Peter John GRANSDEN

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• Residence: Rockingham WA

Peter — J S. [Group Sheet]

1. JAL G
2. MP G

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• Occupation: Labourer

William — Eileen NAYDA. [Group Sheet]

Edward married Rachel Catherine Beatrice (Beattie) HORNBY 1913, Clare SA. Rachel (daughter of William (Bill) Prescott HORNBY and Rachel MCLEAN) was born 4 Aug 1889, Port Broughton SA; died 15 Aug 1975; was buried , Port Pirie SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: Port Pirie SA

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Beattie was a gentle lady - quiet nature, hard working and loved her family. In her latter years she was unfortunate to be affected by a stroke. However her sense of humour was still with her.

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• Biography Notes: OBITUARY: Mr William Prescott Hornby who died on May 4 at Red Hill, was one of the pioneers of Port Broughton. Mr Hornby was the eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs W P Hornby, of Glasgow and Alberton. He was born at sea on December 27th 1858. As a young man he went to work for Mr. Collins at Collinsfield. There he met and married Rachel McLean daughter of the late Allan McLean (one of the brothers who were the first to grow wheat in South Australia) in 1881. When Port Broughton was opened for settlement Mr Hornby took up land and farmed it until a few years ago There were four sons and seven daughters of the marriage 45 grandchildren and 34 great-grand-children. A widow, three sons and five daughters survive. (Adelaide Advertiser, 7th June 1948, p5)
• Residence: Bill worked for some years on northern sheep stations and was then in Collinsfield, then owned by Collins and later Coffeys. At that time, he and Rachel lived nearby. (BRB p101)

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Birth:
born; Registration of birth upon arrival in SA
Born Ship 'Mary Elizabeth', born 14 days after departure from England for SA

Name:
Maybe Patterson rather than Prescott (check this).

William married Rachel MCLEAN 19 Apr 1881, Redhill SA. Rachel (daughter of Allan b.1811 Snr MCLEAN and Catherine DAWSON) was born 21 Mar 1863, Strathalbyn SA; died 6 Aug 1949, Port Pirie SA; was buried , Port Broughton SA. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
birth 'Meadow Bank' Strathalbyn SA

Biography Notes:
After the Allan family removed to the mid-north in 1878 Rachel met William Prescott Hornby who was working at the Hotel at Collins said to be against the wishes of Allan and his wife, took place on 19/4/1881 at Red Hill, in the Pt Broughton - Crystal Brook area, 106 miles north of Adelaide. Rachel was aged 18 and Bill as her husband was called, was 22. He was bom at sea aboard the "Mary E|izabeth" on 17/12/1858, 14 days out from England on the way to South Australia. He was the eldest son andnamed after his father. He was completely uneducated and was working at the age of 11 on the Dry Creek railway line for one shilling and sixpence (15 cents) a day. (no doubt Allan's objection to the marriage was due to Bill's lack of schooling, and there was a break with the family except for Rachel's sister Mary, Mrs Nutt of Orroroo). Bill worked for some years on northern sheep stations and was then at Collins then owned by Collins and later by Coffeys. At that time he and Rachel lived
Nearby.

In 1884 they obtained their own land in the Pt Broughton district, 107 miles north and west of Adelaide. They were one and a half miles N.E. of the town on the northern side of the Port Pirie Road and here they remained until old age. Their home was a dug-out cellar type but it flooded so they built 4 rooms of "pug and pine" with white washed super bag ceilings. More lean-to rooms of galvanised iron were added as the family increased. Cooking was by wood stove and laundering was done out of doors under a spreading pepper tree until a wash house was built and to this a car shed was joined in later years.

More blocks of land were bought as they could afford them until they owned approximately 1000 acres. Finance came from cropping and farm produce. They sold eggs and butter to the town shops and residents, and they also had a milk round, At one stage wheat sold at one shilling and ninepence (18 cents) per bushell and in 1914 they reaped only 49 bags and had to request a bank loan to keep going but in 1915 hard work was rewarded with 1000 bags and so they were out of debt.

Rachel's last surviving child, May Malycha, was living in November 1990 and described her mother as good, kindly, reliable and a gentle loving mother, an out-going country woman who managed the family business well. She was above average height with nicely rounded features and wore long black dresses always. She gave birth to all her eleven children at home with the aid of a midwife, Mrs Watson, and in later years was often herself called on for the same service.

