and presented themselves to society as married; a kind of common law marriage. .....
Like elsewhere, in Scotland, divorce wasn?t possible. A couple were married for life...It wasn?t until the Scottish Reformation in 1560 that divorce and remarriage became possible.
The common process for a marriage in the late medieval time up until the Reformation included a betrothal, a proclamation of the banns and consent in the present tense.... Though the Church and the law recognized clandestine marriages (marriages made without witnesses and the usual Church presence) they did everything they could to discourage them. ...With the Reformation many Protestant.....In 1563 the Roman Catholic Church ...... Since Scotland became a Protestant country in 1560.... So both Scottish civil law and the Church essentially kept what made a marriage unchanged. ...The only changes were to permit divorce and remarriage and a reduction in the degrees of consanguity.....By the 18th century,....the civil law continued to support it and that remained unchanged until 1940.
Though the civil law essentially remained the same the cultural customs surrounding marriage did change over the 4 centuries between the Scottish Reformation and 1940. Handfasting fell away about the late 17th century or.....?

In the late 18th century a kind of a myth arose around handfasting,.....and it continued on until the 20th century and eventually became incorporated in the neo-Pagan rituals still practiced today.

Robert — Jemima MUIR. [Group Sheet]

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Name:
LINK information to be further research for evidence. Provided by Pat Long (nee Loder) in July 2016 to researcher Lorna McLean