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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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 1861 - 1937 (75 years)
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| Name |
Sarah THOMPSON [1] |
| Born |
3 Sep 1861 |
Gawler SA  [2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Achievements/Education |
* Sarah was an expert needlewoman and excellent cook
* Sarah & Allan were ardent card players
* Sarah & Allan sang beautifully unaccompanied
* She was a good cook - the tough workmen in the farm liked her nice soft sponges
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| Died |
6 Aug 1937 |
Adelaide SA [1] |
- DEATH 53 Tarragon Street, Mile End Adelaide SA
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| Buried |
Adelaide SA [1] |
- BURIED West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide - plot Barker 5-39W
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| Person ID |
I-1431 |
Christina and Donald McLean | Allan McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
24 May 2019 |
| Family |
Allan b.1857 MCLEAN, b. 11 Nov 1857, Meadowbank SA , d. 20 Mar 1930, Adelaide SA (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
16 Nov 1878 |
Strathalbyn SA [2] |
- 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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 | 0106 - Letter from Sarah McLean (nee Thompson) to son Laurence.jpg
This letter indicates (assuming) that:-
(a) It might have been written in 1918,
(b) Allan came home, probably by train, for just one night and had to leave again - presumably to return to where he was working,
(c) Laurence was living, with his family, south of Tintinara,
(d) Sarah was organizing to send a shovel to Laurence which he had been asking about.
(e) Sarah was planning on going on the Express train next Sunday morning - perhaps to visit Laurence.
Sunday 9th/18
Dear Laurie, Your father came home yesterday & went back this evening. I enquired the freight on shovel & it is one shilling by passenger & more by the goods train, so your father told me to send it so as we could not take it well in the Express as we are going by Express next Sunday morning all being well. I will send the shovel next Wednesday 12th by passenger train, will send it by goods to Tintinara then it will go on by passenger from there, so you can enquire for it on Thursday morning. If you do not get it then will you enquire on Saturday morning because if the Goods is late on Wednesday well I will send it Friday so you understand, I will book the guard the money and to pay for it, he will book it from Tintinara. What do you think of this… |
 | WW - Sarah Thompson - born 3rd Sept 1861 in Gawler
Father: George Thompson
Mother: Catherine Dehoney |
 | 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 |
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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-8] PUBLICATION Dawson book in Goolwa Library, Yvonne Heath of Morphettville, (Heath of Morphettville), C0461991941 - Goolwa.
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