Bill was something of a character. Short in stature, of wiry build, with a bushy beard and smoked a foul smelling pipe. He liked the odd drink if Rachel gave him the money. He doubled the price he needed so he could have 4 drinks instead of 2. The eleven children were 7 daughters and 4 sons and only Arthur did not marry and died at the age of 45.

All the children attended Pt Broughton School, starting at 9 years and leaving at 13 or 14. In due course the sons went their own way, though working at home in their teen years, except for Gordon who continued to work with his father and eventually acquired that land and farmed about 600 acres.

Water was a problem early on and the men of the family would take a tank on a wagon pulled by three horses up over the Collings Gap to Red Hill to buy water which was 9 pence (9 cents) a ban'el at one time. Returning up the eastern side of the Gap, once, heavy rain fell as they neared the top, so they decided to let the water go as there was no real road and the going was not easy. As they neared home the rain ceased and their own place was bone dry, so they had to turn round and make a repeat journey.

Eventually the house had two underground tanks, one for home consumption and the other for stock. The water was drawn up by bucket and stored in barrels. One day Rachel walked over the cover of a tank and it gave way. She fell but being broad shouldered she was wedged. After much yelling for help she was carefully lifted out. Water in such tanks is always cold so buckets of cream were lowered to chill for butter making, salt was added and one pound pats formed for sale in exchange for meat from butcher Harry Barker and for groceries from Fraser and Gillies. Eggs were sold in the same way as they always kept hens, ducks and geese. When on rare occasions the children received spending money they were able to buy 2 buns for a penny (1 cent) or a stick of licorice for the same.

There were always cows to be milked twice a day, at one time 18, but usually 10 or 11. The children did the milk round at Pt Broughton, taking a horse and cart loaded with cans and customers were charged 2 pence (2 cents) a pint. When the round was the reins were tied to the can and the horse sent home with the empty cans for Rachel to wash and prepare for next day. This was not altogether popular locally as the reliable old horse refused to move aside to allow cars to pass. Cars were then just beginning to be used as transport.

Once, May and Maggie, used sovereigns paid for accounts, to play "Knuckle bones" as they travelled home in the cart. They had no idea of the value of the coins and when they were onto the road they made no attempt to recover them. Rachel took them back and made them search until they were found, every penny being needed.

In earlier years Bill worked hard. Later he made sure that his sons did the same. To augment the income he did boat work and worked at the wheat stacks. He kept up to 10 draught horses and the children had to take them to Fishermens Bay by the roadway to water which was the first to get piped water.

Maggie was the helper in the house, but May was an outside worker and drove a team. Once, when she had little brother Gordon with her and he disobeyed her order to sit still, he fell, and the plough went right over him, fortunately without causing any injury. He was so dirty that May undressed him, thoroughly shook out his clothes, redressed him and kept quiet about the incident and did not confess for many years.

Occasionally Rachel and Bill would harness up the two grey horses to the buggy, and leaving at 3 a.m. would drive to Pt Pirie with some of the children. They would travel across country and after completing their "buy up" would return home after dark and reach there after midnight.

In later years there was a car, a new (black, naturally) Model T. Ford. The story is told that one evening after a visit to the township, and maybe with one drink too many, Bill came in around the gate and could not stop at the car shed in time - and in spite of calling loudly "Whoa! Whoa!" the car went into it and straight through the other end. Maggie learnt to drive but May never did.

The race course on the Hornby property was on the swamp between the old home and son Allan's. The annual race meeting was a great day. Horse stalls were of mallee rails and Rachel and her family catered, charging two shillings (20 cents) for a dinner. Pies, pasties, sausage rolls, pudding and custard, cakes, etc. As children the family made its own amusements with highlights of days at Fishermans Bay, school and Sunday School picnics. Later there were dances and socials at Pt Broughton. Horses were tied up to pepper trees along the west side of the old hall in Mackay Street.

A newspaper cutting records that the marriage of daughter May to Jack Malchya took place in April 1931 at St. PhiIIip's Church and the reception for 120 persons was held in conjunction with the 50th wedding celebration of Rachel and William Prescott Homby, at the residence of Allan and Tot Homby, the verandahs protected by hessian awnings being the main venue. Jack, a brother, made the wedding cakes as he was working for PuIford's, the town bakers, at the time.

Rachel was fond of photographs and covered the house walls with them, some being of very large size so that one could say she still had her family around her when all had gone to homes of their own.

