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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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 1857 - 1930 (72 years)
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| Name |
Allan b.1857 MCLEAN [1] |
| Born |
11 Nov 1857 |
Meadowbank SA  [1, 2] |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Achievements/Education |
* Sarah & Allan were ardent card players
* Sarah & Allan sang beautifully unaccompanied
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| Biography Notes |
Adelaide SA [1] |
Wife Sarah Thompson (b. 1861) daughter of George J. and Catherine Thompson at her mother's residence Alfred Place, Strathalbyn. The witnesses were Sarah's sister Mary Thompson and Samuel Bates. Sarah was aged 17 when she married and Allan was 21.
Sarah's father George had departed for parts unknown and was heard of no more. Her mother appeared in Directories as "dressmaker". By 1884 the family was at Bordertown as a son Sinclair was born there, but two years later they were again at Strathalbyn as the youngest and 4«sup»th«/sup» child Eva was born 1886 at Strathalbyn. (Registration record).
Just prior to the wedding, Allan had moved with his parents and some of his siblings, north to Collinsfield SA in 1878. During that year, as well as helping the family settle in Collinsfield, he also spent time at Strathalbyn with farm work and at the "Burnside" property adjoining "Meadow Bank". He is marrigage certificate said "Collins 1892
Sarah was an expert needlewoman and an excellent cook. She and Allan were ardent card players and sang beautifully together unaccompanied, as grand-daughters Jean Stoba and Audrey Hickey recalled from holidays with them at the railway cottage at Benalla.
From Mt Barker Allan and Sarah retired to McDonnell Avenue. Hindmarsh, near the city. the house where Allan died.
«b»DEATHS«/b»: Allan aged 72 on 20/3/1930 - Sarah on 6/8/1937 aged 76 at the residence of son Sinclair, at Tarragon St. Mile End Both were interred at West Terrace Cemetery (Barker 5-39W). |
| Occupation |
Coonalpyn SA |
Allan joined the Maintenance Branch of the SA. Railways and soon after was stationed at Coonalpyn. He later moved to Bordertown and Benalla, still with the railways, before being in charge of relay and other works between Tailem Bend and Serviceton, S.A.. He was also employed on both the Kingston, south-east and Victor Harbor lines, the latter passing through Strathalbyn where his family was domiciled and where his children attended school. For some years he was a ganger stationed at Mt Barker and it was from there that he retired in 1927
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| Occupation |
1887 |
Melbourne Vic |
Allan was away from home much of the time due to his work and was engaged on the relaying of the railway line to Melbourne which had opened in 1887 and was obliged to "live rough" and sleep in a tent in the mallee scrub. Sarah was nervous as frequently tramps came by "humping the bluey" and stopped to demand food and water. Also there were Afghan hawkers who travelled in horse drawn wagons stocked with clothing, materials and small useful articles items for sale, convenient for the women so far from shops, out they added to their nervousness.
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| Residence |
Strathalbyn
Collinsfield (short time)
Strathalbyn (births of Laurence and George) Bordertown (birth of Sinclair)
Strathalbyn (birth of Eva)
Mt Barker
Hindmarsh
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| Buried |
00 Mar 1930 |
Adelaide SA [1] |
- buried West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide SA (Barker 5-39W)
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| Died |
20 Mar 1930 |
Adelaide SA [1] |
| Person ID |
I-1425 |
Christina and Donald McLean | Allan McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
24 May 2019 |
| Father |
Allan MCLEAN, b. 12 Feb 1811, Blaich Scotland , d. 2 Sep 1890, Plympton SA (Age 79 years) |
| Relationship |
-2 |
| Mother |
Catherine DAWSON, b. 1825, Tehran Persia , d. 21 Jan 1892, Hackney SA (Age 67 years) |
| Relationship |
-2 |
| Married |
29 Feb 1844 |
Mt Barker SA [3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F-2 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah THOMPSON, b. 3 Sep 1861, Gawler SA , d. 6 Aug 1937, Adelaide SA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
16 Nov 1878 |
Strathalbyn SA [3] |
- Place of wedding: Mother's residence in Alfred Place, Strathalbyn SA
Witnesses: Sister Mary and her husband Samuel Bates
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| Children |
| | 1. Laurence Albert Allan MCLEAN, b. 24 Dec 1878, Strathalbyn SA , d. 1956 (Age 77 years) [] |
| | 2. George Robert MCLEAN, b. 29 Oct 1880, Strathalbyn SA , d. 3 Mar 1955, Magill SA (Age 74 years) [] |
| | 3. Sinclair James MCLEAN, b. 25 Feb 1884, Bordertown SA , d. 23 Mar 1972 (Age 88 years) [] |
| + | 4. Eva May MCLEAN, b. 23 Feb 1886, Strathalbyn SA , d. Died [] |
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| Last Modified |
24 May 2019 01:04:48 |
| Family ID |
F-470 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Documents
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 | WW - Allan McLean & Sarah Thompson - married 16th Nov 1878 in Strathalbyn
Place of wedding: Residence of Mrs GJ Thompson
Groom: aged 21 yrs, born 1857, single, son of Allan McLean
Bride: aged 17 yrs, born 1861, single, daughter of George James Thompson |
 | WW - Allan McLean - born 11th Nov 1857 at Meadow Bank
Father: Allan McLean
Mother: Katherine Dawson
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 | WW - Edwin McLean's letter in 1946
This letter is the only source of some details.
It mentions McLeans (Allan born 1811, John 1816, Anne 1820, Hugh the younger 1836, Allan 1857, Rachel 1863, John Jack 1865, Edwin 1871, Alfred 1871 & Elizabeth Annie 1874) and Catherine Dawson 1824, James Keough 1856 & Matthew Johnston 1864.
With notes by Don Gordon in May 2019. |
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| Sources |
- [S-3] FS BRB - 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995, The BRB has a good index for each individual. Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. .
- [S-59] http://www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html, Barry Leadbetter, 3.
MCLEAN Allan, Katherine DAWSON, parents of child born 1857-11-11 named Allan at Meadow Bank SA matches the uncited information. Assume correct.
and confirmed by the said website of Barry Leadbetter found by researcher Lorna McLean 05/12/2016
- [S-8] PUBLICATION Dawson book in Goolwa Library, Yvonne Heath of Morphettville, (Heath of Morphettville), C0461991941 - Goolwa.
- [S-59] http://www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html, Barry Leadbetter, 16 Jan 2017 Research: Lorna McLean.
Married Allan McLean and Catherine Dawson at "Wheatsheaf Inn, Mt Barker SA aged 33, 19yoa on 29 Feb 1844". Ref: 7/34
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