For many years she donated Bibles to the Methodist Sunday School as the Anglican's did not have a Sunday School. Bill called his children "bloody Wesleyan buggers" as they cut through the paddocks on Sundays. Bill was Catholic, Rachel Methodist, so naturally they married in the Anglican Church. Stained glass windows at St. Phillip's were donated by Rachel. The story is told that one day when the vicar called on a pastoral visit Bill called out loudly "who the hell is that old buggar out there" while the family tried to make him hush up.

In 1936 floodwaters rushed through the old house, damaging furniture and floor covering (linoIeums) so they shifted to a small house at Pt Broughton where Maggie next door, and other family members were very supportive. In 1946 when W.W.2 was over, the owner Henry Summerton needed this house in Mackay St. for his son Claude so Bill and Rachel lived until their deaths with vanous family members. In these last years Bill was a contrary old man - deaf, swore profusely, talked loudly and was rather bad tempered - quite a handful in fact.

Their Diamond Wedding was held at the Institute on 19/4/1941 with a vast gathering of family. A newspaper cutting tells of the various speakers, the musical entertainment and that they had spent 57 years at Port Broughton. Bill and Rachel had raised 1000 pounds ($2000) for war charities during the 1914-18 war.

DEATHS:
William Prescott Hornby on 4/5/1948 in his 90th year at the Red Hill home of his daughter May Malchya.
Rachel died at the residence of daughter Beattie Gransden at Port Pirie on 6/8/1949 aged 86 years.
Both were interred at Port Broughton.

The Hornby farms there have stayed within the family as the land is now owned by great grandson Allan Aitchison.

(Note: We are indebted to another great grandchild, Gloria Edwards, nee Hornby, for this delightful account of her pioneer family. The compiler (E.M.S.) has shortened it a little to use information of family members in their own sections.)

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Married:
Marriage at PM Parsonage in Redhill.

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Migrated to South Australia on 'Mary Elizabeth' in 1858

William — Unknown HORNBY. [Group Sheet]

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Migrated to South Australia on the 'Mary Elizabeth' in 1858.
She gave birth to William Prescott (junior) Hornby on 17th Dec 1858, just 14 days out from England. He was the first of her children.

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• Land - other than residences: As well as Meadow Bank, Allan had several other farming properties, including Angas Park (source?).
• Biography Notes: c1811, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; Extensive,evidence,persuasive narrative in SMALL PRINT MENU on HOME PAGE MENU
• Biography Notes: 6 Jan 1838, Hobart Tasmania; Allan travelled on with the Navarino, arriving HOBART, TASMANIA 12 Jan 1838 to purchase with (800 pounds cash) bullock teams, horses, plough, seed wheat and a cat for his mother, Christina. at May 2020 believed (no evidence yet) to return in January on the ship John Duscombe, 27th Jan 1838 via Launceston Tasmania
• Biography Notes: 13 Oct 1855, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; For inheritance of part of 57 Hindley St - see E51 in Small Print.
• Biography Notes: 1856, Strathalbyn SA; * In the first Strathalbyn agricultural show in 1856, the McLeans were well represented in the wheat competition with three brothers (Allan, Archibald and Hugh snr)amongst nine from the plains and hills areas. However they did not win any prizes for their wheat and on the day. The only McLean to win a prize was Mrs McLean (which Mrs was this??) for her salt butter. It is not known whether they had entered in the other sections which included barley, oats, potatoes, onions, vegetables, table grapes, apples, lemons, melons, cheese, lucerne, hams, fresh butter, pears, quinces, flowers, plough iron and harrows.(From Matthew Rankine's diary, in Gemmell, p 15).It must have been a wonderful event in this small community.
• Biography Notes: 1861, Strathalbyn SA; Alan and Archibald were among 12 'proprietors of land in the township of Strathalbyn' who attended a meeting on 10th January 1861 to form a trust for the township reserve. Although they were not present at that particular meeting, Donald Gollan, James Dawson and Rankine were given responsibilities to pursue the matter. (South Australian Advertiser - 21st Jan 1861). Alan and Archibald did not appear to take a leading part in the meeting.
• Biography Notes: 30 Apr 1869, Strathalbyn SA; 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)
• Occupation: 1837-1890, Strathalbyn SA; Skilled Ploughman and Farmer
• Cause of death: 2 Sep 1890, Plympton SA; 4 weeks of bronchitis
• Biography Notes: 8 Sep 1890, Adelaide SA; FUNERAL NOTICES The friends of the late Mr ALLAN McLEAN are respectfully informed that his remains will be removed from his late residence, Marion-road, this Day, at 3 pm, for the West-terrace Cemetery. J. B. SIEBERT, Undertaker. Source: Evening Journal, Adelaide, 8th Sept 1890, p2

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another source on TROVE NEWSPAPERS SHOW:- Newspapers: Browse South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide, SA : 1836 - 1839) Sat 20 Jan 1838 Page 3 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Here this journalist entry indicates the Navarino departed on the 8th January 1838. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
January 18 - The ship Royal Admiral, 400 tons Fotheringham, master, from London, with passengers.
January 19 - The barque Lady of the Lake, 350 tons, from Twofold Bay, with stock.
January 19 - The brig Siren, 150 tons, Bell, master, from Launceston, with stock and passengers.
January 19 - The schooner John Duncomb, McLeay, master, 85 tons, from Launceston with stock and passengers.
DEPARTURES.
January 8 - The barque Navarino, Warming
master, for Launceston. OTHER RECORDS INDICATE ARRIVAL HOBART TASMANIA

Buried:
Buried West Terrace Cemetery Road 3 Path 36A 5
Source: Researcher Lorna McLean 01.10.2018 on
https://oldcolonists.weebly.com/1837-navarino.html

Note: A different burial plot was Road 2, area 1, 2row 34W (Source: page 10 of Warren McLean's 'Narratives' quoting Chronical 13th Sept 1890)

Died:
McLean, Allan - b 1814 - died 6th Sept 1890 at Plympton, SA, late of Strathalbyn, aged 79 years, colonialist for 54 years. The friends of the late Mr Allan McLean are respectfully informed that his remains will be removed from his late residence Marion Road, this day at 3 pm for the West Terrance Cemetery - 3 path 36A 5 - JB Siebert, Undertaker (Source: Express Telegraph 8th Sept 1890, p2 & Evening Journal, 8th Sept 1890, p2)

Note: Another death notice has a different burial plot as Road 2, area 1, 2row 34W (Source: page 10 of Warren McLean's 'Narratives' quoting Chronical 13th Sept 1890)


Died at Marion Road, Plympton

Allan married Catherine DAWSON 29 Feb 1844, Mt Barker SA. Catherine (daughter of James (snr) DAWSON and Jane (Jean) HAMILTON) was born 1825, Tehran Persia; died 21 Jan 1892, Hackney SA; was buried , West Terrace Cemetery SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: * Teheran and Constantinople, Persia * Scotland * Strathalbyn * Collinsfield * Adelaide
• Emigration: 30 Apr 1839, Adelaide SA; In 1839 in the 'Fairfield', Catherine migrated from Scotland with her mother and siblings (her father had come out earlier). Catherine had applied for a free passage as a domestic, so like many other girls she probably sailed as a help to a family of friends.

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Birth:
Nancy Gemmell ('Old Strathalbyn', p14) states Catherine was born in Glasgow in 1823. However, Persia has been confirmed by John Mathews.

Died:
Catherine died in Eliza's house in Hackney, Adelaide.

Death Notice. Chronical 23rd January 1892.
McLean. On the 21st January, at her daughter's residence, Vaughan's Mansion, Katherine, beloved wife of the late Allan McLean, Aged 64 years.


Express & Telegraph, January 23 1892.
The friends of the late Catherine McLean are respectfully informed that her remains will be removed from her daughter's residence ( Mrs. Haldane), Vaughan's Mansion, Hackney, this day at 2.00pm. for interement in the West Terrace Cemetery. J.B.Siebert, Undertaker.

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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.

Notes:

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.

Notes:

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.

Other Events:

• Military Service: Kew UK; Public Records Office, Kew, London.UK Incomplete detail with no dates or locations of military attendance just pay codes.. WO54/287 Description Book 6th Btn., RA, WO54/299 Description Book 9th Btn., RA, WO10/799 Pay roll 9th Btn.,RA (various years)
• Military Service: Dec 1815, Tehran Persia; Email from John Mathews 8 May 2016; his source attended (dates not provided) Public Records Office, Kew, London. WO54/287 Description Book 6th Btn., RA, WO54/299 Description Book 9th Btn., RA, WO10/799 Pay roll 9th Btn.,RA (various years) WO10/1130 Pay List 9th Btn., Adjutant's Detachment, RA (dates not provided)
• Military Service: 1810-1816; Email from John Mathews 8 May 2016 Limited evidence. "In Royal Artillary 1810-1816, FO60/4, FO60/6 and FO60/10. Correspondence file from British Embassy in Tehran to Foreign Office."dates attained not provided, Repository:assume Public Records Office Kew UK
• Marriage/Wedding: 16 Feb 1816, Falkirk Scotland; DAWSON JAMES m.JEAN HAMILTON FR2560 (FR2560) on 16/02/1816 479/ 90 195 at Falkirk Scotland. no credits for document of OPR MARRIAGE
• Military Service: 1817-1826, Iran; (Iran; Previously named Persia as records state Persia) Repository assumed Kew London, dates/locations/war field locations not provided. FO60/27 (1826) Records payment to "Sgt Dawson". James was the father of Catherine Dawson who married Allen McLean b1811 in Scotland
• Biography Notes: 12 Oct 1944, Strathalbyn SA; Newspaper:Southern Argus (Port Elliot, SA : 1866 - 1954) Thu 12 Oct 1944 Page 4 "Gifts to the Corporation. During the past week further valuable gifts have been received by the Town Clerk for inclusion with the archives of early Strathalbyn. Mr. H. R. Hooper, of Dulwich, has presented the town with the photos of his late great-grandfather and great grandmother, Colonel James Dawson and his wife, and also with a sword, the property of the late colonel. This sword has an interesting story to tell. Colonel Dawson fought in the Persian wars, his wife accompanying him as his orderly,dressed as a soldier. The secret was well kept and no one but the Colonel knew that the soldier orderly was a woman. During the war the Colonel saved the life of a priest, and for this act was presented with the sword that has now come back to Strathalbyn. That was in 1818. Later Colonel Dawson came to South Aust and was one of the first settlers in Strathalbyn. The sword has been handed down from descendants of the late Colonel and was in the possession of Mr. Hooper. Mr. Hooper has supplied the clerk with a long, and interesting account of early Strathalbyn and this has been added to the wealth of information being provided by old residents. Mrs.J.S.Richardson is one who has written up quite a lengthy article on the early days, and Miss Foster is also assisting. Others have offered to send in their reminiscences. Mrs. M.G.Rankine has presented a very old picture of the Presbyterian Church, and bridge, and has loaned Dr. Rankine's Memoirs, and numerous newspaper cuttings for the clerk to take copies. These actions by old residents are very commendable, and future generations, with an interest in early history, will have cause to thank them for their thoughtfulness.

Notes:

Buried:
Plot 80, DIV 1, Strathalbyn Cemetery Parker Road

James married Jane (Jean) HAMILTON 16 Feb 1818, Falkirk Scotland. Jane (daughter of William HAMILTON and Janet LOCKHART) was born 24 Feb 1802, Hamilton Lanarkshire Scotland; was christened 8 Mar 1802, Hamilton Lanarkshire Scotland; died 9 Aug 1885, Springfield SA; was buried , Strathalbyn SA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Biography Notes: Arrived at Adelaide Australia on "Fairfield" 4 May 1839 with children Catherine, Eliza, Ann, Jean (Jane), and Archibald. When Jane died in 1885 she was Strathalbyn's oldest inhabitant. She left her old servant Mary O'Loughlin her chest of drawers, armchair and £50.
• Biography Notes: Death: Dawson - On the 9th August, at her residence, Springfield, near Strathalbyn, Jane, relict of the late James Dawson, of Strathalbyn, aged 84 years. (Southern Argus, 13th August 1885, p2)

Notes:

Birth:
It is not certain that Jane was born on 24th Feb 1802, nor that her parents were William Hamilton and Janet Lockhart - nor that this was in Hamilton (Lanarkshire). This needs to be corroborated or explored further.
Also a few other births have been suggested by other sources (MyHeritage etc) - with a birth year of 1804 - but it is unlikely that she would have been as young as 12 years old when she married James Dawson in 1816:-
* 23rd May 1804 in Stonehouse - parents were William Hamilton & Janet Pollock.
* 18th April 1804 in Falkirk - parents John Hamilton & Margaret Potter.
This note by Don Gordon on 22nd April 2019.

Notes:

Married:
Irregular marriage:
A marriage by declaration was perfectly legal in terms of Scots Law until 1939 [but] it wasn't at all "legal" in terms of the canonical "laws" of the Established Church of Scotland. ..... A proportion of those who underwent a marriage by declaration did so in the presence of a minister of a secession church, or a minister who had at that time no "charge", ie wasn't the minister of any church. .... It could have equally been the case that the minister involved here, unnamed, was a secession church minister, but the couple still wanted the marriage recorded in the Old Parochial Register ... of the Established Church of Scotland.
(Source: DavidWW, 28th Feb 2007 in http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8203)